Just wondering how these two bikes compare help please

i had a couple of technos a long time back then a 2007 rev3 for 3 yrs, so i can add a few comments although these are just opinion, and subject to my poor memory.

the technos were a bit of a beast in terms of power delivery, especially the first yellow one i had. i remember people softening them off with extra gaskets etc. the rev bikes are much softer and forgiving yet with a simliar power overall. more useable perhaps. you may struggle to find parts etc for technos now and if you are just starting out and breaking a few bits then this maybe an issue, whereas rev parts are all still current, in the main. alot of are intercahngeable from the period however and some bits, bearings sprockets etc etc are the same even now.

the less complex rear suspension on the rev is likely to need less mainatinence/repair than on a older techno.

the subframes always seemed to be snapping on my techno, although that may have been my youthful enthusiasm, but they werenet a great design.

basically as a starter bike, either would be fine, but again, buy on condition. the rev should last you longer as you improve by nature of it being newer and more current; that said if you have a talent for the sport either will get you up and away fine and cope with most club trials easily.

remember the techno is wider and heavier and carries its weight a bit more up top in the frame. a good rev at around 1250-1500 should last a very long time if maintained well i reckon, great beginners and clubmans bike.

hope this helps a little but most of the above can be said of any brand of bike across the techno-rev3 timescale. if you know someone with a decent knowledge of off road bikes then take them with you. the same old buying rules apply. remember you can soon spend a few hundred qud on basic stuff putting a cheaper bike right. generally a bike that is being used in trials should be mechanically good, beware the slack chained,leaky forked, spongy braked, worn sproketed worn tyred bike that is that few hundred quid cheaper!

good luck, enjoy.

Edited June 24, 201115 yr by twinkletoes

Thanks lot for that very helpful!

If the techno is alot cheaper it is a fine bike to learn on. But if it is a small amount the rev 3 is way above the techno. Have almost always had Beta`s and the brand is always above most bikes in build quality and ride.