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  • HermanShake
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    Phew, he’s done. STW meet Albert :twisted::
    [img]http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt360/HermanShake/IMAG0220.jpg[/img]

    Phone pics, in case you couldn’t tell. QRs being replaced with thrus very soon (in the post). Helitape on the way too. There’ll be a Soul and Meta for sale soon with some bits too.

    Oh, and if you can’t say anything nice… 😉

    rob-jackson
    Free Member

    pity you didn’t buy the right sized frame 😉

    NWAlpsJeyerakaBoz
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    Saddle high enough? 😉

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    djflexure
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    Looks sweet, always fancied a Dialled.

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Where, oh where to start…

    The shed door, weeds on the cracked paving and more…

    HermanShake
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    Saddle height; pffft note the GD. It’s a 17″ and I’m 5′ 11″ :mrgreen:

    Sweetness; yes indeedy.

    Garden; I know. It’s a shared house and the garden is a housemate’s domain. It’s a polished turd 😆

    balfa
    Free Member

    Nice. A little chopper tastic for my tastes though. I always thought my PA rode best with 125mm forks on it like it was originally designed for.

    stratobiker
    Free Member

    OMG… what a mess!!!! The work of a clueless amateur!!!

    Bike looks nice though! 😉

    letmetalktomark
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    Herman Shake – Member

    Phew, he’s done. STW meet Albert :twisted::

    Why is your (prince) Albert Twisted?

    Out of interest how much post is in the frame? Been looking at a GD but not sure they are long enough.

    HermanShake
    Free Member

    Twisted was meant to be the emoticon 😈 which I associate with gnarliness. Post didn’t emote though.

    I imagine a twisted Prince Albert (anatomically speaking) to be a rather painful affair!

    GD is 1″ above min insert, there’s loads of post.

    unsponsored
    Free Member

    How does the ride compare to the soul?

    soobalias
    Free Member

    i can confirm a twisted PA is painful, pics to follow

    HermanShake
    Free Member

    My reluctant answer is I don’t know! I bought the Soul frame first, read up more and then decided I needed something a little more BFe (geddit? IGMC) and didn’t want to hurt the Soul. I then bought the PA frame, it arrived and looked truly beautiful and was built prior to the Soul arriving which I was going to try out of curiosity. The Cotic headbadge also erks me, but that’s just me.

    I can tell you the Soul is astonishingly lightweight and has the finish you’d expect of a frame that expensive. That’s 853 for you! In my assumption/what I’ve read would suggest that the ride would be more gentle and a little more zingy. The burlier build of the PA is bound to feel stiffer as there’s nearly 1/2 a kg more steel there; which is visibly clear when comparing the stays/dropouts.

    And yes, the Soul is orange too.

    chiefgrooveguru
    Full Member

    Looks nice!

    I don’t think you’d have been likely to break the Soul though – if you figure in the increased tensile strength of the 853 vs 725 then rough calculations suggest the two frames have very similar strength. Obviously stiffness is a different matter as it’s fairly constant for steel alloys (and thus depends on tube profiles and gauges).

    flebby
    Free Member

    your kettle has a plant growing out of it, i’ll have a cold drink thanks.

    nice bike!

    simon67
    Free Member

    Are you still selling the Soul?

    Size , price please if you are

    Ta

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