ben duda Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi all, I'm pretty new to the site and to the trials scene really, ive always rode mountain bikes since being a youth and was always doing, tricks wheelies, manuels, jumping stairs etc etc on my mountain bikes, I bought a onza zoot last year and have upgraded a few things on it like the bars to some Trialtech high rise bars as I bent the standard steel ones, also upgraded to a avid bb7 disc brake with An sd7 lever and a wheel build by tarty bikes. I progressed resonably well on it considering I've never rode trials before and definatly enjoy it. A couple of weeks ago I managed to snap my zoot frame, hoping up a wall about 2ft high and landing on the rear wheel. Its snapped where the top tube welds to the frame just under the seat. I'm going to get a friend to tig weld it me so I can at least get a little use out of it for the time being, but I definatly want to get a new frame after christmas and the new year have passed. I'm looking at the inspired element frame, apart from the strength of the inspired would it feel much different (easier/better/stability) than my zoot? I don't quite understand the diffrencies in geo's properly yet to be honest. Also would the curved forks from my zoot change the geo or would I better buying the inspired forks as well. (hope I don't sound to much like a noob) Cheers Ben. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Buy an element, and get the inspired forks on it. Standard zoot forks weigh an absolute ton, and the zoot frame isn't really that strong once you start going bigger, as you've found out. The main thing you'll notice is the element will be a whole lot stiffer, and if its a shorter wheelbase, will spin a whole lot better. Get one bought lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben duda Posted December 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Yh I can nearly 360 bunny hop on the zoot and from what I read the shorter the bike the easier to spin etc. to be honest I thought my zoot was fairly light so would be good to get some extra weight saving with the inspired. Looks like I'll be getting one towards February time once I've saved a bit of money up. Thanks for your reply mate. Seems like a great forum you lot have running here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) I think the Zoot geometries differed slightly through the years. So i'm not going to say what may or may not be easier. But coming from riding an Element for over a year i can say if you have the skill, the bike will do what it's told. It'll ride transition and street both fine. It'll also go backwards without any trouble. Front wheel tricks are difficult, but what longish bike isn't? That's the only real downfall of the Element, otherwise it'll shred. Edited December 22, 2012 by eskimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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