The lack of the climb switch on the Cane Creek DB air hasn’t been a worry.
They are that good, really plush but also feel properly fast whether it’s rough or smooth. They’re a massive improvement on the Sektors I was running! However, the demo bike was running Pikes & they kind of give you extremely high expectations for anything you ride after! I suspect a set of Pikes will transform any bike that needs an AM type fork. This frame came with a set of TALAS 160 FIT RC2 forks which are solid & perform pretty well. Different forks were required, the Five was running some solid but quite low performance 150mm Sektors. Most of the build came from my previous frame, a rugged & dependable Orange 5, but it’s all vaguely similar in type & quality to the kit on the demo bike. There are other differences concerning the complete build, mostly not that relevant. In terms of reliability, nothing whatsoever has been an issue. In terms of this being a longer term review, although I’ve been riding it for 3 or 4 months it was an ex-demo frame from EDS Bikes so it’s had a reasonable amount of use already. It should be a slow bike on the tarmac, not that you’d be thinking of riding too much road on it! However, I do tend to ride from home to the trails & it’s no slower on the boring smooth stuff than a lot of shorter travel mountain bikes. Both feel just as solid & the differences aren’t huge. It also rolls faster on smoother surfaces.
BANSHEE RUNE 2 MANUALS
The 650b feels like a slightly smoother ride on rockier surfaces & the 26er feels a touch more nimble, most noticeable is that it manuals slightly easier. Much has been written about the advantages of the different wheel sizes but here’s my opinion. It’s rumoured that the 26er is slightly better, but I reckon they’re both pretty good. – This one has no climb switch on the shock more on that later – The demo was a 650b & this one’s a 26er, the only difference being a different set of dropouts It’s got enough room that I might still go for a shorter stem in the future to improve the steering & chuck-aboutable-ness… This is a large & it fits me well although it’s maybe more like a medium from other brands. – the demo was a medium & slightly small for me (although great fun!). This one is concerned with reliability, some differences in the setup between this one & the demo bike I rode & anything else that didn’t occur to me originally. Also Vital MTB have got up a cracking video here.…see the Rune first impressions review for info on the frame.
Banshee Bikes Rune V2 Demo bikeįor a run down on the Banshee Rune in 650B guise check out the Pink Bike review. If you would like a Rune V2, Spitfire V2 or anything else in the Banshee Bikes range, give us a call on 01694 781515. Also we have pre-sold our entire first drop of frames and also a couple off the second drop. If you do want to demo it give us a call. Since having the Banshee Rune V2 Demo back, we have been inundated with bookings for it.
BANSHEE RUNE 2 PRO
To finish it off Hope Pro 2 Evo hubs on some nice Mavic 521 rims.
BANSHEE RUNE 2 FULL
Full Shimano set-up, with XT gearing and SLX brakes with ice-tech rotors. We used Fox suspension front and rear (can’t go wrong there). KS Lev seat post was definitely top of the list for the seat post, it’s had some amazing reviews and is the smoothest thing on the market. Banshee Bikes Rune V2 Demo bikeĪs you can see from the picture we did a pretty comprehensive build, using some top quality parts. All ready to hit the Long Mynd (or any alpine resort, come to think of it). Just had the Rune back from Lee at invisiFRAME and it’s looking spot on.
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