Yeah I saw your vid, it added fuel to the fire. I rode a friend’s FF29 too, too harsh for me though he did have his tyre and fork pressures very high.

I was originally looking at the Chromag Surface, limited custom builds by Dekerf, very nice. You do loose alot of £££ in shipping and exchange rate though.

$150 shipping. Don’t think I’ll mention how much duty I paid in a public forum

how much should you have paid? 😆

@rewski my mate has a Surface, very nice indeed B-)

New ti 29er Commy looks nice. Edit, says 29″ on the site where the pic was, but looks like it may be 27.5. Dunno.

It does, yeah looks like a 650b by eye, never yet ridden a 650b, must do sometime. But I think for this bike I want a 29.

Black cassette is presumably the “cheaper” XX1 groupset.

Just seen a buddy’s new medium Sync in the flesh. It looked smaller than I expected, not a big bike.

mattjg – just do it 😉 My sync is a large and I’d say the same, every tube has been carefully considered, the geo sits you fairly forward which makes for a lively ride if you want to cane it. What did you think of the detail? I love the clover leaf top tube, tapered ht and chunky disk brake mounts. Did you get a test ride?

Yes it looks a well made frame.

Didn’t get a test ride yet. The owner is a couple of inches taller than me (5’10” I estimate) and was happy with the fit and ride on a 70mm stem, he is defo a caner. Several people commented it had plenty of go too.

We’ll see, I’m in no rush, and there is the small matter of fifteen hundred smackers plus parts costs to consider.

I certainly wouldn’t want a small, that’s settled.

updates…the trace suits this sort of bike well…

This is my latest project. I run a small company specilising in producing titanium frames both custom and off the peg. I built this 29er+ for endurance racing, 12hr events etc.

http://www.traversbikes.com

Plenty of clearance on the back, how long are the chainstays?

450mm for that 29er+ rudy fat, the more standard Rudy is 430mm.

working linky..

I have made some comparison pictures with the 29er+ frame and normal 29er wheels

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