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I bought a Big Sur with the Genesis geo back in ‘98. It certainly didn’t feel like it had any slacker angles. Probably 71-72 deg, typical 90’s geo. I went over the bars plenty.
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Well, other bikes were polished turds, the Mantra wasn't. :-) Unified Rear Triangle was was an ultimate fail, but to put the pivot point up high where the Mantra's was probably made the suspension worse.
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I owned a Mantra for a while. As most have said, it was a POS going downhill....it was easily the worst bike that I've ever owned.
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Didn't know there was so much "love" for the Mantra! A buddy of mine has one, the yellow jacket model with the gold arm and black rear. He would love to sell it to a good home. If anyone wants to put their money where their mouth is, let me know! Bike is approx 18" for 5'9 rider, located in Santa Barbara.
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I had a Santa Cruz Tazmon that I really liked, and before that a GT Team RTS that was interesting if you could get it set up correctly (almost no sag while seated, but moving through travel at the first sign of a bump, a real pain to dial in with the Noleen coil-over). I took a break from the full suspension nonsense for a while with a Zaskar until I wound up on a Cannondale Jekyll with a Lefty, a decent do it all ride, but that's getting later in the development process.
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Yes, the Jekyll was a 2 year affair. Long for me. A Turner, BMC 4-stroke, Blur, Jamis Dragon 29 and Ventana El Rey have all given way to a Niner Rip and Spec Stumpy 29er HT at present. At this point, thinking about adding a FS MTB e-bike to the mix.
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