yea i originally put some ea70's @ 580mm on, ok but when i tried the 620mm Bontys it was much better

I've got Titec flattracker on mine. Taking it to Woburn Sands on Saturday for it's first proper ride. Only problem I have with it is the tubeless tyres won't stay up.

Very nice, i cant wait to build mine now. If only i had some nicer parts for it 🙁

John i seem to have lost your E.mail and phone no if you still have my e.mail let me know when you are up for a ride.
Taking the R8 for its first proper test on sat afternoon at brandon will be a bit of stop/start ride as want to get it set up to suit me .

Best looking bikes on the market IMO 🙂

Ady YGM

GATE!

pleb! 😉

TBH most of my bikes do look like gates but IMO this one doesn't…. it looks surprising well proportioned. Well that's what I believe and I'm sticking to it!

those forks do not look well proportioned. the front view looks very tall/skinny.

im a tall fella myself, so sadly end up riding a few gates, but being SS and slim tubed, this is gatey as ****.

admit it!

my xl swift looks less gatey than the old cannondale m2000 (in 22") i used to ride in early 90's

its the 29er wheels that balance the look out for bigger frames

ps didn't stop someone gaffer taping a gate hinge to my c'dale head tube once when left at a shop… and it even had a horizontal top tube!

Not bad. For a middle class middle aged organic vegetarian

I dont think any pictures do Swifts justice, they're simply stunning in the flesh (metal?). Unless you have a hard-on for serious oversized tubing, the steel build allows slimmer tubes, which gives it a classy look. (imo of course)

tracknicko…. I'll give you the point that the fork looks a bit leggy but otherwise, it looks very well proportioned to me. A helluva lot better than my old surly used to look with 26" wheels. The proof of the pudding however, is in the eating and at the end of the day if I had a five bar gate that rode like a dream that would be fine by me. Having said that, tall peeps don't really have any option do they?

Walks off [sobbing]…. it's not a gate, it's not….. see if I care[/sobbing]

As an aside how does the Phil wood EBB perform in the swifts?
It's the only thing which is putting me off buying one. I have a rig and the Bushnell EBB in that is either moving or creaking

faultlessly 🙂

i think mine looks in proportion:

and that is an XL