My lad broke his stinky on the weekend and I'm tossing up the options.... He's only just grown out of a big hit grom, and still too small for a small true dh frame. The stinky looked pretty good on paper - when I built it (with a 36) the BB was a bit high 14.5", HA a bit steep at 67deg, the rear end was massive at 17.5" and the seat height was pretty high to stop the rear tyre hitting the seat. I built a 8.25x2.25 shock to get it down and it was pretty close to right. Then he snapped the swingarm, while I'm waiting on a price for a new swingarm I've seen a 2nd hand bottlerocket and I think it might be an even better fit. The 1.5 headtube is gold for a canecreek, i have plenty of 7.5x2 shocks if i want to short shock it (standard 7.875x2.25). I'm assuming I'll have to do a custom valve on the shock as he is still pretty light.
However I've never ridden one and would like some feedback from anyone who has as to their suitability as a "mini-dh" type bike. And of course am I taking much of risk with a 2nd hand one - I knew the odd stinky broke but figured it would be fine under a little tacker!
However I've never ridden one and would like some feedback from anyone who has as to their suitability as a "mini-dh" type bike. And of course am I taking much of risk with a 2nd hand one - I knew the odd stinky broke but figured it would be fine under a little tacker!
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