Readers’ Rides: Tom’s Rå .410

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Whether you’ve got a special new bike or just a bike that’s special to you, this is where you get to tell us about it! You send us your submissions, and then we cast our judgemental expert lustful eyes over them and bring them to the world to ooh and ahh over. We’re picking the prettiest, the most curious, and the ones with a good story for you to appraise, praise, and maybe look wistfully at. Something else entirely free but still very cool Coming in your inbox once a week Subscribe to Our Newsletter Subscribe Join our mailing list to receive Singletrack editorial wisdom directly in your inbox. Each newsletter is headed up by an exclusive editorial from our team and includes stories and news you don’t want to miss. Singletrack Deal Finder Better than half price dealsBest MTB Tyre DealsWe hand pick these deals and refresh them every week. Singletrack may earn a small commission from any purchases you make For this edition, we have a second bike from Tom. He’s a very lucky boy – check out his other lush build here. Why this bike? The frame was chosen for how it looks, how Rå describe its intended use, and that it is made by a man in a (fantastic) shed/dream factory, an hour from my house. Others in the running were Curtis, Kingdom, Project 12 and Huhn cycles, but after seeing the Rå at the Bespoked Show in Harrogate, it was a one horse race. (NB, Bespoked is in London...
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  • Readers’ Rides: Tom’s Rå .410
  • Premier Icon Stu S
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    Stunning bike. I bet it’s a hoot to ride.

    Posted 4 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Tom Howard
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    Thanks! Been playing with it this weekend, handling is super sharp. Short chainstays FTW…

    A corrections though, seems I was a little to broad with my descriptions of the steel, it’s actually;

    853 down tube and BB
    631 head tube
    725 chainstays
    T45 everything else.

    Posted 4 weeks ago
    Premier Icon brakestoomuch
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    Nice, very nice. The stanchion guards make it look ready to take on anything. The only issue is the colour; it’s so nice, I’d have to clean the bike after every ride, and I can’t have that.

    Posted 4 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Kayak23
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    Beautiful.
    Looks so clean and the lack of shifter and dropper cables really helps that.

    Posted 4 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Calamity James
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    LOVE that. Stunning looking and component choices are perfect (I started looking into some of them but quickly stopped once I realised it would end in divorce!). Enjoy.

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Paul
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    Mmmmm shiny. 😎

    I really want one of those 5dev Ti stems, just… because.

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Tom Howard
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    (I started looking into some of them but quickly stopped once I realised it would end in divorce!)

    I should point out that MrsTH has been extremely patient, understanding, and generally wonderful (in all aspects, but specifically…) throughout my bike shopping whims and fancies.

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon binners
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    I’ve said it before mate, but that is virtually pornographic! Its a beautiful thing – that frame is a work of art – but it looks like it goes as good as it looks

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon desperatebicycle
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    She’s a perty thing indeed. Myself, I don’t like the look of upside down forks, but who cares, I could never afford any anyway 😀

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon matt_outandabout
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    That red… 😍

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon big_scot_nanny
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    Absolutely stunning. Fuck me. Amazing. #prayfor200mm+AXSdroppers

    Saw a fella on a custom steel full sus with intend forks at LAc Blanc a few years ago, just as I was driving out the car park. I screeched on the brakes and jumped out so I could go have a look.

    Intend forks in the flesh are just out of this planet gorgeous. I would risk the damage and lose the bash guards, IMHO it would look utterly perfect without.

    (bit like mudguards, you know they do a great job, but, you know, meh!)

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Tom Howard
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    Thanks all!

    I would risk the damage and lose the bash guards, IMHO it would look utterly perfect without.

    Whilst they do provide function, they’re also an aesthetic choice, the exposed stanchions are a kind of champagne colour, which don’t really match with anything else. Black fits much better.

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon pierre07
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    Is the bike confortable ? (for a hardtail)I

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon Tom Howard
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    My last hardtail was a 2013 alloy 26” SC chameleon, with 2.25” tyres, so it’s definitely more comfy/springy than that. I had a quick go on a stif squatch recently, and comfort wise it’s pretty similar (that surprised me with how compliant it was). 29×2.6 tyres will play a big part though.

    Edit, and before the SC, I had this, seemingly prophetic build…

    The fork is significantly improved…

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon ehwhome
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    stunning looking bike, it has that it looks right look….what is it about steel hardtails just lovley to look at

    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Premier Icon reeksy
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    Thin tubing, lack of clutter, shiny goodness.

    Posted 3 weeks ago
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