Recent content by kEARNEY79

Spec for money is what clinched it for me also. I’m aware insertion depth is an issue on the zendit, but the karve seat tube is still quite long for a modern enduro bike. Does the karve have more saddle clearance than the zendit? I demoed a velduro medium with a 200 dropper post, this was...

What made you guys go for the karve instead of the zendit?

I commented on the clip & they have now added English subs.

I see theres a Karve EVO RSX “first impression” type video on YouTube. Annoyingly it’s in Czech, but the bike does look good. It has some actual ride footage, it would be interesting to know what they’re saying. Looks like its actually Chris Akrigg in the video at the beginning

There are no reviews or first impression videos online, as far as I can see. Neil Donoghue said he’ll have one last week, so fingers crossed we get some new vids soon.

I’d end up putting a 38 on the lighter bike anyway. Shame you cant spec the evo RSX with the carbon rear triangle.

According to various websites & geo geeks it’s all quite similar components on the 2 top end bikes

Must be more than rear triangle, shock & fork that’s different I’d imagine. We’re talking 3kg a difference between bikes, unless the original 23.9 weight of the Karve RSX was misrepresented.

A uni‑directional carbon mainframe means the bike’s main frame is built primarily from carbon fibres all laid in one direction, rather than woven. This gives higher stiffness and strength in the load‑bearing directions and is the modern standard forhigh‑performance frames. That’s from...

Some mention of the Karve on the latest EMBN video. With a suggestion Neil will have a hold of the Karve RSX this week. Gonna be interesting to hear what he has to say. But, obviously these reviews come with a grain of salt. Rob, any indication of when you’re getting the bike or is it all...

Nice one! In this case I’m glad I’ve stuck with the EVO RSX. Plenty of scope for changing things later if required. Now the long wait till August 😂

I’m sure that’s a response to the 160/160 models, what we’re after is a comparison of the 160/160 & 180/180 frames. I could be wrong

Is it a lighter mainframe? From the limited info I can find the main differences are fork, shock & rear triangle?

Do you think Whyte will offer a carbon rear triangle for the evo RSX at a later date to bring the weight down slightly? And realistically, would we even notice any difference?

phoned the shop for an update on my medium Karve RSX. September delivery date for mine. I’m in Scotland