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Slopestlye vs. AM
What is the difference between a slopestyle bike and a AM bike. Does slopestyle use the same bike with more "tricks"?
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Being very very general here...
slopestyle bikes tend to be more designed to jump well and be easy to move around while going down a relatively smooth surface, where AM bikes tend to be set up to keep the rider on top of the thing regardless of the terrain.
Still general, but slightly less so...
slopestyle bikes tend to have their suspension set up firmer and/or ramp up more, have shorter chainstays and/or slacker seat angles, shorter TT length, and less travel than AM bikes. The mix of characteristics depends on which individual bikes you're comparing.
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a fully slope style bike is kinda like a basterd lovechild of an am bike and a jump bike.
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Slopestyle bikes aren't as uphill friendly as AM either - closer to a short travel DH bike crossed with a BMX...
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Originally Posted by MartinS
Slopestyle bikes aren't as uphill friendly as AM either - closer to a short travel DH bike crossed with a BMX...
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i dont think that is necisarrily true, my parker is fine up hill, i would imagine similar bikes are too. |
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I kinda think of it as being similar to the differences between DH and FR. Mostly a geometry difference. You could probably use some AM bikes for slopestyle and some slopestyle bikes for AM duties.
The SS bike is going to be better on jumps (especially more DJ styled ones rather then big bike floaters), probably will be burlier, have a frame designed to get out of the rider's way during tricks, and quite possibly have less travel.
The AM bike is going to be more uphill-friendly and is going to be more confident feeling on steep stuff, technical sections, and high speeds.
At least that's my interpretation.
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Originally Posted by b-kul
i dont think that is necisarrily true, my parker is fine up hill, i would imagine similar bikes are too.
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Any bike can be 'fine' uphill, many AM bikes are good to great. I can ride my Wildcard uphill okay, but I'd hate it if it was my only bike - granted I live in an area where many of our uphills are close to 1 hour up. If you live in an area where you don't have as much climbing it's a different story.
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Slopestyle bikes have lower bottom brackets and shorter seat tubes, so you can rail big bermy corners and throw big tricks in the air. A tall seat tube will prevent you from doing can-cans or other big slopestyle tricks. Typically slopestyle bikes have 4-5 inches of travel and more slack headtubes because they aren't designed to be pedalled uphill really. An "all mountain" bike is designed to be pedalled, climbed, descended.. a jack of all trades but master of none. Slopestyle is a much more specific type of riding, IMO closer to dirt jumping than anything else.
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