[Closed] New bike time pictures its German and orange

very very nice sir

Very nice, love the colour! I bet that cost a pretty penny 😯

Nice 😀

Beautiful. One of the nicest looking bikes I've seen on here.

Is the the gold colour or the orange?

Gold:
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Orange:
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Oh my!! Can't fault any of that, great looking thing.

Thats lovely!

I do think that theres something 'right' about anodising on a Nicolai 8)

Nice, I like nicolais.
No chance of ever fitting a front mech?

Thanks for the comments.
Its the Orange but hard to capture it changes colour with the light.

No its a AC and will take a front mech should you wish

Classy.

Anyone know how old a child needs to before he/she can get by on a single kidney?

No its a AC

and will take a front mech should you wish

Another pic outside the shop
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Takes a Sram direct mount of some sort has removable cable mounts under the downtube.

Ohh blimey..

Thats lovely 8)

That's the nicest looking bike I've seen posted on here for a while, I really like that.

Takes a Sram direct mount of some sort has removable cable mounts under the downtube

Sploosh

Oh my, that's rather lovely.

Best looking Nic I've seen.

TLR's are gopping! 🙂

Lovely bike and one hell of a spec!

What made you go for the AC over the Ion, 10mm different in travel but very similar frame weight?

Oh - is that really £500 extra just for the anodising......

Not convinced I like the big rims astheticaly, makes it look a bit like a fat bike, but on the other hand I don't like how 650b makes everything look skinny.

However that's mostly just the green eyed moster talking.

@ Rik
Thought about the Ion and spoke with a guy over on MTBR who is involved with Nicolai and the development of the Ion.

In the end it came down to the feeling that the AC is just that bit more of a everyday bike. With the Ion nodding towards a more DH slant.

I had a Helius CC and then test rode the AC 650b back end of last year followig that was sold 😀

[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/nicolai/new-helius-ac-650b-pictures-927117-post11398142.html#post11398142 ]Spec here for those interested.[/url]

That really is quite lovely!

Rear ano triange is FOC in black if I remember
Front is a cost option and further costs for a secondry ano colour in the rear triangle plus custom frame stamping / lettering.

Ano black is free.

All other colour options are at cost. The frames are sent away off site and not done in house

Very nice indeed 8)

Lovely bike. It doesn't look like pinch flats or dinked rims are ever likely to be an issue!

Perhaps a better representation of the colour.
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Ooohh - yes, that new photo does look better.

Beautiful bike.

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That looks absolutely mint. Some great choices there sir. Would love to know how much better that CCDB Air makes things.

Nicolais rock!

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Very nice, love the colour, I nearly went for anodised on mine!

Gurt lush.

That is a thing of beauty! Nice to we all agree (so far)

massive dose of bike envy here.

Went for ano blue on one of mine and ano green on another. The two ano black ones I have still look great after years of abuse.

Lovely!

I did promise to buy myself one for my 40th, 2 years later.......

@ engineeringcowboy very nearly went for the blue, its the hardest bit with these picking the colour.

Wow - Thats stunning 🙂

That could very well be my next bike...in about 5 years. That orange is very nice indeed.

@shredder

I almost chose Ano orange as well. I'll get an orange one in a couple if years. Maybe another hard tail.

Fantastic - was either ano orange or raw for me - went raw in the end, wouldn't have been at all sorry with the orange either.

I likw the wheels.. and I've tried hard not to think about carbon wheels.

I'd ignored this thread as I thought it would be a Canyon (sorry). Glad I had a look now. Lovely bit of kit. 😀

Some boring questions:
What size it is?
What does it weight roughly?

Its a size L
It was weighed on the bike shop Moonglus scales and came out just over 30lbs. Quite happy with that for the travel etc was never built with weight in mind.

Christ on a bike, that's nice.

Very, very tasty.

Great looking bike, perfect build, congrats.

Nice

That's such a lovely bike, was thinking how well specced it was before realising that my own bike is very similarly specced - xtr trail brakes, enve dh bars (couldn't quite stretch to the wheels lol), 55mm haven stem, pikes, ccdb air, reverb, SRAM carbon cranks! Mines all fitted to something even more agricultural though - an alpine 160! Enjoy your Nic, tidy as.

Lovely bike <rubs palms on thighs>

Oophhh

Very nice, I can see what thisisnotaspoon means about the rims but I don't think that's a bad thing.

I love the understated look, it's only if you know your kit that you realise what a top build it is.

Great work!

shredder - Member
Its a size L
It was weighed on the bike shop Moonglus scales and came out just over 30lbs. Quite happy with that for the travel etc was never built with weight in mind.

That is lovely. Orange Ano looks fantastic but clashes with almost any other colour - works perfectly with the none-more-black build.

We also now have a semi-permeable Orange glaze that's worth a look. The glazes still let you see the metal under the powdercoat so again really suit the Nicolai aesthetic but without the upcharge that coloured ano adds.
[url= http://www.nicolai-uk.com/index.php/frames-for-summer-2014-delivery/ ]
Ion 16 Semi Permeable Orange Glaze[/url]

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Thats a medium Ion 16 650b and available now if any one is on the edge of purchase....

Beautiful! Crying out for a fancy headbadge though don't you think...

maybe?

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😮

Lucky bugger. Enjoy!

Firts shakedown ride today on it. 😀

I saw the semi-permeable colours after I had ordered they look very nice as well.