[Closed] New build - Dialled PA

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Ta Ralph!

that is a schweet bike

who put it together? a bike shop? i wouldn't go back there if i was you. if you done it then take it to a bike shop.

your front rotor is the wrong way round!!! i'd check the rear too. the arms should be pointing up from behind the fork, the opposite to what you have now.

if you done it then take it to a bike shop.

Or, alternatively, just put the rotor on the right way round. 🙄

Nice bike, nice build. Enjoy.

can he be trusted?

and why is it such a heinous crime for the rotor to be around that way? OK the rotor should ideally be in compression when it breaks, but if its weak enough to break mounted that way round it shouldn't be on the bike regardless IMHO

Lovely looking bike...just built up my new PA last week (Don't want to highjack but can i post pic?)!

Are they 140mm forks? Is that 70mm stem?

Snap, the orange colour grew on me

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looks like Van36's - mmmmmmmmmmmm.........so nice 🙂

Hell, if agent did, I might as well: best man bike...

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Well, bollocks to you all. If everyone's doing it here's mine. It is sort of new - ish:

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Lovely....all of 'em.....

Forget the sodding rotors - his logos aren't lined up!!!

[i]your front rotor is the wrong way round!!! [/i]

Makes no difference

What the hell, if you're all posting pic then here's mine

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very nice....

backhander, can I ask how much the build was? Our c2w scheme voucher will be £1000, so was thinking of buying a frame and then getting all the components from a shop, trouble is I'm not sure I can get the components in under £1000

Cheers,

i just dont like the seat tube / seat stay junction on that bike. silly to base it on looks but its true

Thanks for the nice comments guys.
Alpin, thanks for pointing that out in such a nice way.
Do you get punched a lot? Going by your pic, you're definately not a tough bastard but your tone is one of superiority.
So, do you?

He's a teacher, enuff said!

They are used to talking down to people all day long, so it becomes difficult to stop it at other times, (says Pepper married to a teacher)

Hi Backhander,

Sorry to ask again, but would you spill the beans on cost\spec?

Cheers,

Great looking PA backhander. I think they look great in orange. Had mine since November and I'm now trying to decide which fork to fit in place of the old 130mm bombers. Tried my 36 Vans and was surprised how well it handled with them but would probably need travel adjust long term unless I go back to 130/140mm.

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Bellerophon, get in touch with Head for the Hills in Dorking as they can quote you for a C2W spec custom build (they're not open today though).

Very nice Backhander!

and because everyone else has, here's mine aswell 😀

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i am a big fan of the orange colour. that would definitely be the one i go for if i get one.

sorry mate. i forgot the 🙂 😉 🙄 😕

no harm done.

punched? nope. superiority? prehaps. it would seem from the evidence that i am able to read instructions/pay attention to diagrams.

and upon re-reading my initial post i wouldn't say that the tone was 'tough guy', more informative.

chin up. the sun is shining, the birds are singing and it's unlikely you'll make the same mistake again. 😉

Some lovely Prince Alberts on here.

I sold my (Mk.1) PA the other year and missed it for quite a while, until I built up this beauty that is.

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I'm thinking of buying a Love/Hate at the moment for longer distance riding (though I have no problems doing a few loops of the red at Sherwood on the Holeshot).

I LOVE my Love / Hate - just rode a 24 hour enduro on her and loved it
Loving the PA's and the hole shot.
(heres my Love / Hate sootyandjim)
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The Geo of the Holeshot looks so right.

Just finishing off the build of the new Curtis Freeride proto.

Will post soon.

your tone is one of superiority.

lad's been in Germany too long 🙂

true.

