[Closed] Dream SS bike

I thought the ones on my Jones and Stooge, although different were a pain. I like trackends, they work, they're simples and I do like the uncluttered look....IMHO.....

+1 never understood the problems people have with trackends.

Tazzy.
I can't believe you've still got the Sheep...
Designed by a retard and must be the only one that's not broken yet.

Stu, there's f-ing loads in the BPR tribe that have lasted years with no problems. Youre just too fat for skinny ti 😉

there's f-ing loads in the [s]BPR[/s]light weight mincers tribe

TheBrick - Member
+1 never understood the problems people have with trackends.

The problem with trackends is the extra time aligning the wheel and then resetting the disk alignment. Too much faff, especially when the bike is thick with mud.

That's not a problem with a fixie or SS road bike.

I love my Trek Superfly ss. Alu but comfy, but pf so dos the fit your criteria. Sliding dropouts though and comes with nice 15mm Carbon fork.

My dream SS is the one I own

Mine too. One of the great things about SS is that you can build a very nice bike for relatively low money (especially if riding rigid too)

Maybe I just have small dreams but a Ti framed bike with good quality components (Thomson, Hope, XT etc,.) and a weight of 8KG does it for me.

Also like EBBs if you get one that works well and the Bushnell light I am using has been faultless while keep the dropout aesthetically pleasing.

I'd like my old one back but a size bigger, still have the nice bits off it so fingers crossed an xl shows up soon!

Cheap and heavy frame and fork but just the most fun bike for a blast round local trail centre stuff and exploring with the kids on holiday

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my son already has his dream ss, an adult version would be cool!

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I've still got this frame too so maybe do a 650b rebuild some time

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My lad is on the same Commencal now, loves it

+1 never understood the problems people have with trackends.

I don't dislike them, they're just the least user friendly solution, either requiring tug-nuts or something to stop the wheel moving forwards. OTOH they are the lightet by far.

Paragon/Salsa/whyte/whatever with sliding/swinging dropouts are an improvement, but add clutter.

An EBB is nigh on invisible, works, and allows for a smaller, neater, stronger dropout. But is probably among the heaviest options, unless someone comes out and makes a composite version of the phill wood (I reckon it's possible, even in something simple like injection molded reinforced nylon).

TBH, tensioners aren't half as bad as some of the more intricate solutions, they allow quick gearing changes, don't alter the geometry, no tools required, etc.

they're just the least user friendly solution

don't seem to have any trouble using a hope bolt up axle no slippage and simple to use.

Ti El Marachii could fit nearly all the boxes - if they hadn't given it that half/half gack paint job.
The custom longer TT, lower BB version Salsa did for Kurt Refsnider for the TD back in 2011 (??) was most excellent.

For me, it'd pretty much be the geom of the El Mar. but with a slightly longer TT and an EBB.

don't seem to have any trouble using a hope bolt up axle no slippage and simple to use.

Requires 2 allen keys to remove the wheel, compared to a QR on any other design?

I didn't say it was insurmountable, I said least user friendly.

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this was my dream SS for ages, scandy-yummy and carbon with a lovely geometry and lighter than a fairies fart. Went up hill like a monkey with it bum on fire..and with as much yammering and howling from me.

It only went to fund my Ti habit.

Would have to be a Oddity.
They are simply lovely.

Requires 2 allen keys to remove the wheel, compared to a QR on any other design?

nope requires one allen key and I'm already carrying that. are there any tool free ecbb's ?

tazzymtb - a friend has two Selmas, they are flipping ace.

I'm going trackends as I want light and simple and it worked well on my Simple. Means carrying a cut off spanner for the tug but I didn't have any slippage or have to realign the caliper.

I'm sensitive to seat height.

I like trackends, they work, they're simples and I do like the uncluttered look..

nothing as uncluttered as a standard rear dropout, that's why EBB's are ace, i'll agree they are not all created equal but the Phil Wood on my Swift is ace

i wish my travis brown trek 69er hadn't been nicked, had only just got it to my liking and hadn't ridden it much 🙁

GregMay- totally, definitely my fastest race SS by some margin and yet somehow the carbon flex wishbone in the rear took enough sting out of it to still have a spine left 😀

adsh - Member
...I'm sensitive to seat height.

I can understand that on a road fixie, but on a SS MTB you don't spend that much time in the saddle.

nope requires one allen key and I'm already carrying that. are there any tool free ecbb's ?

Nope, but you don't need to move the EBB to fix a puncture. Likewise swinging/sliding dropouts.

adsh - Member
...I'm sensitive to seat height.

An EBB moves it about 10mm at the extremes, some only move it about 5mm (and need a half link), but you only set it once, after that you're moving it ~1mm over the life of a chain to take up the slack.

Unless you want to change the nice WI freewheel in which case your brand new chain is slightly too short, so you have to buy another chain, but it's the Friday before you're going on an away day on the Saturday. So luckily you have a spare Fatbike (with proper trackends), so you can ride after all...........

I was lucky enough to have had my Talbot built last year. Just love this thing.

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Van Dessel WTF. it has an EBB, but it also is massively adaptable and has great mud clearance. That's what I'm planning to get when i finally get myself a job.

I built mine :), next to my daughters future steed aswell 🙂
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HansRey - Member
Van Dessel WTF. it has an EBB, but it also is massively adaptable and has great mud clearance. That's what I'm planning to get when i finally get myself a job.

Definitly not wrong with those bikes from Oddity:

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I quite like the look of that Greg, perusing their site they look to be trying to out-jones Jeff Jones on some of their bikes...

I really liked this:

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Seatstays swept into twin top tubes Mmmmm... Nice.
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I think he's got some interesting ideas with introducing flex - good flex at that 🙂

Also, the reverse etched graphic are making me come over all funny. So nice.

Mr Burns builds some gorgeous steel oddities as well, and for a good price, and he's a righteous dude which helps 😀

Halt!...You jumped zee red light.

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This was mine, wish I'd never sold it...

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Here's mine - speed not comfort....

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Waiting for mine to be delivered...

Good luck trying to get one in the uk,

Thought you were talking about him getting a job to start with!