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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Anyone know SAVA brand bikes? Any good?
« on: March 31, 2017, 07:15:21 PM »
Hi All, I've been looking at a couple of bikes called SAVA - they do both 26" and 27.5" and what look to be the IP-136 frames, although the rear dropouts/chainstays are marginally different. They seem to be from the Philippines but then there's some other info that they're just Chinese bikes.

Does anyone know what these are about? The deals are really good and the builds in terms of parts are worth more that the buy price.

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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Going to do my first Carbon Build - Which 27.5 Frame?
« on: May 10, 2016, 07:45:15 PM »
Hi All,

First post, been a lurker for a long while and have spent the last 3 months researching this. I used to work in the bike trade and spent all my earnings on my beloved Ibis Mojo, but it's been 10+ since then and I need a real bike.

Wen to the local bike store and the offerings were really lacking for around $1000, so I decided to look aroudn an stumbled on this forum!

I don't want to go 29er - I tried a few in the store and having come from 26, it's just too slow on the agility and turning front. I couldn't help feel like the wrong size wheels were on the frame.

So 27.5 felt right, but now what frame? I like the look of the Scale replicas, never been to much of a fan of Stumpjumpers but would greatly appreciate some insight as to what frame I should be looking for/consider?

I also see a lot of very small frame with ridiculously long seatposts - is this now a thing?

I'm 5'11", 155lbs and want to ride light XC.

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