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New bike day for me today. 😀
Need to play around with bar height and a few other bits.
Maiden outing on it tomorrow on the FoD uplift.
Can't wait.
Cheers to Chainline of here for helping me sort a very good deal. 8)
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I think we've gone a long way past 'lawn' there. No evidence of human cultivation whatsoever.
Nice. Like the tasteful orangey bits.
**** me, that looks MASSIVE
(edit, I do know that's the point of them but ....)
scaredypants - Member
**** me, that looks MASSIVE
Feels totally normal when you're on it. But yes it does look big from the side view.
I rode a friends version of that and it felt incredible.
Very nice.
Mud guard? Are you planning on commuting on it?
Otherwise very nice indeed. Wish I'd kept my helius.
Looking forward to reading the post ride report please
I'd need a telegraph to reach those bars! Does look nice.
dangeourbrain - Member
Mud guard? Are you planning on commuting on it?
It is a little wet out there at the moment. 🙂
christ! The wheels are in different timezones!
looking good. cant wait to have a pedal on it
I am loving that fella!!!
What's it like for toe overlap?
It looks, long.
Can you wheelie it?
i still dont understand the extra long toptube/no stem thing.
can someone please explain.
What's it like for toe overlap?
Bad when I've got Ronald's shoes on.
Can you wheelie it?
Yep no problem at all.
Be interesting trying to get that down tourettes in Spain Stu!
Looks very nice!
and about the state of those steps, btw .. nice bike
Not even Jealous.
You're not in Sheffield by any chance? I'd love to have a test wheelie or... maybe smash it through some rocks.
Very nice 😀
Looks good!
Which Geometron did you go for?
Is a 2016 with a longer rear end and longer shock to take the travel up to 170.
Bike envy. MASSIVE bike envy.
Lovely.
What's it like for toe overlap?
Very good Scotroutes that made me chuckle.
Looks great. Enjoy
Looking better with some mud on it.
Dropped the bars a bit, speeded up the LSR on the shock and rebound on the fork.
The 36 is just so much better in every way to the Pike on my other bikes.
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Looks good! What is the missus getting to correct the Ying/Yang balance? 😆
Let me know if you are down this way with work, i'll show you some steep stuff...and i'd love to have a go!
Looks amazing. Enjoy!
Looks killer that.
Let me know if you are down this way with work
I'm not sure it'd fit in the car with my work stuff. 😆
We do need to get down your way again for a ride though and you're more than welcome to have a go on it.
singlespeedstu - Member
New bike day for me today.
Can I suggest a new forum name? Current one seems out of date 😉
Looks great. A mate has one and it's surprisingly nimble on tight stuff where I thought it would struggle.
Can I suggest a new forum name?
The mods won't let me change it.
I have tried. 😕
Nice. Is that the 661mm ETT frame? What's the tyre clearance like?
Yep it's a Longest. (large)
Tyre clearance is fine.
It's closeish to the sidewall of the tyre but shed loads of room where the tread is.
About the same length as your tandem?
Did you have to join 2 chains together?
Etc
I want to see a picture of it on a thule roof rack for comedy value.
I don't have a clue how that could ever be called "surprisingly nimble" by that guys mate.. was that "surprisingly nimble for a whale" I could literally fit 7 bananas end to end between that wheelbase.
I bet it's amazing on a lot of things but when it gets tight it must be an ask to get it threading through the trees on the steeps. I threw my leg over a 29er version the other weekend but haven't ridden one in anger... interested to try but can't see how the geometry of the likes of a capra is out enough for this.
Not hating, just curious!
I own a Zerode for all fairness of niche products that most people dont get too..
I want to see a picture of it on a thule roof rack for comedy value.
I put it on the rack on the rear of my car along with Mrs stu's large Tallboy.
The wheelbase may be longer on the Geometron but the outer edges of the wheels didn't stick out any further than the outer edges of the Tallboys wheels.
I'm not really expecting any massive difficulty with it in tight stuff.
But I will go and buy some bananas and see how many fit between the wheels. 😆
Do you measure reach in melons or grapefruits?
Interesting do you think it's more of an ugly child optical illusion of the frame design than outright mental geometry?
Am I right in assuming this Geometron is the 27.5 and if so did you manage to wangle your leg over the 29er?
They are interesting things indeed, I haven't seen any ridden in anger yet though which would be nice to see.
Reach can be measured in Cantaloupe or if you're a imperial kinda guy Honeydew but as most people normally have a few canta's kicking around probably best sticking to metric.
Interesting do you think it's more of an ugly child optical illusion of the frame design than outright mental geometry?
No. I just think 29er wheels stick out a lot further from the contact patch to outer edge than 650B wheels do. 😀
It was a bit of an arse getting it on the FoD uplift trailer as it'd only fit in two of the slots.
Mind you the guy said they had someone turn up on a Pole and it wouldn't go on at all.
True true - I've literally just watched the Pole review! it seems to hold the shape of the size better probably to do with the low stand over height. Seems mental that the Pole is only 140mm for such a big bike!
Have fun on it anyway - sure it'll be a blast getting used to it and then letting rip
Looks awesome Stu. Wish I could justify one.