XTP or Belaey

[Filip]

Hi!
I'm going to switch to 26" bike from my 20" Levelboss and and can't decide on the XTP long or the Belaey bike. I'm 181cm, about 5.11, 6 feet (i think) and ride mostly natural. If anyone has tried both bikes i would appreciate some comments, both good and bad. Thanks.

/Filip

[trauma100]

exteapee... better for your height me thinks

[Noel]

I'm gonna have to say go with the Beleay. And it's a little cheaper but not that it matters.

[Elan]

ill just say that at 5'11, my xtp fits me perfectly. i havent spent any time on a bealey but thats what i was going to get ntil i got a really good deal on the xtp. id say if you arent an elite level rider, go withe the bealey, its cheaper, and probably a whole lot stronger. the XTP really isnt made to be ridden everyday by riders who beat stuff up.

[stocktrials]

i am 177cm and ride a Belaey.. I ride in elite (but that doesn't necessarily make me elite) and I do ride a fair bit, and I didn't see the XTP as an everyday riding type of bike either. I got a good price on the KB and I could have got an xtp.. but I didn't.

[Elan]

the only reason i ahve an xtp is because i got it for as less than a LB costs. otherwise i was ready to order a Belalay

[netto]

belaey has a lower bb, making the bike a bit more stable for both wheel balance lines
i've ridden both, and the xtp feels a bit bigger

[Filip]

So if i'm not a pro, still practising new moves like tapping, gapping to frontwheel, you don't recommend the XTP? Is the Belaey stronger, anybody knows for sure? From what I read in different threads around the forum the XTP seems to have a pretty thin downtube, very easy to dent, right? Would some kind of protection on the downtube help, or would it dent just the same? I'm still not a pro bur not a beginner, somewhere in the middle. Is the Belaey to recomend over a levelboss?

[Filip]

Also, just discovered that they don't have the Kenny Belaey bike on www.koxx.fr (http://www.koxx.fr) any more. Have they stopped selling it?

[digby]

The choice was pretty easy for me. I'd really like the xtp, but I dont think it'd last me too long. Vinco was too long, caisso too short, already had a levelboss before, and wasnt sure about going custom. The only thing a KB doesnt have that i'd really want are horizontal dropouts.

I think if you even have to ask the question, you probably shouldnt get the xtp. Its a comp frame, meaning light, rides great, but probably wont last you too long. For everyday riding where theres a good chance your down tube will meet a rock, a rail, ledge or log, the KB or a levelboss is a better choice.

If you ride a lot of comps, and your good enough that the weight gives you a significant advantage, and your fine with the fact that its not gonna last you 3 years, then go for it.

I just noticed the KB is no longer offered on koxx's site. I have one coming in maybe a week or so, I'm gonna be super pissed if next week koxx goes, hey we've got a new KB frame coming out, its got horizontal dropouts and a raised BB!

[Filip]

What is saying that the KB bike is stronger, they both weigh 1800 grams?

[Bambwe]

Tried Beleay and Xtp, compared to Vinco, Xtp's real shet and beleay is really a great bike, kind of levelboss upgraded, truly amazing. The xtp is just a good bike, Hermance riding on .. but beleay riding his bike. BELEAY !

[AndyT]

Tried Beleay and Xtp, compared to Vinco, Xtp's real shet and beleay is really a great bike, kind of levelboss upgraded, truly amazing. The xtp is just a good bike, Hermance riding on .. but beleay riding his bike. BELEAY !

:ugh:

[illcore]

belaey has a lower bb, making the bike a bit more stable for both wheel balance lines
i've ridden both, and the xtp feels a bit bigger
you sir, are a dumbass

[illcore]

again, holy faggots.

[netto]

you sir, are a dumbasshow so?

[lowside]

you sir, are a dumbassthe guy owns a belaey and has lots of time clocked on webster's xtp... why is he a dumbass?

[tomacropod]

because the other dude's illcore and says so?

nonetheless, I like him.

- Joel

[illcore]

the belaey and the xtp are the same bike except for the wheel base on the belaey is 10 mm shorter.. and i have more time on an xtp than anyone on this board.

ill get you proof if your dumb enough to need it

[illcore]

because the other dude's illcore and says so?

nonetheless, I like him.

- Joel
tomac is a thugg. thats all i have to say

[illcore]

http://www.observedtrials.net/otn2/geyshit1.jpg

so now we know they are the same geo. what ever bike you feel you want/fits your price range.

[Elan]

illcore coming through in the CLUTCH

[tomeleyskins]

http://www.observedtrials.net/otn2/geyshit1.jpg

so now we know they are the same geo. what ever bike you feel you want/fits your price range.
is the headangle the same on both? looks different on the pictures but it's probably the angle the photo has been taken at.

to the topic starter: have you considered anything else apart from koxx? coustellier, echo, zoo etc?

[illcore]

its the angle i took the picture at. ya its the same

[Faction Bike]

you should wait for the V-Racing.....

[Elan]

werd

[illcore]

you should wait for the V-Racing.....
to bad it cost more than a house.

[Filip]

to the topic starter: have you considered anything else apart from koxx? coustellier, echo, zoo etc?
No, i haven't, and why should i? My previous bike was a koxx and so will my next...

By the way, i have already ordered my bike...a Belaey...Thanks for all your comments.

[stocktrials]

yeeeeeeha! You'll love it, im sure ;)