Need help!

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Edited Date/Time 2/13/2015 6:59pm
Sooo.... I don't have too much money. My budget is around $1200. Atm I am looking at the raleigh tokul 3. It is a trail bike, but is it good for climbing? I cannot find any good reviews about it. I don't know too much about mtb. It will be an upgrade from my orbea Sport 29 10. Please help, thank you! Any other HT bikes you would recommend?
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Big Bird 2/13/2015 6:33pm
2/13/2015 6:33pm
Let's just start back at the beginning. Give me some time to look them up.
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Big Bird 2/13/2015 6:55pm
2/13/2015 6:55pm Edited Date/Time 2/13/2015 6:56pm
Sorry. I was distracted by the syndicate news. By "Trail Geometry" they probably mean "Now it has a more fun and stable, slacker head angle than we used to make." The slightly smaller wheels will be a bit stronger as a system and a bit livelier on the trail. The only real change in climbing prowess will be that the front end may tend to wander a bit more on steep climbs, but to me that's well worth the trade off as the downhill part has always been why I climb. The longer travel on the fork should be the biggest change/improvement. It's a glorious feeling to be having fun, charge into a section way too fast and come out the other side safely thanks to more or better fork. I get paid in t-thirts and stickers.
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xcbiker 2/13/2015 6:59pm
2/13/2015 6:59pm
Big Bird wrote:
Sorry. I was distracted by the syndicate news. By "Trail Geometry" they probably mean "Now it has a more fun and stable, slacker head angle than...
Sorry. I was distracted by the syndicate news. By "Trail Geometry" they probably mean "Now it has a more fun and stable, slacker head angle than we used to make." The slightly smaller wheels will be a bit stronger as a system and a bit livelier on the trail. The only real change in climbing prowess will be that the front end may tend to wander a bit more on steep climbs, but to me that's well worth the trade off as the downhill part has always been why I climb. The longer travel on the fork should be the biggest change/improvement. It's a glorious feeling to be having fun, charge into a section way too fast and come out the other side safely thanks to more or better fork. I get paid in t-thirts and stickers.
Alright thanks!

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