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12 vs 13 Bandit 29

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#1 ·
Ok I have a 13 Bandit 29 but I keep seeing people say its a shame they changed it for 2013. Its making me 2nd guess my purchase and wonder how the 2012 would feel or if I would even notice?

Other than going down to 120 rear whats the difference that everyone is mad about?
 
#3 ·
Not that much of a difference between the two… Rear travel is one and sizing is the other. I was dead smack in the middle of medium and large for 2012 and perfectly on medium size for 2013.
I like the lower BB height of the 2013… But i'm running 140mm revelations for the slacker headangle!
 
#5 ·
1m78 so that would be 5'11 aswell… rode a 2012 large that felt really long to me even with a 50mm stem and the 2012 medium would be to short (toptube lengthwise) so I waited for a 2013… Dirtmag seems to like larger frames with 35mm length stems for downhill oriented stuff… I'm trying that on my singlespeed right now and like it sofar…
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#10 ·
Funny… I'm running a medium frame and a shorter stem then you. I have to admit I like my bikes short for the tech stuff. Try the short stem!

Why did you get a 34 instead of the raved about pike?! That is something I'm dreaming about for summer… Trading the revelation for a pike!
 
#11 ·
I had a White fox 34 already on it that I had bought used. I wanted a black one then but I got a good deal on it. Now that the 13 Fox 34 are on sale a lot of places I only added a few bucks after selling my white one to get a brand new one lol. I didn't want to add another 300-400 to get a Pike. Id love one though. And for $60 more I can have fox upgrade it to the 14 internals.
 
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