Built this puppy up over the last few weeks and took it for a nice 3hr hack in the local woods this afternoon:

29" wheels are 3" better than 26" wheels 😀

:FACT:

Ride it like you stole it…

😀

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
My eye's are bleeding now 😯

Thats stunning. 😀

LOL! I almost gagged when I put the pink camo chainstay protector on…

Ah bless………and its soo YOU 😆

sweeet.

Not the worst looking clown wheeled bike I've seen, but still not a looker.

Looks right. Bar the colour 😉

But it's got gears? 😉

looks ok that

very nice. How much travel do the forks have?

Sweet. Grips and saddle could be white to match the fork tho.. 😉

How are those ardents treating you? I fancy some.

Pink on paper, sounds so wrong, but looks so right in the flesh, why is that?

very nice. How much travel do the forks have?

They're 100mm. And very nice.

How are those ardents treating you? I fancy some.

Fine, except they're not round. Probably a dicky batch moulded badly: there's a noticeable low-spot on each tyre. Not such a problem, as you can only feel it at speed on smooth tarmac.

Seat angle looks incredibly slack

Nope, seat is actually parallel to the ground. Must be a camera lens distortion thing. I can't ride on anything other than 'flat' saddle 🙂

mmm nice, but I'd take the stickers off the rims (infact that's exactly what I have done to the 3 sets of fulcrum wheels I have)

To rephrase, the seat tube looks incredibly slack.

the seat tube looks incredibly slack

Like the rider 8)

Tsk, numerous pink opportunities missed there Mr T. Pink cables, grips, saddle, fork… 😉

Looks excellent. Loving the XTR spec – from the Ti Duster (RIP)?

When d'ya fancy a pootle? I'll bring Maia's uber pink 26er Scandal 😯

Nice. Just missing a set of pink handlebar tassles and it's good to go.

To rephrase, the seat tube looks incredibly slack

what he said.

Ummm… not so sure it's that slack… this pic any better?

I rotated the photo till the bottom of the tyres were level and drew a baseline. There's an *awful* lot of distortion going on (see shiplap) thanks to the cheap/nasty camera, but assuming the lens was directly in front of the BB, PhotoShop says I rotated that white rectangle through c.72degrees. That's about right, isn't it?

And yes, actually, I DO have too much spare time 😀

very nice !!!

think maybe the bike's on a slight incline, which is why it looks slack.

ive a lovely pink (arione copy) saddle and pink lock ons that will be for sale when i get pix of them . they would go lovely on that 😉

ive lovely pink (arione copy) saddle

Planet-X one? They don't fit me.

And, TBH, I think the whole ensemble is pink enough, no?

yes it is mate shame. you can never have too much pink 😉

Nice bike there Chas.If you are out and about around Longleat or Shearwater I dont think I will miss you!!!!