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sybir · 2011-03-23, 08:14 PM

<- Fat dude with a Prophet.

Mine's a Large, not XL, and I'm running a Marzocchi AM3 in front and a different air spring out back (different pedaling platform performance), but air suspension is actually more tolerant and tunable than coils - I'm bigger than you (~300) so I'm at the upper end of even Clyde status, but with some higher pressures, it's a great bike for a big guy; I have a reasonable amount of sag tuned in and still don't bottom either end unless I'm doing something really, really stupid. Keep in mind that 100mm of travel for a little guy may be enough, but a longer travel bike can give a tall/big guy a little bit more leeway - even if I crank up a short fork, I'm still going to blow through travel pretty quick if I have any small-bump sensitivity.

Cliffs: if You can work Scotty's bike into your budget, it's a ton of bike for the $$, and as long as you don't saddle it with massive 2.5" DH tires, will still be plenty nimble enough in the more upright configuration for running around and pointing down an occasional nasty drop. Do eet.

That said, I love cross bikes and my favorite bikes to mess around on are my rigid singlespeeds.

2011-03-23, 08:14 PM	#18
sybir The Don Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,097 Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT Class: low	<- Fat dude with a Prophet. Mine's a Large, not XL, and I'm running a Marzocchi AM3 in front and a different air spring out back (different pedaling platform performance), but air suspension is actually more tolerant and tunable than coils - I'm bigger than you (~300) so I'm at the upper end of even Clyde status, but with some higher pressures, it's a great bike for a big guy; I have a reasonable amount of sag tuned in and still don't bottom either end unless I'm doing something really, really stupid. Keep in mind that 100mm of travel for a little guy may be enough, but a longer travel bike can give a tall/big guy a little bit more leeway - even if I crank up a short fork, I'm still going to blow through travel pretty quick if I have any small-bump sensitivity. Cliffs: if You can work Scotty's bike into your budget, it's a ton of bike for the $$, and as long as you don't saddle it with massive 2.5" DH tires, will still be plenty nimble enough in the more upright configuration for running around and pointing down an occasional nasty drop. Do eet. That said, I love cross bikes and my favorite bikes to mess around on are my rigid singlespeeds. __________________ Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.