Morphine is the most versatile all around freeride hardtail on the planet. The "Morphing" geometry enables the frame to change geometry for different riding disciplines, by changing the wheel size and fork travel.Morphines can be built up between 30 and 45lb. 4 sizes fit riders from 5'0 to 6'10.
Similar Products Used: jack off inator and yur mom
Bike Setup: yur dad
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Angky
a Weekend Warrior
from Jakarta, Indonesia
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2009
Strengths: Super strong! Very good construction & material. Everything massive: gussets, head tube, chain stay, dropout.
Weaknesses: Some parts just not compatible to Morphine (found my Saint Shadow RD and E Thirteen LG 1 won't fit)
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First of all, weight is not an issue for me. Morphine is not a feather light bike, period. So, once you got the bike setup, then it's ready to take any abuse. Anything. Anywhere.
Strengths: exactly... it's massively strong.... Every gusset and every weld is built for strength. This is the strongest aluminum frame ever made.
Weaknesses: I am the weakest thing on this bike... The 10 year warranty is not honored for the second owner of the frame but who cares... it's a MORPHINE...! The warranty is second to only SWD bikes lifetime no questions asked warranty...
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This is the one bike to rule them all. I can ride trails, dirt jumps, street, Full on Freeride and Downhill with this frame and I never had issues. I bought this frame second hand and have had no problems with it whatsoever. I have run 24" front and rear, 26" front and rear, 24"-26" combo, Rigid forks, 100mm forks, 170mm forks, Dual Crown forks, and this bike kills it with everything... The horizontal drop outs have allow regular QR and allow you to snug the wheel up as close as you want to the frame to adjust wheelbase and effective chainstay length... (the shorter the easier to manual). If you want a Hardtail frame that can handle anything and everything... This is the bike for you... oh yeah... I'm 250 lbs and I send it off cliffs, rock faces and whatever I can wrap my brain around. The only thing it's not good for is Trials... the present build is at 37lbs. previously at 32lbs. Don't buy this if you are a spandex wearing weight weenie... you want something titanium and have wasted your time reading this.
Purchased At: used - Internet - (gay color)bike.com
Similar Products Used: Specialized Big Hit DH, P1, P2, Hard Rock Pro, Banshee Scratch, Norco Bigfoot, Norco 250, Santa Cruz Bullit, Evil Imperial, LeToy 3 and a Trek something or other which was not memorable enough.
Bike Setup: Sherman Firefly, Ringle Singles, Hussefelt bars, stem, cranks, Avid BB7 - All of these parts failed after one year - Presently has Marzocchi 66RC, Atomlab Air Corps, Deity crank, .234 FR racing Bar, Stem combo, 8" Avid Juicy 7's.... Occasionally set up single speed as well....
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peter hardy
a Weekend Warrior
from dumfries
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007
Strengths: seriously strong. compatable with most components, extreme gusseting. lightness for what you get and so versatile
Weaknesses: the right chainstay is left unpainted so the chain slap doesnt churn the paint up. although it could be worse if they painted it
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if you want a versatile frame i think this is the best one out there. it is soooo strong and even comes with a 10 year warrenty. worth every penny
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Cole Reynolds
a Weekend Warrior
from oak lawn. il US
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2007
Strengths: This thing is built like a tank, and light as a feather. it takes abosultly everything i dish out. i would recomend to everyone
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The guys at Richards were super helpfull. They answered all my questions and got me off on my way with a sick bike talor built to my every specification. Anyone who i likes awsome bikes, great service and great deals, check out RichardsBicycles.com
Weaknesses: Cockpit too short,dont corner as well as people think,ive had it setup many way's but it dont feel as good on the corner's or even as smooth as my Evil or Sinister.
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Good for drops and some light DH,gets a little to scekthy on the real technical tight corner's,its a good bike at a good price,but if you want something that rail's round corner's and is smoother then silk,buy a Imperial :)
Strengths: Very strong!!!!!!! tears up the switchbacks and loves flowy singletracks. Fun for urban too
Weaknesses: a tad heavy for the up hill
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This is a fun bike for anyone who wants a hardtail that can do it all. I rode everything from resorts to college campuses. The bike is definately above me and probably most people out there but it is sure fun to try. if you are only going to have one bike for rocky trails then get a full suspension but if you want one that can do urban, smooth singletracks, and take a beating then this is your bike
Bike Setup: morphine, manitu sherman jumper 80, sun rim s-types, demoliton 3p crank set with 33 tooth standard sproket, syncros stem, and bulk bars, 06 hayes elcaminoe hydrolic brakes, animal pedals and grips, fresstcyle cool lite chain, and thats about it
Strengths: I'm no freerider but I do love hammering technical singletrack and downhill, and this bike is oh so good at it. It wakes up trails which my full suss leaves for dead, and the back end is so responsive going into corners it still freaks me out how good it feels. OK, so that's justs hardtails in general you might say - well yeah, but this bike takes stiffness to a whole new level. The geometry is spot on- the sizing feels just right, and even with a 170mm triple up front, it feels really well balanced. It's really light too - much lighter than it looks.
Weaknesses: The supplied seatpost is too short for going uphill. Only other weakness - in the UK they now call banshees 'mythic' cos of some copyright issue with halfords which is a naff name and has no heritage - buy one from america instead!
Some guy on here claimed he broke one into bits jumping - if that's true, what did Banshee say about the warranty? Even just a quick look at this bike tells you it's hard as nails, and that's without Banshees solid as a rock reputation and warranty, so I question the validity of that one.
If you ride this bike on tough stuff for more than 2 hours your knees will hurt cos its so stiff, but that's pretty obvious.
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This frame is super-stiff. With those massive welds and gussets, it must be the stiffest frame out there. It feels amazing when you're railing berms and really throwing the back end around, and it doesn't want to stay on the ground. Training on this bike reawakens your abilities and I've actually completed some trails on this faster than I can on my patriot because of how well it corners. Or maybe it just feels like that.
Either way, this is an really fun bike, and oh so cheap for that amount of fun. Nothing else comes close.
Similar Products Used: I also have a Santa cruz VPfree and Orange patriot.
Bike Setup: I'm 5ft10/ 70in an have a medium, with a 50mm stem and very wide bars. Manitou stance tripleclamps (got em free and had to take my 66s off - will be getting some 888s for it soon), XT, Hope Mono4s, singletrack/ hope 26in wheels, FSA pig, thompson, WTB.
STOLEN!!!!!
From my home in Watford, UK on 25th June 2009
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