[shakenbakebaby]

which one is the best

 

[East Coast Bender]

what kinda riding/?

 

[gop427]

Yeah, what kind of riding? My friend has an imperial. Awesome! He moved the parts from his Session 77 frame that he selling to the Imperial. The Imperial was his street bike but it was a overkill for the street riding we do. He is going to order a D.O.C. for the street, ebay the session, and freeride the Imperial. His opinion is that the Imperial feels more like a freeride bike than an urban bike. When it was an urban setup it had an 80mil sherman firefly, hadley hubs, SS, avid juicy 5's. Steers like a surgical knife!

 

[blender]

i just built up a Vagrant for freeride and DJs... if you have any questions

haven't ridden the other two though, so cant compare

 

[todd_freeride]

you're forgetting one REALLY big boy in the list.

 

[Lickqid]

go for the transition, IMPs are hard to find now, and morphine will run you a bunch more cash then the transition, and check out transition's crash replacement policy, you can't go wrong buying a bike from them.

 

[snaky69]

All those bikes are overkill for urban and DJ, heavy burly frames, and geometries more fit for longer travel freeride forks.

I wouldn't recommend any of them for urban dj or park.

 

[todd_freeride]

the imperial does okay, but the yakuza, morphine etc...huge. more happy on the mountain with 200mm than on the streets.

 

[shakenbakebaby]

well i am doing riding like 5 foot drops a like 20ft tables and things like that

 

[shakenbakebaby]

what fork do you guys reccomend for those bikes?

 

[snaky69]

You don't need such a beefy frame for drops as small as 5 feet, get something along the lines of a trail or park if you like transition, D.O.C if you like evil, Scratch if you want a banshee.

All nice steel frames that will do much better at jumping and smaller drops(10 feet and below) than those other frames.

If you are willing to pay the price for an Imperial frame(900 new) then I might suggest you also check out nemesis project.

 

[todd_freeride]

you do not need these for 5 foot drops. I'll try to get a pic of me hitting a local 12 footer on my 90mm of travel P.

 

[snaky69]

I regularily do 6 feet to flat and use only about half my fork's travel.

 

[shakenbakebaby]

i have an 07 stp right now that i love but i thought i might need a bigger frame because i want a big fork

 

[snaky69]

Screw the big fork, it'll only make you a sloppier rider. Learn to be smooth, you'll earn way more respect if you land a sketchy drop on a 4inch singlecrown fork than on a big huck fork.

 

[todd_freeride]

what fork do you guys reccomend for those bikes?

like the bike in my sig, and bikes like the evil and morphine. they can happily be run at 200mm of travel if you wished. but they're probably more versatile and handle better with about 150mm of travel.

 

[shakenbakebaby]

alright thx for your help and i have a question, when you land on to flat ground you should always land from back tire to front right?

 

[snaky69]

alright thx for your help and i have a question, when you land on to flat ground you should always land from back tire to front right?

Yes. Watch a few trials videos to see how it's done. Don't let the front end slap down, ease it down.

 

[shakenbakebaby]

alright thx