Yes, for cross country that looks like an exelent bike. But looks like the fork tube could be cut about 3 inches?

Sometimes I like a more confortable ride, so I kept the option of raising the handle bar.
and thanks for your comments, TxRoadRunner

Don't tell me you'd ever consider running it at the very top? Cut off as much as you can possibly stand (for safety's sake).

I really appreciated your point and will think about it for safety reasons.

Do elaborate.

Sure isn't my bike, but this rig is the BEAST!

Why the hookworms?

Thats what i thought. Unusual.

Muddy Hookworms at that. Must be a real Kamikazi to ride that downhill in mud on those tires. That or the guy's a total poser and it's a staged pic

Not quite mine yet, but I'm getting one of these for my birthday next month:


Either that or an SPT2, which is the same frame but has HFX-9 XC brakes (6" rotors as opposed to 8"), slightly heavier components, and is about NZ$500 cheaper.

EDIT: Plus 2.5" tyres... the 2.3"s included don't have too great a tread pattern.

I'm thinking of the scenario when the rider runs into something, but the angle isnt there for an endo, so the bike just stops cold in its tracks, and the rider goes down and forward hard. The same result might occur if he or she blows a pedal or breaks a chain.

Not to say there wouldn't be injury if the tube were cut, but a 1.125 x 3" cylinder to the solar plexus, chin, or teeth is in this case an avoidable situation.

mmmmmmm... niiiiiiiicolaiiiii.

uhh... does anyone have tissue or a towel or something?

foregive me but I'm new to all of this, that bike is a beast for sure. But what is a hookworm or what am i missing in this pic.

Hookworms are Maxxis line of tires, mostly an urban concrete\hardpack dirt tire.

This is mine, just got it, so upgrades are on the way but i really do like the frame and the way it rides.

that Nicolai is beautiful with a capital $$$, oh man one day, she will be mine, oh yes, she will be mine

and when that day comes.... i will knock you of your pozer bike and light it on fire!

btw, that bike totally made my day... what a frikkin joke!

too bad they dont make that frame anymore...

That bike is a beast! And you guys are all saying he is a poser with hookworm tires, but what if he just rides hardpack and wants a bit smoother ride? I mean a downhill bike of that magnitude should probably have grippier tires, but what if he saves his good tires for races and rides around on those?
I was seriously considering buying some because I ride alot of pavement to hardpack, but I will wait.

That bike is absurd in more ways than just the tires...

please... a smoother ride... i doubt that you can feel any any roughness caused by tires with that much travel. these tires dont hook up in any dirt. unless you have a need to not turn. This is not a down hill bike, its a freeride bike, i could get better times on my hardtail. dont get me wrong, the tires are great, and you could get some for your bike, i almost bought some even. i really doubt he is racing dh with a bb height over a foot dual 24"s and a bike that plobably weighs over 50 lbs....

btw....nice argument n00b

Hardpack, pavement, go Holyrollers. Mucho better with practically no rolling resistance. It is a freeride bike, I agree, but I wouldnt build up a 12" travel freeride bike and put hookworms on it, nor would I build up a 12" freeride bike at all...

how come in every forum i ever go to there's the "wise" memebers who know everything (they wish) and everything they say must be gold cause they said it. let people dream of what they want, its their dream or their idea of whats cool. so he put hookworms on a bike that doesn't need em, maybe his riding situation constituted needing them, why does the "wise" one always jump to conclusions. so what if hes a poser, hes a happy poser, some people just don't know. I think its a nice bike, nicolai is a solid brand. Let people be, it takes less effort to ignore stupidity than to spend it on pointing out the obvious.

Such is the nature of Forums Sparky. It's possible that he might be doing an urban course, but the mud looks too gloppy to be street mud