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K2 RAZOR TEAM FRAME, HAS ANYONE BUILT THIS ? (4 posts)
|  K2 RAZOR TEAM FRAME, HAS ANYONE BUILT THIS ? | BIGD1967
Feb 26, 2003 10:33 AM | | I am thinking about building a bike around a $400.00 K2 Razor team frame. Is this a good frame to build. do you have any sugestions in this price range"or Cheaper". I would appreciate any comments you may have on building my own full suspension bike.
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| re: K2 RAZOR TEAM FRAME, HAS ANYONE BUILT THIS ? | pimpbot
Feb 26, 2003 12:32 PM | | I've been looking at that one myself. Here's what I found:
People seem to love it, eventhough K2 is not a brand that sticks out as a leader in the industry.
The Noleen shock is not the kind of thing you can easily replace if you trash it. You can swap it out for the Fox shock if you replace the seat stays at the same time. (not cheap!)
I guess the frame is a Tomac design. Dunno exactly what that entails, but sounds like high endy stuff to me. |
| it's a decent albeit slightly dated design | Yeti_Rider
Feb 26, 2003 12:35 PM | | but it works pretty well. My sister has one and although she isn't the most technical rider in the group, she likes it. It's based on a Turner suspension design and as far as I know the only real reason it's sort of fallen out of favor is simply becasue you can't get as much travel as some of the newer trail bikes are getting (3-5 adjustable).
The only drawback I've heard (just second hand information) is that there can be a little more lateral play in the rear end.
If you're going totally budger, it's probably not a bad choice becasue anything else that price or less is probably going to be heavier and/or of slightly lower quality than the close outs you can get on the Razorback frame right now. But, if you want to start hucking and such I'd avoid it because it's a true X-C suspension frame.
Michael |
| re: K2 RAZOR TEAM FRAME, HAS ANYONE BUILT THIS ? | mattb
Feb 27, 2003 10:18 AM | | I basically did what you asking. I think mine was previous generation, without the newer models frame reinforcements. The only thing I would recommend is think about what kind of bike you are looking for. This bike is a hard tail replacement, not a big travel full suspension. No brainier, but it's easy to loose sight of this when you see full suspension. It's a great cross country bike, and it does have a strong following. I am a light rider, and don't much flex problems, which can sometimes be associated with you set everything up too. The strongest aspect of the bike is its climbing ability, hard tail or dually, I have passed them all on the uphill. Weak points, loose some of the fun factor you get in some of the more active suspension designs, and oddly enough the cornering is not as good. However, its design is a little dated and there are better concepts out there. This being said you will not be able to touch them for the price you are looking.
All in all I like the bike and would recommend it. |
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