Ed O, Singletrack’s favourite pirate impersonator, owner of local guiding company www.great-rock.co.uk, and Shed Fire test rider, popped round for coffee and to show us his new Shed Fire Ragley. He reckons it’s more fun that boarding canal boats with a cutlass, we’re not so sure about that, but it does look fun.
We’ll get some more details from Ed or Brant and hopefully get a ride on one soon. (Pun intended)
The Ragley, titanium 'grrrrrr' bike, designed in Calderdale by a man in a shed built in the US by Lynskey in a bigger shed.This is the 16" Ragley, looks suitably slack and low to us even with 140mm forks.Proving that someone has been sweating the details is this hidden away chainstay bridge.You're now 98% less likely to catch your jeans on your disc caliper when doing supermen, something we are always doing. Ahem.Fell off the back of a sea container and into the back of a van.
rumbled – tell you what, i’ll have one, just to see :0
I had a pootle on one last week and its well slack, feels like you are sat on a 150mm full bounce not a hardtail, i expect it will ride like its been stolen, just gives that relaxed confidence inspiring feel. However im not sure how it will climb but i reckon it will be fun in the hills of spain or the alps.
The tubing is huge too, it could have been made for £600 if the tubing was normal diameter! (kidding)
“i prefer the design and oversized tube dimensions of my Ti456”
But as you’ve not ridden a Ragley, how do you know how the straight slimmer tube and longer head tube works in comparison to the 456?
“the cable routing is bloody awful on the Ragley though – I told you to stick to the 456’s design for routing !”
1. Not much point in telling me anything.
2. It’s actually completely ace cable routing. You are mistaken 🙂
“would a Tech M4 caliper fit in the rear stays on the Ragley Brant ?”
can’t see why not. Caliper details here:- http://www.shedfire.com/2009/03/29/ragley-ti-re-clearance-caliper-position/
rumbled – tell you what, i’ll have one, just to see :0
I had a pootle on one last week and its well slack, feels like you are sat on a 150mm full bounce not a hardtail, i expect it will ride like its been stolen, just gives that relaxed confidence inspiring feel. However im not sure how it will climb but i reckon it will be fun in the hills of spain or the alps.
The tubing is huge too, it could have been made for £600 if the tubing was normal diameter! (kidding)