Lutz said:I only saw koxx riders with the xtp and I dont think they are allowed to
say if they break something as you can see at the trouble which Joe get
when Sponge wrote that he damaged the XTP.
But I dont think that there is a market for a round trials frame.
Nearly all trials rider enjoy it to do a little bit street or glide
down a hill.
I'd like to point out that Yoggi and other 'head honchos' over at Koxx
overreacted at that situation. First of all, that XTP was lent to me
for a long time by Joe, he was not the one who found the crack. I did.
With all that being said, that particular XTP was bought from
unicycle.com and not given out by Koxx, so they were shattering their
own reputation for nothing.
I'd also like to clear up the issue shrouding the XTP. Yes, fewer
people have it, and yes it is overpriced. No doubt about those 2
points. However, look at it logically:
Joe- snapped 2 KH frames in front of my eyes in under 6 months each
- put a small crack in XTP around 6 months and still going strong,
(the crack hasn't even spread,
_no_that_is_not_an_exaggeration_at_all_).
^I posted up pictures of the slightly cracked XTP and this whole
community freaked out way more than I expected, I guess the some people
were looking for an excuse to put their beloved KHs over the XTP.
Right now, I can confidently say that the XTP is stronger, especially
the newer ones with the gusset welded on the seattube-crown weld. The
price is still ridiculous and this is where all the hated and jealousy
of some people stem from. _It's_a_frame..._ Don't get me wrong at all:
the KH is a brilliant frame and extremely good value for money, but the
XTP is simply stronger. I've tried both out and borrowed them both for
a long time and on top of that I ride regularly with someone who breaks
things all the time and so far he's having a damn hard time doing any
more damage to his XTP.
As for round-crown alu frame, I don't really know of any trials-worthy
ones right now, but it wouldn't be a bad idea because round crowns are
supposed to be a stronger design than the slightly more complex square
crowns.
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