Enduro P9 - Full Suspension - Modern Geo - Ican 29er build

[ijak]

Been seeing a lot of posts around the 29er forum regarding a modern geometry. My take - none of these china carbon companies has modern geo of full suspension enduro bikes raced in EWS. However this build of mine is the closest thing:


This bike was build 2 months ago. It's currently 66.5 degrees (could be 66). It has boost. It has metric sizing shock. It's running 29s. It's been whistler bike park proven (black technicals, blue jump trails).

I came from a 2016 Reign 27.5 Medium which was smaller and slacker.  I am very happy with with the 66.5 HA with my current setup from riding a Norco c9.1 Large, my issues was that the wheelbase was so long from the slackness+29, i couldn't handle it properly. Turns in and out of berms was on the Norco required a lot of body english, overall just felt it required much more finesse than required. With this p9 as a slightly steeper HA - 66.5ish, it felt right - agile like the Reign, but much longer and much faster.

Specs:

DVO Diamond Boost - 150mm (currently at 66.5 degrees HA - 160mm would make it 66 degrees)
DVO Topaz - 210x55 (22mm bushing top and bottom, 150mm travel)
GX Eagle Drivetrain
Magura Trail Sport Brakes (203/180)
Spank Oozt 345 Trail CX Ray - DHR II 2.4 WT DC (10mm of clearance space)
Giant 150mm Dropper (2017 - internal routing)
SDG Fly Mtn Saddle
Answer SL 780mm Bar
Husselfelt 40mm Stem
Lizardskin frame and Chainstay Protector
OneUp Composite Pedals
Threaded BB 73 (330mm Ground clearance)

[ChrisCarbon]

Looks very nice mate!

[adbl]

Yes, great build and good looking bike!!! I think what we are seeing now is the Enduro/AM riders are starting to look for Chiner bikes. The Chiner market was dominated by hardtails and XC frames. Hopefully in the next couple of years you'll see slacker headtubes and longer suspension designs come from the Chiner builders.

[ijak]

yes i totally agree...on the 29er topic, i do have to say this P9 is very similar to many Long travel 29ers out there currently in North America...

150mm rear, (150 or 160 front), 66 Head angle, sizing etc.

it's definitely not as aggressive as the race bike 29ers (trek slash etc) but this thing is hella of a good/fun aggressive trail or Enduro/AM bike.

[gohloum]

Where did you source the frame for this build?  I'm moving to North Georgia in the next few months and I'm thinking of building an enduro/AM bike for up there.  This is the first bike of this kind from Chinese builders I have seen that truly interests me.

[ijak]

Where did you source the frame for this build?  I'm moving to North Georgia in the next few months and I'm thinking of building an enduro/AM bike for up there.  This is the first bike of this kind from Chinese builders I have seen that truly interests me.

Got this from www.icanbikes.com. I reached out to the email provided on the website and Melody was easy to deal with via email and responsive.

[rideczech]

+1 from me too....Ican are completely on the ball....A great overall experience....Their rims are also great! :-)

[ebeaupre]

That's my dream build.  Looks awesome!

[Silverado123]

Is the P9 just a longer travel version of the P8?

[RS VR6]

Very nice!

You have geo chart?

[R_Pierce]

Is the P9 just a longer travel version of the P8?

Sort of.  Overall they are pretty similar.  The P9 has a slacker HTA than the P8 when built to spec.  But my P8 currently sits at the same 66.5* HTA with a 150 travel front fork.  Only have 135mm of rear travel though instead of the 150mm of the P9.  P9 also uses a smaller seat tube (which sucks) as well as a longer rear shock (which also sucks).

My BB clearance is now the same on the P8 as his P9 since I added 29er wheels/tires.

Overall I would say they will likely handle very similar assuming you dont need the 150mm of rear travel.  Both having the same 150mm/160mm fork travel.

[endo.alley]

How do you like the 29er wheels compared to the 27.5+ wheels on the P8? I am sure it raised the bb height slightly. I have a 140mm fork on my P8. How does the 150mm fork handle on the bike?

[oldmanonabike]

A year has now past and I'd love to know how the bike has behaved as I am very seriously thinking of buying a P9.