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  • New bike day! (Bird Aeris)
  • AlexSimon
    Full Member

    I know there have been a few threads on here recently, but it’s been 6 months since I demod and ordered the bike so I feel perfectly justified in starting another!

    My Bird Aeris finally arrived on Tuesday and after ripping open the packaging and helitaping it, I immediately took it out for some photos and a dusty 25k.

    I haven’t seen many pics of the orange frame about, so excuse the number!

    Very sunny day made photography a challenge, but had a remote flash to help.

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/rZ6cvw]Aeris-020[/url] by tryingtimes, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/rXmt3e]Aeris-05[/url] by tryingtimes, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/sgwZBs]Aeris-1[/url] by tryingtimes, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/sgFuNk]Aeris-012[/url] by tryingtimes, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/sgCGBc]Aeris-09[/url] by tryingtimes, on Flickr

    Really love it.
    I’ll write some more detailed thoughts once I get some work done!

    nemesis
    Free Member

    Too clean! 🙂

    Looks good though.

    soma_rich
    Free Member

    Cracking photos! what camera/lense are you using? bike looks like it could handle anything!

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    DezB
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    Saw that bike in What MTB yesterday and thought “mm, that’s nice”.
    So many bikes have gone the link actuated single pivot, it works!
    Looks great, cool colour too. Does it come in under 30lb?

    chakaping
    Free Member

    Have you considered a career in product photography?

    Very good pics. And bike looks nice too obvs.

    zeesaffa
    Free Member

    Alex,
    She’s a beauty!!!!!!
    Mine should be arriving in the next few days!

    Should we start a new thread on here called “Show us your Birds!” ?

    Great photos by the way! I’m also interested to know what camera / lens and processing you did??

    munrobiker
    Free Member

    Out of interest how much does it weigh?

    chambord
    Free Member

    That is a lovely looking bike, I am jealous.

    How come the rear mech is at such an angle?

    D0NK
    Full Member

    So many bikes have gone the link actuated single pivot, it works!

    erm, horst/chainstay pivot so 4bar shirley?
    Looks nice anyway

    hooli
    Full Member

    Looks good!

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    I’d like to know how it’s standing up by itself.

    (..and it does look very lovely)

    DezB
    Free Member

    How come the rear mech is at such an angle?

    Chain’s too long?

    horst/chainstay pivot so 4bar shirley?

    Damn! It’s rubbish then! 😉 Not sure I’d want a bike that’s an anagram of I Arse anyway.

    hora
    Free Member

    The figures suggest its quite a long bike- 25″ effective TT on the large/am I reading that right?!)? http://www.birdmtb.com/aeris-150-2/

    benpinnick
    Full Member

    How come the rear mech is at such an angle?

    SRAM X1 mechs have a limited range of arm positions in 10T that allow the mech to move without catching on the internal cable run of the mech itself – in order to make an X1 work you have to have it pretty much horizontal in the 10T or your shift from 12T > 10T will be compromised. Luckily the Type 2 mech has loads of spring tension so the chain is nice and tight even like this.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    I’ll have to be quick for now.
    Camera: Canon 60D
    Lens: Tamron 17-50 f2.8
    Processing: Lightroom CC
    Prop: Stick – cloned out in Photoshop CC
    Suspension: Horst 4-bar (but unlike any I’ve ridden previously definitely nothing like Specialized)
    Weight: Don’t know. Chain guide and tyres have added a bit from the theoretical 28.5lb. I’ll get it weighed some time.

    Cheers for the kind comments!

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Forgot to mention.
    It’s a Medium frame.
    I know the reverb hose is a little long. Going to trim it now I’m 100% sure of the saddle height. I’m also going to tuck the front brake hose behind the reverb once it’s done to keep it a bit neater.

    volatilemike
    Free Member

    Really nice, awesome photo’s aswell 8)

    thegreatape
    Free Member

    I bought a Zero from Bird last year. Great bike, great company.

    razorrazoo
    Full Member

    Looks fantastic in the orange colour.

