Meta 5 to 666. Some questions?

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[MussEd]

Back from holiday to find a brand new Meta 666 frame as a replacement for my Meta 5.   Soften the blow of being back to reality I guess!!

My questions mainly revolve around which kit to stick straight over from Meta 5.5?  First things first and which fork would be my best option to go with this frame? Had Pikes on the 5.5 so obviously need something else, so what would 666 owners recommend?

Secondly and more generally, will I be ok to shove eveerything else straight over from the 5.5?  Atlas AM crankset & BB/stem and Bar combo/seatpost, Avid Juicy7 brakes etc.   Basically the 5.5 was built up to be AM and was hoing I could make the change to thee bigger frame without too much expense at the moment.  Obviously this is a good chance to change things, but got a sair credit crad bill from New York to sort out first!!

Thirdly how do you convert the rear Hope Pro2 hub to bolt thru?  Got the two sets of dropouts with the new frame and was curious as to whethe 666 riders have done this and do they notice the difference if they have?

So can anyone lend their wisdom?

Ed

[Vic-Tim.com]

Ok, even though I am still running them, do not be tempted by a set of Marz 55's up front. You want to spend more time on the trails and less time waiting for replacement parts! 

Current favourites would seem to be Lyrics or get yourself something from Fox with a 36 at the end 

The rest of your kit sounds spot on for an initial build, just upgrade it if you need to in the future.

I'm not sure how to convert the Hope hubs, but you should have the drop outs to take a 12mm bolt thru?

Either way the 666 does benefit from a stiffer rear end.

Now get building and get the best bike in the range* out on the trails 

Tim S

*My biased view obviously

[MussEd]

Mmm, interesting  I have actually been considering the 55's because of the much cheapness in comparison to 36's and Lyriks, but I did seem to remember a few grumbles about them on here!

So is just a matter of buying the 12mm axle and firing on the other drop-outs?  Thought it'd be more complex than that, but I'm a bit dense sometimes.

[Vic-Tim.com]

Mmm, interesting  I have actually been considering the 55's because of the much cheapness in comparison to 36's and Lyriks, but I did seem to remember a few grumbles about them on here!

In short....DON'T!

The guy who took mine in at the shop to get fixed wasn't surprised to see them and joked that his own set had been back three times already 

Spend more money and get some Lyriks or 36's.....no seriously forget the 55's even exist....blank them from your mind.....

Tim S

....and don't get me started on Manitou! 

[markb923]

i'll second everything tim says.fox or rs nothing else will do. dont know whats gone wrong with marzzies, always used to have a good rep.

[Snakes]

Check mtbr.com forum for 55, no one is happy with it. Here is a nice quote from one topic:

here in spain MZ owner have a very informative sentence:
"there are only two kinds of MZ 55, the ones that have rpoblems and the ones that are going to have problems"

DON'T buy it

[Bigboy]

Yes, please don't even bother with 55s, not even if your are offered them with money or free sex! You WILL have to take them back after you have broken them in the first few weeks and they don't perform at all how you would expect marzocchis to! I just got Lyrik coil uturns as a replacement for my 55s and am instantly impressed by them, although for a 666 you really can't go wrong with foxes either! And for your rear hub I do believe you need one of these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=11825 just pop the circlips off and swap over the supplied parts, I have the 12mm maxle on the back of my meta 5.5 and tried the standard QR on a mates demo bike, once you go bolt through you will notice the flex in a QR setup on the meta, go on you know you want to!

[damo]

I've just converted my 5.5 to 12mm bolt through on my hope 2 rear hub. £20 for the kit and £3.99 for the bolt itself.

Will post some pics up if you want.

Damo

[MussEd]

That'd be great mate, I generally need things explained at a very slow speed to allow it sink in!

[damo]

Sorry about the delay in getting the pictures up. I'm having a right load of bother with my camera trying to get it to comunicate with the pooter. Will get them up as soon as poss.

Damo