He’s definitely a man who could do with having someone sit him down and explain that just because you can do something it doesn’t mean you should/it’s a good idea. Where/what does he actually ride that makes all this effort (madness) worthwhile?
Believe me guys I wouldn’t have spent over £12000 and spent tine machining parts and waiting for parts to be made for me without thinking it through . The bike is unique and that in itself is what I love about it too .
Good to see our own DanW asking sensible questions and playing at mediator!
Ta 🙂
The curious Weenie in me wanted to try and eek out something positive and I am a little ashamed to say got constantly suckered in against my better judgement. Nevertheless I did try to be civil and bring out the good bits in what this chap does, but alas there was no helping the dude
As someone who has briefly considered trying a rigid fork on a softail or short travel full suss, just ‘because’ really, I was interested at first but, well, 😯
Reminds me of that thread the Katec bearings guy started. The STW world masses struggling to get their heads round anything outside of their very normal lives.
I think this sums it up.
molgrips – Member
Yes. He’s not really out to impress anyone much – just doing it for the hell of it. Obsessive behaviour? Or just a hobby? No different to building ships in bottles or collecting something stupid. Just what people do.
Reminds me of that thread the Katec bearings guy started. The STW world masses struggling to get their heads round anything outside of their very normal lives.
I think it’d be fine if he said that, but he makes all sorts of mental assertions about his frankenbike being better then everyone else’s for x y and z reasons, which are total and utter bollocks!
He reminds of a bloke in Bizarre magazine who built a guillotine and was fond of chopping bits of his body off.
When I read about him he was down to one arm minus a few fingers.
I guess it makes WW man quite normal.
He just seems oblivious to the flack he is receiving. Maybe this is some sort of self harming . Odd.
I assume this is Seb Kemp? Same guy that stripped the paint off his 222 to save weight back in the day? For a while he stopped bein mental, realised his setups were terrible and became a normal, and bloomin’ quick, rider!
I assume this is Seb Kemp? Same guy that stripped the paint off his 222 to save weight back in the day? For a while he stopped bein mental, realised his setups were terrible and became a normal, and bloomin’ quick, rider!
I think there’s at least three different Sebs in this sentence. Me, the main subject “SebK”, and lastly Whistler-based Seb Kemp.
It’s probably my 222 you’re thinking of, <36lb in 2002. A time when the average DH bike was 44lb or so, and 40lb was considered light.
Mainly just from carefully choosing proven light-weight parts (CX-Ray spokes, X-lite seatpost, foam grips, ea70 carbon bar, for example). Tyres, chain device and rims were heavy items though – durability and reliability is more important than weight saving on some items! I had a minimal 6-cog reduced cassette on it, which you’ll note all the top DH bikes are coming with these days!
The best thing about that bike was the floating brake, I’m not sure hardly anyone makes those anymore. Annoyingly noisy once the rose joints started to wear, but it worked stunningly well.
Those brakes… Running front and rear brakes off a single lever – is that a thing that other people have done and works or are they an(other) likely cause for an A&E attendance?