[Closed] A Very Rare Beast Indeed... But they do exist!

noice - hope you didnt dribble on it too much 😳

Wondering if theyve sorted out mud clearance.

Is it an Uprising?

^ thats a bit personal, he said it was just a fondle

Has it cracked yet?

noice - hope you didnt dribble on it too much

It's had a wipe over since! 😉

Wondering if theyve sorted out mud clearance.

Depends what tyre you're happy running. A 2.25" Ardent fits with loads of clearance, a 2.4" will go in, but it's very tight.

Is it an Uprising?

Hell to the no!!! 8)

^ thats a bit personal, he said it was just a fondle

It almost caused an uprising though to be fair! 😳

Has it cracked yet?

No, and seems though none of the Yanks who've been running them for months (don't you just love how we have to wait!) on MTBR forum have cracked theirs either yet... Fingers staying crossed, but now they've switched to the same factory as Santa Cruz, hopefully all signs point to the good.

Yum yum that is tasty tucker

It is a thing of great beauty

Erm, what is it?

So the reports of 30-31lbs bikes are probably about right then?

mboy - Member

Depends what tyre you're happy running. A 2.25" Ardent fits with loads of clearance, a 2.4" will go in, but it's very tight.

They haven't sorted clearance then, by the sounds. That's a shame.

There was one at the QECP Day Night enduro. A stunning looking, (so BLACK) bike and very different to everything else around. I wanted to love the looks, but couldn't though, all that gubbins round the BB area was just too much.

Looks nice but I bet the bearing replacement costs for an average British winter are going to be a bit on the high side

Erm, what is it?

The Following?

Dez is right. There's something Marin-esque (fugly) about that BB area. The main frame looks beautiful. The rear, not so much.

atlaz - Member

Looks nice but I bet the bearing replacement costs for an average British winter are going to be a bit on the high side

Should be the same as any other linkage full-susser really.

Still wouldn't though

Looks damn playful mind.

Wouldn't spend rrp on one though!

Yum yum that is tasty tucker

Indeed!

Erm, what is it?

Evil The Following

So the reports of 30-31lbs bikes are probably about right then?

My Whyte T-129 Works SCR with a Pike, 1x11, Reverb and the like is 29lb, so a Following with the same build is likely to be under 28lb. Frame inc. shock was bang on 3kg on my Park workshop scales.

They haven't sorted clearance then, by the sounds. That's a shame.

2.25" with mud room is plenty to my mind. Yes, there are bikes out there that you can get a 2.5" tyre in the back, but then the stays will be quite a bit longer too.

Looks nice but I bet the bearing replacement costs for an average British winter are going to be a bit on the high side

If you're buying one of these, you're likely to have a HT to run through the winter too IMO. Certainly, mine will be garaged from about Octoer to March unless it's a perfectly dry/clear day and/or going to a trail centre like Llandegla.

Looks damn playful mind.

Agreed

Wouldn't spend rrp on one though!

Some people are spending north of £3k on a new Yeti, SC or Intense frames, by which the £2299 rrp of the Evil looks a relative bargain. Of course it's still expensive, but there's plenty of people out there willing to part with the cash for one.

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hopeychondriact - Member
Looks damn playful mind.

Hardly; the wheels are several sizes to big to start with....

Looks like a fair machine though. Must be time for a new Sovereign soon aswell.

Got to say, for me, it's not that good looking a frame. IMO etc etc

@Mboy What's the wait for an xl in black (best guess if ordered now).

@Mboy What's the wait for an xl in black (best guess if ordered now).

More frames arriving in a couple of weeks, so I'm told. Not sure there's any free stock in that mind!

I've got an XL on order in Black as it happens, ordered in provisionally for a customer who is now umming and ahhing about it. If you give me your email address, happy to send you a quote...

Luke dot Bateson at gmail.com

Oh, is that the 29er one? I think the one at QE was a 26.

Having an undead in my room right now leads me to believe this will be a very special frame indeed. I could be interested once people have put a few miles on them!

Arrrrrrrhhh black on black the only choice.

What's the wait like on an XL in black Mark? 😉

Ross, please post pics of your undead! They are unreal!

Where are they made?

Is there a tax break on linkages?

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Is it this one? 😯

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Mmmmmm tasty pinkalicious

Only too happy to oblige...

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As above - where's the new Sovereign? Just sold mine and regretting it already.

Grrrr what are the odds that Following is going to a middle aged wheels-on-the ground IT bloke in Surrey, with a Beemer on the driveway. All it'll do is ponce around at Walking Bottom and lean on the wall of the pub while he tends to his beer gut.

There is no justice.

Just happened to be in MuddyBum when there first lot arrived, they're very, very pretty in the flesh.

Grrrr what are the odds that Following is going to a middle aged wheels-on-the ground IT bloke in Surrey, with a Beemer on the driveway. All it'll do is ponce around at Walking Bottom and lean on the wall of the pub while he tends to his beer gut.

There is no justice.

I'll bet you an Evil The Following frame it is! 😉

No point, nobody can get them.

No point, nobody can get them.

Aha, that's where you're wrong!

I have 2 more scheduled to turn up this week... Just a shame neither of them is mine! :LOL:

Yours turned up yet?

Yes!

Yours?

Tomorrow morning!

I'm like a Kid at Christmas... Mine is arriving along with z1ppy's Orange XL too, and good customer that he is, he's gonna nip up to Invisiframe (about an hour from us) to drop his XL off so they can cut a kit for it, and pick me up an L kit (in stock tomorrow apparently) and bring it back for me, so I can spend Friday night applying it.

I apologise to any of my customers now if I'm a little preoccupied with building my new bike at work on Saturday! Sometimes, needs must... 😛

Yay! And yay for zippy too!

I've never had a frame like this before, is Invisiframe worth the faff? I tend to take the point of view that it's a mountain bike and knocks are inevitable, so I don't get too precious about it.

mine will be garaged from about Octoer to March unless it's a perfectly dry/clear day and/or going to a trail centre like Llandegla.