[Closed] Bored at work & thinking of what to build next - Ti hardtails pics pls

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Genesis Altitude

Probably be able to pick this up cheap off the scrote who stole it. 🙁

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Ken, I hope that new Singular is on your potential list?

29er's and 26er's please as undecided about wheel size

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My Airborne Lancaster 🙁

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It has moved on a bit since this was taken, Ti seatpost, steerer cut to correct length and tyres changed for Racing Ralphs.

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Stop it James, you know I can't have another one.

Seeing as you insisted Ken, here's mine........

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Built over a few months of pottering last winter including the wheels too. First ever wheel builds and haven't needed any further truing at all. Different ride - more twangy and 29er.

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localhero, I'll see your blue seatclamp and raise you a headset and hubs 🙂
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nicko74
i'll see your blue headset and hubs
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and raise your some blue QR's and top cap
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99percentchimp - what IS going on with your front end, it looks a bit 'steep'...

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Van Nicholas Zion

The Onion - in various iterations

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456 ti with 36's

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B R.........Those Voodoo 29ers have a 72 degree headtube angle - which is indeed a "bit" steep! 😉

Here's mine (it sort of counts - only 30mm travel!)

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b r - Member
99percentchimp - what IS going on with your front end, it looks a bit 'steep'...

I think it's the wide angle lens I used to take the photo although that's not the first time thats been mentioned (with that photo)... maybe I do need to have a look at that... paranoid now 🙂

And mine.....

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alek nice shot man.
hadge thats a lovely build chap.

Here's the love of my life:

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Mine. It looks radically different now as the frame arrived back from Seven yesterday after I managed to snap this version. The down tube is now curved where it meets the head tube.

Cheers chaps.....some lovely bikes here...suprised there were no Ragley's

liking the Seven and the Litespeed

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Dialled Bikes Morning Glory - not a great shot from a spec point of view but I like it 🙂

edit - hmm flickr's not playing ball this morning

Chap at work has a Seven with full XTR on it. I covert it A LOT.

Some Ti Ragleys here - http://myragley.com/tag/ti

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try again having done a wee search on posting images from flickr

I could go for another Morning Glory or a Kobe Ti if one came up in my size (19" if anyone's got one)

Thanx Brant

did you not used to have an Morning Glory Ken, painted red iirc?

out of interest why did you sell it?

I'm suprised their are no Hummers. [i]Sooo[/i] last year?

Ragley Ti in Ragley Woods
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Hadge, that Merlin just looks so right, stunning bike.

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I bought Ken's old MG (well, swapped it for the Turner (which looks ace in green!)). To be honest, the tyre clearence on the back would put me off having another one. I sold it to buy a race frame and that can take a bigger tyre than the MG can. Also, I thought it quite heavy for a Ti frame, although it was a fantastic trail bike.

I agree about the tyre clearance, although I can get a 2.1 in with no probs. I bought mine as I enjoyed riding my mk 1 PA so much and thought that the experience would only get better with Ti, which it has, although I transferred the kit over between frames so was never able to carry out a side by side comparison. Not sure about the weight difference between the frames I'm sure Dialled Mike could tell us if he's around. I'm sure its on the chunky side for a Ti frame but as I'm on the chunky side too I find that confidence inspiring, as an overbuilt Ti frame should be able to cope with my blundering riding style with ease.

mangoridebike you are indeed correct and as Flange said we did a swap for the Turner. My MG was natural, then polished, then painted red (which horrorfied a few folk on here) and the bead blasted when swapped.

I only got rid to get the 5 Spot (which is great) and would get another as it rode so well

that Merlin is gorgeous 8)

my ti hardtail 😉
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puddlerider - love the blue matching. I would go for QRs, but I like allen-key releases, and can't find any in blue. 🙁

Ken - was that red paint a solid colour, or more anodising? I do remember the polished look tho. And how about bead blasted - do you have any pics?

@mick what's it like to ride?

Hadge, That Merlin is georgeous.

Nicko, I 'm sure i've seen Leisure Lakes selling those allen key QR's in colours.

lovely its not as quick as my old carbon bike to accelerate off but then its a totally different bike and you wouldnt get one of these if that was your thing

its very comfy esp after a good few hours in the saddle cant fault it at all the finish is very nice and greg at sabbath is great to deal with

lovely bike tbh i change bikes as often as my underpants and this really is the only one ive ever thought i will still have this when im 50 😉

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm for Merlin, i just loove that bike. one day i'll have one

Here's mine.

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Okay - here's my Hummer...

Here's mine (under all the muck)
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Nicko....the red was powder coating

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and the polished was.....well vvvvvvv shiny

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no pics of the bead blasting as I only did it coz flange didn't want it red. It was very grey and flat looking in a v industrial way. If I was going to keep it I'd have had it clear powder coated to maintain the greyness which would lessen with oxidisation

That polishing was lovely - I remember seeing some pics of it at the time. I'd be tempted... but I'm lazy! 🙂

I too was lazy and had it done professionally 😀

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hummertime!

What about this one?

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here are mine :

busted kaka singlespeeded hummer :
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dream like rocketship Ti456 :
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I also owned that Morning Glory, I HATED it.Untill Ken sent me pics of it polished,and then I was willing to forgive it.Did you not have a lefty on it at one point as well?

That ebay add looks dodgy?

ed-o : is that a 456 proto ?

Chainline - Member

That ebay add looks dodgy?

Go on....

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duntstick - You want some bigger forks on that 🙂

Chainline - Member

That ebay add looks dodgy?

Go on....

Sorry - I'll try and put some better pics up tommorow.

not mine
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New style Hummer.

Crap photo.

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'[i]duntstick - You want some bigger forks on that[/i]'
Hmmmmmmmmmm, Lyrik coils ...........hmmmmmmmm 😈

mmmmm....

That's purdy!

'duntstick - You want some bigger forks on that'
Hmmmmmmmmmm, Lyrik coils ...........hmmmmmmmm

I have a Kobe Ti :). It started life with Fox 36 Talas forks, but has recently been trialed with some spare Revs (20mm BT) whilst the 36's are being serviced. It goes down (and up!) much better with the 36's. I've got some coil lyriks on another bike. They're very good forks, noticably better than the 36's (which they replaced), but I wouldn't stick them on the Kobe Ti, the talas travel adjust gets used to much for that!

What maxxis tyre is that on the rear? A crossmark LUST 2.25? I've been struggling to find a tyre that can cope with the abuse, well one that fits anyway.

The Lecht Rocks, nice to see your hummer with the carbon forks, how does it ride? Is that the 26inch ones? Santa is bringing me the 29inch ones, to try and keep the angles similar to with the talas on, might even try it as a 69er if it won't be too slack, but initialy it will be a 26inch wheel, what bo you think? Cheers,
PJ.

Duckman, I forgot I bought it off you. It did have a lefty on it when it was red which worked really well with the frame. Always looked a bit odd when you riding it when you looked down and only sold them to finance a new project

Decals courtesy of Gil @ The Cycleshed

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ed-o : is that a 456 proto

Bingo. A rather special one too.

Misinterpretation of my description dodgy perhaps wrt to the ebay add..

Further explanation, I am now totally paranoid about my bike(s) being nicked! I would have expected quite a bit more information on the advert if whomever was trying to sell it was going to get the value of the bike. I looked and thought hmmmm, ti456 (as a former owner myself), but no indication of such, does this person know what they have or are selling and if not why not?

And even more so if it was a special proto! but hey, looks like I was wrong.