Surprised the new "Shed Fire" frame isn't being ooh-ed and aah-ed over

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Surprised the new "Shed Fire" frame isn't being ooh-ed and aah-ed over

257 posts & 80 voices | Started 3 years ago by miketually | Latest reply from Hairychested

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brant - Member

Thanks for that CZ.

Can you find me a link to the Wells Cathedral buttresses. I remember seeing (ironically) Fred Dibnah do a TV programme on them but can't see them right now. There was a similarly fascinating bit on a repeat of COAST last night where they were speaking about the guy who designed the first lighthouse down Cornwall way, who used the shape of an oak tree as the profile, for strength.

Bauhaus eh? Crikey.

Can't wait for the steel and alloy ones to appear - they're more representative of what I'm intending doing - it's only the fact that I kick Lynskey so hard, and they're so great at prototyping that this appeared first - but as I say - common features in all the models.

Posted 3 years ago #
nukeproof - Member

CountZero - Well put...good post

I remember seeing (ironically) Fred Dibnah do a TV programme on them

Posted 3 years ago #
matt_outandabout - Member

Posted 3 years ago #
MrNutt - Member

how has no one noticed his:

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brant - Member

Out of curiosity, any singlespeeds on the horizon?

Not from us.
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Calderdale Nu-skool is all about the gears innt!

Posted 3 years ago #
FB-ATB - Member

Aesthetics & Bauhaus aside (never liked them after they murdered Ziggy), did Mike's question in the original post get answered?

Posted 3 years ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

Crikey, they're impressive.

Posted 3 years ago #
Hairychested - Member

Does it matter if it didn't?

Brant, get your act together and give us a singlespeed. Or at least a tandem.

Posted 3 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Singlespeed schminglespeed.

And that is truly beautiful irony brant indeed.

Posted 3 years ago #
Hairychested - Member

I have a geared frame by Brant - 456SE, so will want a schminglespeed too. And a tandem one day

Posted 3 years ago #
PJay - Member

I rather like the look of the frame although I'd be after something in steel. However, 140mm forks is rather too long for me, I'm still running 100s and am wondering whether there might be something in the pipeline (more at the standard Inbred end of the scale) that'd work with shorter travel forks.

Posted 3 years ago #
brant - Member

Is it shedfire, Shed Fire or Shedfire?

Non of the above.

Posted 3 years ago #
MrNutt - Member

It's sausagefire isnt it?

Posted 3 years ago #
Ed-O - Member

So far so good! But what do you think of that frame with those bars?

Posted 3 years ago #
aracer - Member

The screw-in cable guides I really don't see a problem with, TBH. If running as a SS, then a couple of stainless bolts will neatly keep water out, while maintaining a nice clean looking stay, but allowing the easy replacement if going back to geared. RB's comment about them getting lost out on a ride is frankly ludicrous, because the cable would have to be removed totally from the guide to enable the guide to unscrew itsself, which I just cannot ever see happening.

Are you planning on not running a rear brake if you SS? I think you've also misunderstood how the cable guides attach (hint, they're designed so you can fit them without having to thread the cable through).

Posted 3 years ago #
stumpy01 - Member

Looks OK to me, but I am not really one to pick things to bits and look at every bit of the aesthetic this that and the other. (Which is probably why i ride a battered 8yr old Stumpjumper).

Seatstay bridge - looks OK to me. A little cut-out in it of a shed on fire (or a naked woman) would be nice, but obviously cost more. Whatever, it's a little bit of metal.

Chainstay thingummy....it does it's job and looks a bit different. My concern with it would be in places like Thetford where the mud is mixed with long piney tree bits it forms a goopy mesh (like a composite) that sits on things like that chainstay prongy assembly and quickly builds up. Thing is, the only bike I have seen that doesn't this kind of problem to the same extent as most bikes is an Orange 5.

