Need counsel on 29" hardtail frame pick!

[XCBikeridejoy]

Need counsel on 29" hardtail frame pick!

would like 67/68 ish head angle,   rather not thru heatset routing...

Rather have threaded BB.. any drawbacks to a threaded BB ? Is that T47?
(if not threaded, i would have have get a shop to pressfit right?)

Do i want UDH? any drawbacks?
Also .. why do i see on AliX only 3 or 5 or some low number of the particular frames sold?

SPCycle M08 looks good except for funky seat tube...

Meiner Snake? Airwolf YFM060 ?

Maybe 68/69 degree HA is fine.. im just thinking it'll give me a little more confidence at speed?

Most important i choose trustworthy frame and seller!

Thanks for ANY advice

[raisinberry777]

Following this because I'd be very curious to see if there's something out there like a Marin Team, from what I can see most of the hardtails on AliX have reasonably old style geo.

[XCBikeridejoy]

Whaaaat? The Team Marin is 66.5 !   

Theres a beautiful frame by Giant.. the 2025 XTC SL... but old school geo 70 degree HA... and ridiculous price.. $2300

[jd]

...ridiculous price.. $2300

That's just them telling you they'd rather sell a whole bike.

[SometimesFast]

I just ordered a Meiner Snake a few weeks ago.  It had fairly modern geo, which is rare in these parts!

[gribs]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405955915080?

The Meiner Snake looks to be as good as it gets. It might be possible to fit an angleset to improve the angles in conjunction with a 130mm fork.

[carbonazza]

I've built a few CF-1306 from Carbonda : https://carbonda.com/mtb/cfm-1306.html
It has a 69º, UDH, BSA73

[niklass]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405955915080?

The Meiner Snake looks to be as good as it gets. It might be possible to fit an angleset to improve the angles in conjunction with a 130mm fork.

I am really happy with my frame Meinier frame. Good build quality, hassle free build. Rides really good

[JoBru]

+1 for the Meinier Snake. So far hassle-free to build with the only downside of it having the cables routed through the Headset. Nice Geo (mine's built with a rigid Fork) and really nice to ride.

[Tsunami]

What frame did you end up with?

[lOVELONGRIDES]

i have yet to place an order for a AliExpress 29" carbon HT frame...

I see the SPcycles 2025 M06 frame also is 67.9 head angle.. again cables thru the headset 

And a BXT-MTB-066 is 67.5 , thru the headset also... and a smallish seat post tube of 27.2"

Maybe the Snake is a good choice? Most important is the seller.. i worry for the frame to actually show up!  I have never bought anything via AliExpress..

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805687253562.html?aff_fcid=dce6208ec7d346658841948589193bed-1756908924165-06152-_olYf3O5&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_olYf3O5&aff_platform=portals-tool&sk=_olYf3O5&aff_trace_key=dce6208ec7d346658841948589193bed-1756908924165-06152-_olYf3O5&terminal_id=9b117262ddc84db7a72d069e9ec215fd&afSmartRedirect=y&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa#nav-review

[niklass]

i have yet to place an order for a AliExpress 29" carbon HT frame...

I see the SPcycles 2025 M06 frame also is 67.9 head angle.. again cables thru the headset 

And a BXT-MTB-066 is 67.5 , thru the headset also... and a smallish seat post tube of 27.2"

Maybe the Snake is a good choice? Most important is the seller.. i worry for the frame to actually show up!  I have never bought anything via AliExpress..

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805687253562.html?aff_fcid=dce6208ec7d346658841948589193bed-1756908924165-06152-_olYf3O5&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_olYf3O5&aff_platform=portals-tool&sk=_olYf3O5&aff_trace_key=dce6208ec7d346658841948589193bed-1756908924165-06152-_olYf3O5&terminal_id=9b117262ddc84db7a72d069e9ec215fd&afSmartRedirect=y&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa#nav-review

I bought mine from Meiniers Ebay site. Flawless communication on whatsapp after the purchase. Quick to reply and send shipping info etc. Dont remember exactly how long it took to get the frame but well under a month i think.

[SometimesFast]

Just got my Meiner snake, glass black with decals and it looks great. Have to put some protective film on asap…

[XCBikeridejoy]

SmTimesfast ..this one? https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808267885848.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

[SometimesFast]

That looks like it but I bought it off of EBay for a bit less.