Mountain Biking - Mountain Cycle Rumble

For: aggressive trails xc. Some Dj, light urban.

Mostly want a a good all-around but emphasis on jumping/tech trails..

Searched but not much.. Other frame recommend. ? Want to go the
build route..

Thanks..

I've heard some bad thingsd about the RUmble, lots of people in the Uk have said that they have snapped theirs... Maybe look at the Surly instigator?

Cornish_Rdr_UK, really? Are you possibly confusing this with the DMR Switchback?

Anyway, I've got a Rumble and it is great fun. Been riding some shore and doing some 3-4 foot dropoffs (OK I'm only just learning and not very good) and have no issues with the bike.

Cornish_Rdr_UK, really? Are you possibly confusing this with the DMR Switchback?

Anyway, I've got a Rumble and it is great fun. Been riding some shore and doing some 3-4 foot dropoffs (OK I'm only just learning and not very good) and have no issues with the bike.


Yep, not many have, but maybe 3 or 4 complaints? Also there have been some complaints of the stregth of DMR's but mine is fine, i suppose it depends how popular the frame is, the more people that would buy that frame, the more breakages there will be...

Mountain cycles reputation is pretty good though i think... Have a look around though, there are probably better frame for that typre of money...

Thanks for the quick responses .. like the geometry on it.

Any other recommendations?

I keep toying with the idea of buying an Azonic Steelhead. Nice geometry, cheap, steel and if I trash it, it's less than $300.00.

The Rumble geometry does make the front feel pretty tall, especially with Marzocchi's (I have 120 mm travel forks and run them with a zero rise shorty stem and no stackers).

Others in the club have: Azonic Steelhead, Santa Cruz Chameleon and Coyote Dual (Azonic DS-1 lookalike). They all fly.

Really depends on what you mean by 'aggresive.' Are you thinking freeriding/XC or shore?

Don't forget any of the Kona's.

Or, just click this:http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=79185

...www.ridesoul.com

Those souls are nice. Konas nice too no dealer near me. Have an
LBS with the Rumble in stock.

Use: Technical trails/Fr - light jumping.. keep the fork at 100 mm maybe.

At the wire it was the rumble and steelhead .. steel. like it but 2+ lbs heavier
and geared more towards more jumping. Bit overkill for my uses. Haven't ruled it out.

Thanks again..

Ray

What's the cost of the RUMBLE? I thought they were about $599 last I checked.

I think they're about £350 over here... thats on chain reaction cycles, their prices are usually pretty good...

for an 04, $300.00 U.S. is the lowest I have seen (outside of Ebay). The '05 has removable drop outs and it seems the houses are sticking more to the msrp of $59s0mething..