- 2013 redline monocog fligh cracked#
- 2013 redline monocog fligh full#
- 2013 redline monocog fligh crack#
Bottom Line 29er are not all hype, this is a great bike and value for the money.
2013 redline monocog fligh full#
I was also told a 45 year old guy can't ride a ridged, single speed up these trails you have to have full suspension. Iam sure people will say ohh you can't do that what about chain line? Chain line shman line it works great.
It only takes about 3-5 minutes to "change gears" this way. I ride to the top of the trails lossen the sliding drop outs drop the chain on the 20 retighten and ride down. Actually on the gearing I run the Surly 22 and I took apart an old cog and put a 20 beside it. The Blue color grows on you after awhile too. The flight also has cable stops and one can buy a derailur hanger if one wants gears,I liked that option if I decide I don't like the single speed thing. If your going to up grade anyway spend the extra money and by the flight. I bought the Redline Flight 29er because it came with a nicer steel frame and already had disk brakes, and the wheel set and tire combination is a lot better than what comes on the regular mono cog. I test rode them so much I think the shop got tired of seeing me. Well I shopped around a lot for a new mountain bike.
2013 redline monocog fligh crack#
I hope the frame crack issue is resolved with my new 2008 blue frame.Īfter a lot of shopping around and thinking this 29er stuff is a bunch of marketing hype I gave it a try. The Flight has a great geometry, I totally recommend this bike for rigid cross-country riding. In my previous purchases Redline always communicated quickly to any questions I had. Redline customer service was great for me. I have old rigid 26ers that don't seem to have this fork flexing issue. I wonder if flex from the rigid fork stresses the butting of the tube and the gusset? The fork has flex which is a good thing, but I also wonder if the longer length of the fork acts as a stress lever to the HT junction. I'm a big guy, 220 lbs and ride all sorts of trail, with small step drops.
2013 redline monocog fligh cracked#
The weld and tube cracked and failed at the underside of the downtube gusset in less than six months of riding or 1,200 miles. My one concern with the design of this frame is the gusset on the headtube junction. It handles so well! The steering precision of the rigid fork with the smooth 29 inch wheels really reward your input. I also have bikes with suspension, but the Flight is my main rig. Overall, I think this bike is great and I see myself keeping it for a long time.My first mountain bike was a rigid. I spend most of my time out of the saddle mashing uphill or descending. Most of the trails I ride are up or down with little flat area.
I also read on other reviews that there is issue with the stock saddle. The stock tires are great for the trails I ride most often. The wheels and hubs are decent however, it seemed that the wheels were out of true relatively quickly. I have never ridden this bike with the stock V brakes but given my rides on other bikes, disks are the way to go. We are living in a disk brake world now and I think that all mountain bikes should come standard with them. I have no problem going over rooty and rocky sections of trail and after a few rides I stopped getting arm and shoulder pain not only because my upper body strength improved but I began to pick better lines, which is absolutely necessary on a rigid bike. The BMC is not really a worthy comparison because it is not really meant for climbing.
That being said, this thing is a hoot to ride! I think that I am faster on this bike than I ever was on my geared 26" hard tail Jamis Trail X3 or the BMC Super Stroke I built up.
I picked up this bike as my first foray into 29ers, single speeds, and full rigid bikes.
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