As for the cable guide bits....so long as they are put in carefully when first built I don't see the problem. When the bike is contructed, they won't really show as the cables will virtually cover them, the won't come out as the guide won't be able to rotate about the cable and when purple anodising comes back you can buy some nice purple cable guides to go with your purple bars, brake levers, pedals, hubs, cranks etc.

Posted 3 years ago #
miketually - Member

Chainstay thingummy....it does it's job and looks a bit different. My concern with it would be in places like Thetford where the mud is mixed with long piney tree bits it forms a goopy mesh (like a composite) that sits on things like that chainstay prongy assembly and quickly builds up. Thing is, the only bike I have seen that doesn't this kind of problem to the same extent as most bikes is an Orange 5.

I don't think it would collect debris any more than any other chainstay bridge design. It's more about the clearance, which is big.

Posted 3 years ago #
kiwijohn - Member

So can I get one in Oz?

Posted 3 years ago #
kelvin - Member

I don't think it would collect debris any more than any other chainstay bridge design.

I think stumpy01 acknowledged that.

Of course, not all bikes have a chainstay bridge.

Posted 3 years ago #
cp - Member

my two penny's worth - I've no idea what the guides actually look like, but tbh, there's other bolts on the bike I'd be WAY more worried about coming loose mid ride. Like stem bolts. And brake caliper bolts.... none of those have come loose on a ride before (and don't bother me), so the a bolt holding a hose/cable on really wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

In fact, I really like the idea

Posted 3 years ago #
Woody - Member

Those bars struck a chord ! I have a pair in my garage which were a prototype from either PX or O-O and they are a very similar shape except on mine the tubes are continued to make a clamping area + a top brace.

Strongest and definitely the heaviest bars I have ever owned and would certainly live up to the sales tag of "would be good in a fight"

Posted 3 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Brant, can you have the option of having something laser cut into that seatstay bridge plate? Own design supplied (subject to engineering requirements) or a logo or something.

Or maybe just something etched in there if removing material would be a problem.

Posted 3 years ago #
brant - Member

Brant, can you have the option of having something laser cut into that seatstay bridge plate?

Of course. But I'm not sure what, if anything.

Posted 3 years ago #
richc - Member

cup of tea?

Posted 3 years ago #
mavisto - Member

Just been having a look at those bars on Twitpic.

Why???????????????????????

Does that design make them stiffer, cheaper to make (weld vs bend), lighter?

Not sure I get it. Afraid I don't like the look either, makes them appear unfinished.

Posted 3 years ago #
kelvin - Member

There's a news story on the front page of this site mavisto.

Posted 3 years ago #
brant - Member

There's a news story on the front page of this site mavisto.

God help us if this went off topic

Posted 3 years ago #
mavisto - Member

Cheers Kelvin.

Unfortunately there's not much more info.

Built by Lynskey usually means they're made well and will be super light, just don't like the look. Reminds me of my motocross bars with the bottom cut off.

Posted 3 years ago #
juan - Member

just a question though why is the top tube not bent?
IIRC you said for the 456 titanium frame that it was better lighter stronger?

Posted 3 years ago #
brant - Member

IIRC you said for the 456 titanium frame that it was better lighter stronger?

you don't recall correctly then

Posted 3 years ago #
wors - Member

where will i be able to buy a hebden bridge from?

Posted 3 years ago #
mugsys_m8 - Member

I've just got a copy of VTT magazine, in which there is an interesting article on small French frame manufacturers. All of which I had never heard (does not admittedly mean a great deal...esp as I have no links with the industry :wink:) Anyway, it seems Brant isn't the only one coming up with bizarre chainstay and seatstay bridges....

Posted 3 years ago #
miketually - Member

where will i be able to buy a hebden bridge from?

You get one free with a Ragley frame

Posted 3 years ago #
wors - Member

i did ask!!

a frame then .

Posted 3 years ago #
juan - Member

vtt mag and interesting in the same line ROFLMAO

Posted 3 years ago #
brant - Member

http://www.2soulscyclesen.blogspot.com/

Posted 3 years ago #