Salsa had a demo day at my local trails sat, got to ride there Titanium 29er. I yet to have the chance to ride a carbon but I can tell you it was night and day between my steel Jamis. Lol

That's cool info, never knew they made titanium frames. Learn something new everyday.

After today's ride I'm sick of a 31 pound bike so Monday im going to put in my order for the frame.

My order is in Pre-Shipment, no idea what that is.

Anyone know the durability of the carbon forks? I understand there as strong or stronger then steel, but how do they hold up over time and hard trails with jumps and drops.

Don't trust people on the ground, can't stand the thought of people texting and flying. Lol

Thank you again, sorry for all the newbie questions.

So the 135mm frame or 142?

It's a 21 but I think I want to step down to a 19, thank you very much for looking into all this for me.

I thought mine was the press fit bb30?

So my crankset is a BSA? Sorry like I said I'm very new to this and don't know the difference between them.

This is what I have now, looking for best bang for the buck.

  Hey everyone I could really use some help on selecting a replacment frame for my Jamis. The bike is a 2012 Jamis Dragon with all stock components other then a carbon fsa crank and fsa headset. I do have a spare black flag expert wheelset(been told better then the wtb set.

  My question is what would be the best replacement frame? I'm looking at buying through flyxii. I never built a bike before so all the help and info would be very appreciated.

I'll try my best to start a thread tonight giving all the info I know on my bike and get your guys advice on best frame for me.

   Wanted to say hi after singing up, my name is Dustin and live in Tx.

   I'm still very new to mountain biking, as of right now I have a 2012 Jamis Dragon 29 sport(heavy steel bike). Looking to find a carbon frame to swap everything over from the Dragon.

   Have a ton to learn as I have never built a bike before but very mechanically skilled as I have been building cars and trucks for many years so I hope I can learn fast.