    NormalMan
    Full Member

    Really, really like that!

    How tall are you?

    Congrats on the bike btw.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    5’10”
    32″ inside leg.
    Judging by suits, I have slightly shorter than average arms.

    Don’t be too worried about the size. They are long, but the 35mm stem puts you back where you were. Feels exactly the same position to my old Medium Maverick with a 70mm stem.
    So the medium is still a medium even though the 620mm ETT appears long.

    goby
    Full Member

    Really nice photos and bike looks amazing now go out and rag the hell out of it! 🙂
    Did wonder how it was standing up on its own!!

    NormalMan
    Full Member

    Thanks AlexSimon

    I’m 5’11” (and a half!) with long limbs and always seem to fall between sizes on mtbs. Either too short or wrong standover etc.

    I really like the look of these as a possible replacement for my Camber 26er which is the most love/hate bike I’ve ever owned!!

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    I’ll probably be visiting a range of areas over the next 5 weeks before I take it to Whistler, so if anyone wants to try my Med for size, they are very welcome.

    I’ll be riding Llandegla and most of the Peaks for sure.
    I took it round Whinlatter last night and it did occur to me that some northerners might be interested in checking the size out.

    Normal Man – do you tend to by the slightly small ones or the slightly large ones?

    NormalMan
    Full Member

    I’ve been down both roads and usually end up wishing I’d taken the other option!

    Not the most helpful of answers I know, but the honest one.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Looking at those photos – I now realise why people wear knee pads – it’s to hide their knobbly knees!

    Normal Man – it’s a bit too personal a thing, for me to advise, but the standover is very low on all sizes.

    nickc
    Full Member

    Lovely looking bike,and great photos 😀

    plyphon
    Free Member

    Looks a lot better than their own promo pics. so good infact im going to have to reconsider it.

    alandavidpetrie79
    Free Member

    As mentioned, lovely looking bike & stunning pics! 🙂

    Front maxle is supposed to be vertical I believe….

    BoardinBob
    Full Member

    It really is lovely. Was looking at them last night. It looks low, slack and fast. Ride report asap please!

    brassneck
    Full Member

    Never mind the bike, where’s that bowl?

    (Very nice bike btw)

    M6TTF
    Free Member

    stunning!

    NormalMan
    Full Member

    No worries. Thanks AlexSimon.
    I guess a trip to Bird might just have to happen in the not too distant future.

    Enjoy the new bike.

    _tom_
    Free Member

    Looks awesome. That orange is the perfect colour for a bike.

    Euro
    Free Member

    Great looking bike/nice clear pics.
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    Your cornering technique looks to be waaaaaaay off tho. Have you thought a out a skills course. Best money yo…… 😛

    1981miked
    Free Member

    Wow.. That’s stunning in Orange. Orange bikes are quicker aswel. Fact!

    That’sy mind made up.. Having one. What spec is that one?

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Funny you should say that Euro, I was trying to do ‘pro elbows’ for the camera, and everything else went to crap! 😆

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    What spec is that one?

    It’s close to the RS, but with a different shock.
    I specified everything individually so I can’t remember if anything else is different to the RS.

    steel4real
    Free Member

    Love it – the colour and the set up – WANT !

    In fact I was recently looking at their frame prices but the Orange colour was out of stock & I wasn’t liking the gold shock link in the website photos but yours is black.

    Going to have to wait until next year though.

    Is there going to be a MK 2 ? Will they still do Orange frames next year ??

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    I wasn’t liking the gold shock link in the website photos but yours is black

    They’re all black now.

    Going to have to wait until next year though.

    That long! wow.
    I can see why Cy wanted to build the Rocket in the UK, this whole 6month Taiwan lead time thing is really awkward.
    As soon as something gets popular, it’s out of stock for 3 months+.
    I suffered with that with the Banshee Spitfire last year and I see the Knolly Endorphin 27.5 never turned up. If you want a Transition, Knolly, Evil, etc you really do have to get the timing right!

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