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Ah so there’s some towpaths up there too? Definitely a machine up for that task. Glad you’re healing!
Looks hewn from metal rather than built!
Looks great that Stu. See a few of them around here (FoD) due to ex Dirt guys/Chris Porter being just down the road. Never ridden one but they looks extremely purposeful 🙂
Glad the shoulder is finally healing as well.
The whole idea of the raw frame is that it doesn’t matter if it gets scratched.
If it gets a bit dull or scuffed up you just give it a bit of a going over with a scotchbrite pad.
Yes! I love brushed ally, it looks 'factory' AF 😎
That's a smashing looking bike OP- those welds! 😋
edit- damn, I'm looking at ally hardtail frames that could be rawed now...
Glad the tandem is still getting used. Seem to remember your lad being pretty excited when he came to see it. 😎
Thanks for the good wishes Houns/Alex.
Not 100% but very slowly getting there. Feel free to give us a shout if you head up this way.
Wheelbase is 1324
170 front, 175 rear but can also run 162 rear.
Only reason it has some orange on is because I had the grips on another bike already and can't afford another pair just to change the colour.
Less is more when it comes to ano in my eyes.
Don't want my bikes looking like they've ram raided Ratners.
Hob Nob.
I can just imagine CP having in internal conversation with himself and using every bit of willpower he has to not say anything to you. 😁
Joe still absolutely loves the tandem, and even though he can ride on two wheels himself now, he still says the tandem is the best bike ever. In fact he now calls it “The Supertandem”!
Don’t want my bikes looking like they’ve ram raided Ratners.
* quickly throws dust sheet over a shed full of bikes*
Very nice, love a raw bike, unfortunately my love of all things steel means it doesn't work very well. Couldn't agree more about anodised bits as well.
I tried one around Cannock of all places a few years ago and was amazed at how well it rode for something with, I think, 160mm travel.
That is a beautiful bike and looks like it means business
erictwinge
really, i just chose it coz it looks cool AF !
seriously, ive always had bikes wrapped, since it was a thing at least, but never really appreciated the value of it until i didnt have this one done!! interesting…
I think the Privateer is raw with a clearcoat over it, so not raw in the same sense as the G1 - G1 has no paint at all, and comes with steel wool to get rid of scratches. It's a different alloy to other frames, so doesn't corrode
That of course, is subjective. Having ridden a few extensively, safe to say they turn me into a wobbler, which is the reason why at 6’2″ I ride a bike only just bigger than the smallest one they make.
When I take my bike for some work there on the shock, i’m sure I can see Porter twitching – usually itching to tell me how unrideably small my bike is. If I mention i’m faster and find it more fun it’s meltdown time.
On the flipside, I'm more comfortable on a "large" G1 than I was on my Large Enduro.
In our riding group there are a few which have been riding for years and big bikes just dont work for them. Old dogs, new fangled geometry....
I'm 5ft 8in and my "big bike" is similar in size to a small Geometron.
Sometimes I go really fast on it and it's the best bike ever, other times it gets a bit awkward and hard work - and my more normal trail bike would be faster.
Bikes are always a compromise, eh?
Anyway, if I had to replace my big bike, I'd be looking at a G1 very close to how you've got yours Stu.
liking mine too.
Mullet 29/27.5 on 15mm seatstay mutators.
aye; i am back fae the desert pal