dutret

The '07 monocog flight is very different from past years.
-cromo
-disk only
-sliding dropouts
-derailer hangers and cable stops
-pretty much all name brand parts
-cromo





just figured this deserved it's own thread.(sorry if it already has one I haven;'t finished my coffee yet)

baxtefer

I want.

29er flavor please though.....

Aeroplane

Looks like Redline figured out that people like their bikes enough to offer one a step above the regular Monocog. Also: There is the 29er version that is essentially the same, just bigger wheels. My only beef is I like the BB7's a lot more than BB5's, but that was probably necessary to keep it under $900.

mihlbach

I'm a Redline junky going all the way back to my first RL20 in 1986. I have a 2004 Fight Monocog and the new flight Monocog has got me seriously drooling. My only nit pick is the lack of option for cantys for the rear. Id like to get one and remove the rear disk brake and bolt a cog onto the hub for a fixed/free flip flop. I'd need a canty for when I went free.

Anyone from Redline listening...there needs to be a "flight" version of the 925 with upgraded components and name brand steel.

dutret

I agree especially since they are already putting all sorts of unused brazeons on it anyway.

BostonFixed

What's the msrp?

dutret

froogle shows it selling for 899.99 so that's probably it.

which means it's now competing directly with the muss, unit etc.

BostonFixed

They could use canti posts that bolt to the frame so if you decide not to use them you don't have huge posts sticking out and jabbing you.

max-a-mill

milbach... thats the reason someone needs to make a hub with disc holes on BOTH sides...

disc on one side on fixed cog the other; BRILLIANT!



or for luddites, you could use two bolt on cogs of varying size...

pedex

if they havent changed the geometry since when they started making these things I'd say no thanks

sure, its a very very sturdy and heavy frame, but in the handling dept they are better suited for jumping and hucking off stuff that actual trail usage, they dont turn very well, at least mine doesnt, and its basically stock

you literally have to lock up the rear and force it to swing around some turns the thing is so slow to turn in sometimes

mihlbach

Really? I'm the fastest one my local trails with my alu Monocog Flight (which is much lighter than the steel version) and I've got no real issues with how it handles. Lately, I've been riding the same loop over and over, and I'm getting really fast around it and I feel quite comfortable on my Monocog. But I've never owned another MTB (plenty of BMX and road bikes), so maybe I just don't know what to expect.

blu3d0g

I just got a alu (06 and earlier I believe) monocog flight (for dirt cheap too, on clearance) and it's pretty damn nimble. It's replacing my trek 6700 and it's definitely an improvement, I love it.

dutret

I can;t speak for the flight or even the new monocogs since I don't know how their geometry compares to my '04. It however handles like ****.