In a hope to go low maintenance/maximum bang for buck I’ve gone rigid….but hopefully the mahoosive rubber will provide a bit of bounce….ps saddle is still at work stand height and after a faff with tyres I stopped caring about lining up logos and valves….

Krampus Ops frameset
Light Bicycles/Pro2 wheelset
Maxxis Chronicle 3 inchers
XX1 drivetrain
Formula R1 brakes
Easton Haven carbon bars and stem
XT pedals
Thomson post and Charge Knife saddle

Shakedown this afternoon and then proper day out on it tomorrow.

Not that anyone seems to be interested but…

The Ops looks so much better than the standard krampus.
I’ve toyed with the idea of building one of these up myself.
Looks great.

Valves/logos
Chicken wire is a disgrace

Needs an alfine hub?, and rigid forks always look uncomfortably low to me (but the saddle would probably be about right)

I stopped caring about lining up logos and valves….

🙄

Reported! 😉

That looks nice 🙂 what width rims did you go for?

I reported that fence to the council Flashy but they’ve no budget to sort it out apparently…

Toyed with an Alfine but all but frame and wheels were taken from full Susser to keep costs down, maybe in the long run!

They’re 35mm rims, bought the frameset and wheels off Bigdugsbaws of this forum, pretty much like new!

I’ve got an 8 speed alfine built onto a 47mm 29er rim that’s not been used for quite a while if you’re interested?

I’ll pass just now Stu thanks. I’d need to restart this build again and only just got it finished…. First day out tomorrow!

Nice!

Love it!

Yep like that. Get tubeless and 15 psi.

You werent in the Peaks Sat?

This is absolutely epic. Bravo.

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I like it as well.

Often thought about a rigid frame with fat(ish) wheels and tyres) to absorb some of the trail ride.

Must get a demo on one soon.

Thanks for comments folks. They are tubeless but my track pump gauge is a bit wonky so I’m not sure if it’s really 15psi in there or not! felt far too soft yesterday on the shakedown but a lot of that was Tarmac. Heading out today for a proper shot on it… Thankfully that hurricane seems to have disappeared.

Not really my thing at all but I must say it’s refreshing to see bikes with big tyres destined to never be ridden further than 3 miles from an ice cream shop being built up fairly light and not covered in frame bags, Go-Pro mounts, racks and water bottles.

what does it weigh?

What are the tyres? Branding is too subtle to tell from the pics 😉

Interested to hear how you get on with the slightly narrower rims and running low ish pressures.

I want a black Krampus now 🙁

I managed to convince myself not to buy a green Krampus. I’ll have to convince myself not to buy whatever the new colour is all over again. Black I can always convince myself not to buy, but it’s an ongoing effort.

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Bravo Sir!

Welcome to the Krampus Klub (cue: dodgy German Techno)!

How you finding it so far?

I really like the Matt Black on the Ops, almost as much as the sparkly green on the non-Ops.

The dropouts are much better on the Ops though.