Rose soulfire DH - 1 year of riding

A year off riding on the Rose soulfire DH 2020.
I am 179cm. and went for a size Large, as it had almost the same geo numbers as my size large Trek remedy. And i wanted something longer for the better stability. Only changed the bars and sadle.
The bike is a real freeride beast, it really shines in the bikeparks and on huge jumps. Its super easy to stear in the air and absorbs huge hits and hucks to flat with easy. The bike feels super poppy and playfull.
With that said, its not made for downhill racing, even thou it has 190mm off travel in the rear, and 200mm upfront. The coil shock goes thru all of its travel with easy when set up with 25% sag. It made it really hard to make it feel good on the technical section. And if it did, it just bottom out on the smallest hits. I think an air shock would have been a way better choice for this bike. This would make it more plush on the roots and rocks, and be able to take bigger hits without bottoming out at the same time.
If you out looking for a bikepark machine that just encourages you to take bigger jumps, roost berms and have and absolut blast, this is the bike.
But i would not recommend this bike for downhill racing, not the stock setup. I often felt like i was sitting on top of the bike and it made it quite uncomfortable in the fast, steep technical sections.

[@amrstrongbozo]

witam cie kolego mamy takie same imie i nazwisko XD

[@k3lpzy706]

Hi I wanted to ask you how does the bike feel now after almost two years of riding what mentainance did you do and how quiet is it because i heard some noises in the video is it jus the chain slapping?

[@MrBOBIBOBSON]

Hey, i had a nasty crash on my enduro bike so i sold all my bikes when i released that vide.. only rode it for a year. the noise came primarily from the chain slap, sometimes from the coil
Ive just bought a propain spindrift and really happy for that one can do more downhill stuff and more enduro then my two bikes combined before

[@fakek1506]

Ist das die normale Narbe die mitgeliefert ist die so laut ist ?

[@MrBOBIBOBSON]

Hey, I dont speak german.. English?

[@fakek1506]

@@MrBOBIBOBSON is the bike Scar from the Original bike or is it Not so Loud if i Buy the Original bike

[@MrBOBIBOBSON]

@@fakek1506 I only upgraded the bike with chromag carbon bar, chromag seat, chromag pedals, so its almost original. But if you put some tube to quite down the chain slap, it should be completely silent.

[@fakek1506]

@@MrBOBIBOBSON Okey thanks i Buy me next week the bike i am so Hyped

[@MrBOBIBOBSON]

@@fakek1506 Nice!! are you also going for the downhill model?

[@thecrew756]

Meinung zum dh