Eddyboy123 Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Has anyone had any experience with both the inspired element and flow? I'm looking to pick up my first trials bike and have seen a used element and a used flow up for sale at the moment. The flow is on an auction (the exact bike sold last month for £481) and the element is up for buy it now for £350, as far as I can tell though the element is the higher spec'd bike having hydraulic rear brakes etc. The only Issue is that the flow is 25 Miles away while the element is 240 miles away and won't post. Am I right in thinking that the element is the better deal? Is it worth the trip to go and get it over the flow (would bring the cost to around the same)? Thanks James Edit: Forgot to add that I may have some friends up near the element that could pick it up and ship it for me, does that make it a no-brainer? Edited January 12, 2018 by Eddyboy123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Which generation/colour bikes are we talking? The early Elements and early Flows were non-disc, so if either bike is non-disc then that might hold you back a bit further down the line if you wanted to upgrade. Just to add, if they're both rim brake only or both disc ready, then the Element would be the better of the two. The frames and forks are broadly similar, but some aspects of the Element are a bit above the Flow. For example, Elements came with Truvativ splined cranks whereas some models of Flow came with square taper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddyboy123 Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 The element is white with what I believe to be the newer style decals? The flow is purple and being sold as a 2015 bike. But both appear to be rim brake only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hmm. Weird. From memory, the white and black Elements were the first to come with disc mounts too - the yellow and grey before were non-disc. The purple Flow is definitely non-disc though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddyboy123 Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 This is the best picture of the rear end of the element, and from what I can tell it looks rim brake only Is there much difference at all in the frames as a couple of disk/disk flows have come up for sale for not a lot more and a fair bit closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Ah, OK - that's a 26" one by the looks of it which makes that make sense! That might also come into your decision too - 24" and 26" bikes feel quite different, so it depends if you have a preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddyboy123 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Good spot! Looks like the elements sold now anyway, so I'll probably try pick up one of the disk/disk flows unless the purple one goes cheap Thanks for your help man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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