[Closed] Droooll!!! Shand bike porn.

I don't get it.

Perfectly nice looking bike, that. Porn? Nope.

Porn doesn't have XT.
Porn is rarely grey, unless The Pinkster is the target market.

Front mech, niche.

Nice colour.
I'm with wrecker...looks pretty ordinary otherwise.

Meh, nothing special looking at all and has a horrid bend in the downtube

Don't get the lust after Shand bikes at all

Lovely. Just lovely.

Beautiful. Some great detail work as usual from Shand.

I’m a fan of steel HT’s as much as the next [s]man[/s] person but that’s not a design to get overly excited about … and 980 notes seems a bit steep.

Can't
Stop
Looking
At
The
MISSING VALVE CAP

Meh

Looks a bit like a Giant I used to have

Don't get me wrong, it's nice enough but not an entire thread nice, and certainly not £1k frame nice.
Just my opinion.

Meh

Looks a bit like a Giant I used to have

No it doesn't.

The down tube cabling looks terrible IMO....

I get it, it's perfectly proportioned-aesthetic, functional.

seabass

The down tube cabling looks terrible IMO....

He's right, that is what's commonly referred to as a cluster ****.

Would look lovely with complete internal routing, it'd be a nightmare but it'd look nice.

Agree with what metasequoia said.
DT cable clips make sense if you wanted to 1x it.
Geo looks spot on.

Nowt special?

If you crashed a Solaris and bent the downtube, it'd look like that. Only without the ugly cable routing. Usually I love Shand bikes but this one, nah, at best it's ordinary.

Wheels too big, Clown bike.

OMG! Hadn't spotted the missing valve cap till it was mentioned.

I like Shand bikes, and steel hardtails. Not impressed by that colour though.

Nice enough, but I'd take a Curtis over that.

I'd take a Curtis over that.

Exactly what I thought - the AM7, specifically.

That's a rather lovely looking frame, I like the colour especially.

Nice enough but it does look like somebody has wrestled some 29er wheels and a Duck-egg Soul together and had to resort to an uppercut in the downtube 😮

Very tidy and understated- I like that a lot. Shand do some really nice stuff.

Tidy. Wrong colour. But tidy.
I would.

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All I'm going to say on this thread!

Definitely a Solaris-a-like

I love the colour... If I won the lottery tonight and placed my order for a Stoater tomorrow, it'd be that one.

I think for the reverb hose a DT/ST 'corner cut' a la Whyte might have helped tidy things up a bit.

Comparing it to a Curtis though? Look at the brazing!

@shand

I agree. Just the owner of the original bike in this thread chose incorectly.... 😉

(Candy red sparkles for me)

And like Kona head badges, how many folk have worked out the naming of said bike?

We all perceive aesthetics differently it’s always subjective. It looks more attractive here –

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/a-bike-build-thread-niche-content

Lots of care and attention has obviously gone into the design/construction and kudos to Shand for manufacturing in Britain.

Beautiful. Some great detail work as usual from Shand.

Is there? The shit hose and cable routing jumps out at me. If they can't get that right...

I think its sweet. A cable and a hose are going to lie, to some extent, where they want to lie so some bends will remain. Remember theyve probably been sat in a box coiled up for the last 8 months on a shelf somewhere. If the photograph had been taken from a different angle they wouldnt be visible and they def wouldnt be visible to the rider as theyre well out the road.

Do Shand go to the same place as Kona for their decals?

Would look lovely if the photo wasn't squished in the horizontal.

Nearly but not quite for me. Not sure 3x bottle bosses and drop out choice make a 100mm frame 'adventure'? I really hate the cabling but the website is pretty informative - only thing missing is mud clearance shot at the chainstays. Bet its tight with Columbus and 2.25.

And like Kona head badges, how many folk have worked out the naming of said bike?

I see you baby.....

The rear mech cable run along the chain stay (well kinda near the chain stay, probably in the same postcode) makes baby Jesus cry.

I think its sweet. A cable and a hose are going to lie, to some extent, where they want to lie so some bends will remain. Remember theyve probably been sat in a box coiled up for the last 8 months on a shelf somewhere. If the photograph had been taken from a different angle they wouldnt be visible and they def wouldnt be visible to the rider as theyre well out the road.

Then they should have taken the photo from a different angle. Whilst I don't disagree I don't get how folk can coo over 'the wonderful detailing' on a frame that has worse cable routing than a £99 Argos bike! Why not internal? even the front hose looks a bit crap. Why has it been coiled in a box for 8 months? They're selling a high end product, this is their promo shot, it's all showing a massive lack of attention to detail. Why would I then want to give them a chunk of my money?

I like it as a nice classic looking hardtail. Based on Shand's reputation I would assume the paint finish is perfect and the welding underneath is just as good. Given it is handmade then £1k seems about right to me, same price as a Niner Sir9 after all. I assume it's built using a mix of tubing to get the best ride for the purpose. That said the cabling is untidy, I suspect largely because of the front mech cable and it would look a lot better as a 1x. Also not a huge fan of downtube cables as it creates hassle with crud catchers which, as a UK built bike, surprises me. It was one thing I always hated about my swift. A set of bottle bosses for the crud guard is always welcome imo.

Are the drop outs shand use interchangeable for singlespeed ones? Edit - just read the website and it uses an ebb.

I like it, wouldn't have the dropper nor the bouncy things on the front either. Of the colours I'd choose either the fluro green or the dark green from the samples in the second row from the left.

Does the frame have a wee split at the dropouts?