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Am trying to decide whether to have a custom steel frame from Enigma (probably) or go for a of the shelf ti one from on-one or chain reaction have a Lynksey for a grand at mo. Is the On-One as stiff as the mags make out?? Anyone got a Lynksey long travel???
any ideas appreciated
cheers in advance
Am picking up an enigma ego tomorrow! Excited!
Will let u know what it's like
the ti one? or steel? either i'm jealous, if its the steel i saw one at bike show and fell in love with it. 900 quid seem like a bargain for those fillet braze numbers. they said they could tweak it for my 140 fork no probs. i think you may have one of the last ones with the columbus tubes as think they said their license was up soon and would be changing nto sure how that works or i may have mis heard.
I am Ti 456....ing at present.
It was one of the first ones out and it is the bike I've pissed about with most, ever......... but still it made me want to perservere. It has constantly changed from it's initial Talas QR which pinged about too much on rocks, to a Pike Air U turn which was ok and uninspiring and heavy and stictiony at the same time, to a second hand RC41 which was great downhill but spoiled the climbs, and finally to the very same Talas with a 15QR conversion which is the billybollox for this bike. I've also done the 30mm layback seatpost to straight post and the 90mm to 100mm to 90mm to 80mm with varying degrees of rise to the current EA70, 70mm with 20 rise and a Ragley bar which replaces several others, and about three saddles which have been pushed from extreme positions on the rails to a now central Flite Titanium.......... (Did you know Flite titaniums only meaasuire something like 15mm from end of rail to back of seat-makes a difference sonmetimes????)
Eventually....................I'm VERY PLEASED.. don't want nothing else
I think I am finally there and loving it and I can loose people I never ever lost before and that's despite giving then 15 years and me being singularly normaly slow.
When I was mid thirties and without any dosh a work colleague who had money and no sense had a bespoke....special tubed Omega (Enigma predecessor) that was as light as a very light thing which he left in a corridor to rot for about two years. I lusted muchly.
I've only seen Enigma Road frames recently which have impressed me a lot so I'm pretty sure you won't go wrong there.
Have fun.
hmm cheers billyboy you sound like me always tweaking for perfection if its ever to be found??? one day and many frames later i'll get there.
i think i'll prob. try for a 2nd hand ti 456 to start with (and money wise) to dip toe in titanium water if i like it then move up if i need to or go back to steel which is fave at mo in my book. but i'll change my mind by the morning, well it is a mountain bikers prerogative after all.
Got an 18" 456Ti frame for sale if you are interested?
mikesarah.gill@ntlworld.com
Cheers
What about a steel curtis?
I got a steel 456, ran it for 9 months, then bought a Ti 456.
Rides the same, just lighter.