Only got these pics as yet, I'll hopefully be picking it up in the next week or so!
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Its gonna be bright! 😀
Great color! Normally appreciate Nicolai's but don't particularly care for how they look - love this one! Pics when built.
Very very nice....cant wait for mine to arrive 😀
Awesome colour! I like that a lot
I'd been sweating over which colour for about two months, then I saw this and new it was the one! lol
That's a really nice looking bike in a great colour.
What shock are you putting on it?
CCBB air Cs and Pikes up front, although i almost wish I'd gone for Bos Devilles...
Is that an Ion 16 265? I have the 16, love it.
What's the colour? It's ace.
Ion 16 650b, its Semi Permeable Yellow apparently.
Looks awesome. You'll love the CCDBair and Pike, they're incredibly good. I can't see how BOS can be sufficiently better to risk the almost comedic support for servicing and warranties!
That looks ace. I test rode an ION 29er with Pikes and CCDB CS, it were brilliant. Looking forward to seeing this built up.
Yetiman, was it dippers 29 you had a go on?
I know that Bos aren't great with parts but there are more and more threads popping up about problems with Pikes?
Philbert - yes, it was dippers demo bike. Did you get yours from Gravity Sports?
I'm on my second set of Pikes (150mm dual air, and 160mm solo air), and so far I haven't experienced any problems.
That's an awesome colour, love it.
Here's a pic of my ancient helius FR, just for the hell of it 🙂
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I know that Bos aren't great with parts but there are more and more threads popping up about problems with Pikes?
There are a LOT of Pikes out there. Most threads I've seen are people questioning the top out knock which is due to the small coil spring to initiate the negative stroke - you only notice it when you lift the front of the bike up, not when you're riding it. Not a fault, just a side effect of what makes the small bump sensitivity so good.
Yep, Richards gonna build it up for me, I'll be heading up in the week or so with some parts then have a mooch on it around Scotland for a couple of days!
There are a LOT of Pikes out there. Most threads I've seen are people questioning the top out knock which is due to the small coil spring to initiate the negative stroke - you only notice it when you lift the front of the bike up, not when you're riding it. Not a fault, just a side effect of what makes the small bump sensitivity so good.
Thats a very good point and glad its not a fault!
That's look very nice, just about to order my helius tb and cannot decide on the colour !!
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is in your future plans. Full [s]lime green[/s] semi permeable yellow must be the only way to go!
Full beard needed as well of course.
It's got to be called that because of school Osmosis experiments with semi-permeable membranes. The fluid used was always that colour.
Full beard needed as well of course.
I thought that was part of the helmet - Enduro Strap? 8)
just about to order my helius tb and cannot decide on the colour !!
Hard work isn't it! 😀
Woody, i like the colour of that!
Blimey, that [b]is[/b] nice!
looking forward to seeing that built 😈
Lovely colour, but...
...when will Nicolai realise their graphics look shit and was it welded by a blind man with no hands?
Now that I like. Funny, although I like the agricultural looks of a Five I've never really seen a Nicolai I like. Just a bit too industrial looking. But then I haven't seen many that are in colour.
Agreed but I do enjoy watching peoples faces whilst they try to work out what bike I've got!...when will Nicolai realise their graphics look shit and was it welded by a blind man with no hands?
Awesome colour. Love it.
Good lord
Here she is!
The colour changes as different light hits it, i love it!!
Dropper Post will be fitted as soon as i get one.
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That's so Enduro. 😉
Thats ace!! 🙂
Fab. There's going to be no mistaking you out on the trails on that, so I hope you have the riding skills of Peaty 😉
It makes my ano black AC 29er look positively dowdy.
Enjoy.
That is one nice looking bike, needs mud or dust on it though, bet your going to have a fun summer 😀
That is extremely nice looking!!
Agreed but I do enjoy watching peoples faces whilst they try to work out what bike I've got!
In that case I reckon you'll be getting mistaken for Jerome Clementz 😀
Great looking bike by the way... but then you already know that 😀
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In that case I reckon you'll be getting mistaken for Jerome Clementz
Until I start riding! 😀
Sweet jesus that is a fine looking bike, love that colour... nice choice sir !
That sir...is very, very nice.
Nice that
I'm loving mine 🙂
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Update? Hopefully you’ve been out enjoying yourself on the ION.
Yetiman, I was out at the weekend, i love it, its absolutely rapid, its gonna need a bit of time tweeking the rear shock to try and make it a little more "poppy" but even as it is now it is awesome, its like a magic carpet over roots! Im gonna have a fun summer!! 😀
Yetiman, I was out at the weekend, i love it, its absolutely rapid, its gonna need a bit of time tweeking the rear shock to try and make it a little more "poppy" but even as it is now it is awesome, its like a magic carpet over roots! Im gonna have a fun summer!! 😀
I don't think I've disagreed so much with anything on here as much in at least a week. : )when will Nicolai realise their graphics look shit and was it welded by a blind man with no hands?
'kin love Nicolais logo and welds. No-one else makes alu appeal as much. Nice bike OP.
Have you just gone with the standard 'base tune' on the ccdb air CS as recommended by Nicolai/cane creek?
Rik, in fairness, ive got dippers shock fitted atm. Mine didnt turn up in time so he leant me his, i should have mine this week, i think the one i have is pretty close to the base tune though?
when will Nicolai realise their graphics look shit and was it welded by a blind man with no hands?
Oh go on then, I'll bite, even though you are blatantly a troll.
Nicolai stick to their guns and do their own thing rather than catering for the industry trend lead masses.
Their welders have to serve a 2 year apprenticeship where they don't actually get to weld a production frame until they are up to an exceptionally high standard.
Their welders are regarded as the best in the business. From an engineering/attention to detail perspective, their bikes are a lesson in excellence.
More importantly, they ride superbly and do not break.
A mate of mine who happens to be a coded welder and fabricator had a look at the new frame over the weekend and said he thought the quality of the welds was excellent (he used more technical terms than that but i can't remember them). Given the projects he works on, I'm more inclined to take his word for it . 🙂