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  • Another one of those "Ooh, that's a nice looking bike" threads.
  • I’ve never started one of these threads before, but this one really does look exceptionally nice to me. Maybe I’m biased. 😉

    Van Nicholas titanium 29er Lefty belt drive Rohloff.

    Stef Peels of Helmond in the Netherlands sent us some pictures of his new custom Zion Rohloff 29er from Van Nicholas…

    Posted by Gates Carbon Drive on Monday, January 14, 2013

    Bimbler
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    Yum

    PeterPoddy
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    I was very, very wary of opening this thread after the last one with a similar title….. 😉

    Gunz
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    I like it but wouldn’t go out of my way to talk to the rider.

    scruff
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    Ti- Wrong
    29er- Wrong
    Belt Drive- Wrong
    Lefty- Wrong
    CB pedals- Wrong
    Rohloff-ROFLOL

    honourablegeorge
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    Couple of fat tyres, and you’d cover every niche

    firestarter
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    Straight tubes and rigid forks it would be nice, but it’ll do 😉

    ir_bandito
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    Ticks a few boxes, but fails in some. Bent tubes and EBB are a big no for me.

    Ti- Wrong Niche
    29er- Wrong Niche
    Belt Drive- Wrong Niche
    Lefty- Wrong Niche
    CB pedals- Wrong
    Rohloff-ROFLOL FTW

    FTFY Sruff

    rocketman
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    titanium 29er Lefty belt drive Rohloff.

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    sugdenr
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    every part is a self indulgent fashion- over-function choice and all unecessarily expensive, plus it looks ridiculous with half a fork.

    D0NK
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    it looks mingin but get rid of the rohloff, the bottle cages, the pedals and scribble over the red bits with black marker and I’ll give you £250 for it.

    bikebouy
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    “sobs uncontrollably cos can’t see piccy”

    “wahhhh, whahhhhhhhhhhh”

    Kato
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    Handsome0

    PeterPoddy
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    plus it looks ridiculous with half a fork.

    I say your car looks ridiculous with half a hub too.

    ti_pin_man
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    could fancy a blast on it to see how it rides >>joins queue >> but still wouldnt buy one like that. beauty is in the eye of the whatsit.

    wobbem
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    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, thus I behold more than you 8)


    b45her
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    that thing is hideous, looks like someone melted it in a microwave.

    ElShalimo
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    Too much red anodized bling on the Van Nicholas, blue would have been bling yet less in ya face

    sugdenr
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    Hmmm, I have to ask, what is that semi melted thing I am beholding then wobbem?

    matt_outandabout
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    Oooooh, melty blue bike is ace 8)

    druidh
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    Everything about that Van Nic ticks my boxes. I already own an Amazon and considered a VN before I bought my El Mariachi 29er. Belt drive/IGH I “get”. Even the Lefty doesn’t put me off.

    Why then does it look crap? There’s something not quite right about that seat tube and the seat stays. It looks very unbalanced somehow.

    firestarter
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    I only listen to people bad mouthing a rohloff after they have used one extensively 😉

    bikebouy
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    Finally I get to see the VN.

    Me likeee..

    And funnily enough me likeee the melty blue thing too..

    8)

    Wait a minute, me likeeee even more if the melty blue thing was a SS.

    singlespeedstu
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    😆 ing at Mick.

    ‘Hoff’s are a bit shit though. 😉

    The melty blue thing’s a Wolfhound BTW.

    CaptainFlashheart
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    That top one is lovely!

    Ditch the pedals, of course, and you have an awesome mile munching mud-plugger, ideal for the lovely UK weather!

    I like it. A lot.

    rwc03
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    What cranks are those?

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    I like it. A lot.

    Things have changed round here this last couple of years. 😆

    avdave2
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    I’ll take it with a rigid fork.

    firestarter
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    You knows nowt stu 😉

    Houns
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    Van Nics are available in Halfords ergo it’s gash 😉

    tazzymtb
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    melty blue wolfhound is nice

    josemctavish
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    Van Nics are ace.

    mainmonkeyking
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    The van nic at he top of the thread is pure fashion victim material. Belt drive, in mud – really? That just does not work. That build is trying too hard to be different and in doing so has become utterly pointless. Buying that says the rider thinks way more about their bike than riding

    tinybits
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    edit – arse, I didn’t see who started this thread!

    ir_bandito
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    Belt drive, in mud – really? That just does not work.

    Mine does. That’s one of the reasons for doing it, no chain lube to wash off.

    pitduck
    Free Member

    mmmmmmmm melty blue thing (want) 😀

    D0NK
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    mainmonkeyking – Member
    …Belt drive, in mud – really? That just does not work…

    say what now?

    is that wolfhound melty because someone stuck it on a hot wash trying to shrink a 29er frame for a 4’9″ rider? 🙂

    bikebouy
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    The only thing I’d change on the VN (gasps) but its an omission rather than inclusion are the bottle cages. They are just a bit toooooo biiiig. It would look far sweeter if they were the old style roadie thin tube ones. Sure you can get them in tit.

    So, who rides a melty blue thing on here then? Would love to know how it rides.

    shandcycles
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    Belt drive, in mud – really? That just does not work.

    utter pish

    every part is a self indulgent fashion- over-function choice and all unecessarily expensive, plus it looks ridiculous with half a fork.

    That build is trying too hard to be different and in doing so has become utterly pointless. Buying that says the rider thinks way more about their bike than riding

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