5.9 riding a medium frame and I don't want the large. The medium is long enough for me. I'll probably need 30mm stem with large. Also on 125mm dropper. Not sure what the dropper length is important. 180mm OneUp will easily fit there for me.
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Sadly not the case, but frame manufacturers who have closed in the past ATTEMPT to find someone who will take on that commitment.
It sounds like maybe they never corrected the pivot #4 problem? I had my #4 pivot warrantied after the first couple of rides, and it's been trouble-free for almost 10k miles. Mine is a V1.
Revel has redone pivot #4.. It is very different than the other four pivots. But yeah, pivot 4 again. Wonder if the pivot is dry and needs a regrease.
Those that have broken rear triangles, how much do you weigh? What type of riding?
Great deal, you're going to enjoy riding it!
I think all of the new colors look good, but I hate that they went away from the big logo on the bottom of the downtube, and the 50/50 gloss and matte paint.
Go bigger on the Ranger! 130mm will slacken the HTA a little and the 35mm Pike was a very robust fork that allowed me to plow through terrain that slimmer forks would rather pick a line through. What rear shock are you running? Get any SID or DPS off ASAP imo, I rebuild suspension as a full-time job and those are the bottom of the barrel inline choices. Finding the right shock will make a much bigger difference in how the bike rides than a fork change will.
would love the hear how they compare, how is the traction of the ASR compared to the ranger going up steep tech? any insight overall would be greatly appreciated. I have the v1 ranger and love it, every time I ride it I amazed at how confident it makes me feel
A couple guys I know love the SID 120 on their Ranger and probably would never change it. (Hi, ed.) For me the SID Ultimate fork never felt up to the rear shock, the factory tuned Fox DPS. Probably depends what one wants out of the bike, but I've used two different Pike Ultimate 130s and prefer the bike in that config. You could get the Pike down to 120 if the geo change wasn't to your liking.
I would say that the Ranger has more traction going up steep tech due to the suspension design. If I were to summarize the two bikes, although the travel is the same in terms of numbers, it’s utilized very differently. The Ranger is more of a small trail bike and the ASR is obviously a super efficient race bike. Now, I’m kind of splitting hairs because they both can serve either purpose if that makes sense. For me, I’ve noticed that the ASR is absolutely faster on the same trails I always ride. The Ranger would be more confidence inspiring but they are both awesome and more capable than you’d think. Hence why I’m thinking about doing something different with the fork on my Ranger. I like the bike so much that I don’t want to sell it so I’m trying to get a little more separation between the two bikes without compromising what I like so much about the Ranger. Hope this helps!