Fair enough, Alpin.
I was exitedly building this bike and put the discs on the wrong way.
A "by the way" type post would have sufficed.
Anyway, some luvverly PAs' on display!
Bellerophon,
I got the frame and forks offof some very nice people on here.
The rest;
Tech M4s (went on Intense 5.5) sdwapped with previous M4s
XT shifters & mechs
XT Chainset (went on intense)swapped with SLX
Hoops with 5.1s
Thomson stem and post
RF Atlas bars
Fizik gobi
All from LBS who price matched Merlin witha 10% charge to cover C2W costs, which I think is very fair
So, £250 for frame and forks and £1100 less 40% = £660
Total £910 (odd)
Bloody nice bike for that much,
BTW Mike, when are these DB t shirts coming out?
The websites been promising for too long now!

BTW Mike, when are these DB t shirts coming out?

Coming out? Is he making a new batch?

My old black one (that came free with my Dialled Bikes UK Flow) is still going strong.

And oh bother, I've just noticed Mike has removed the rear derailleur hanger from the new Love/Hate design. Looks like I'll have to look out for a secondhand Mk.1 Love/Hate or look for something else as I wanted the option to run singlespeed but revert back to gears if it takes my fancy.

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I think after seeing these pics I will make orange the "ever present" colour for the Prince Albert. Orange and black just looks so good.

Regarding t-shirts, I must admit I've been very slack on the soft goods front. Sorry! I did actually get some t-shirts printed to sell last year but wasn't satisfied with the print quality of about 70% of them. So I sold the good ones and the rest were given away/lobbed into the crowd at the British BMX Champs last season. More T-shirts are on my "to do" list!

Sorry about removing the hanger on the Love/Hate, Jim. It was a good idea for the first batch, but feedback suggested only a few people wanted to run gears on the Love/Hate so it's gone SS specific for the next batch.

Perhaps I should start doing Prince Alberts and Alpines with EBBs?!

Don't get rid of the orange, you're spot on it looks great with black.
I'm even thinking of getting the Intense done a similar colour as the paints so poor.

An orange t-shirt with the DB logo in black would be sweeeeet.

If people want t-shirts, drop me an e-mail (quoting preferred colour/size) and if there's enough interest I'll get onto it.

gotta do some purple ones, or maybe black with purple writing. And a decent fit so its not skin tight or huge like a bike girls nightdress.

"And oh bother, I've just noticed Mike has removed the rear derailleur hanger from the new Love/Hate design. Looks like I'll have to look out for a secondhand Mk.1 Love/Hate or look for something else as I wanted the option to run singlespeed but revert back to gears if it takes my fancy."

Another Orange/Black combo:

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Another Orange one

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and another Dialled..

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mike-at-dialledbikes:

If people want t-shirts, drop me an e-mail (quoting preferred colour/size) and if there's enough interest I'll get onto it.

Too lazy to send an email, but sized medium in orange/green/brown or similar earthy colours would be great. My credit card is waiting your announcement

Ooo Gary, I'm very tempted. What colour? Frame only? How much? Email in my profile.

Thinking back, I'd like to take some credit for badgering Mike to produce the first Love/Hate's in orange... 😉

Mine had a hacksaw taken to the dropout to get rid of the derailleur hanger before I'd even started building it. A horrible thing to do to a brand new frame, but aesthetically necessary. I still Love that bike, the geometry is so sorted and it fits me perfectly. Same thing goes for my Morning Glory which I got to replace my ist gen Prince Albert.

Mike, I'd love a couple of Dialled Bikes T's, in medium, not too bothered by colour, maybe one orange, one black? Will email when I remember.

I'd get a Tee aswell, orange/black size M please...

It'd be rude not too:
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I'd also like a T in large. Not fussed about colour
Shall I send an email too?

In battleship grey

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First bike I ever built...

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These days it's the "family" bike...

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Another T here...

I have one of last year's freebies but the fit ain't so hot and the material's lousy. The neck could fit my butt through it (thats pretty big). But you know this already otherwise I'd be more constructive. About the T-shirt, not the size of my butt.

Jimmy, thanks for the feedback on last year's Ts. As mentioned, I wasn't happy with them that's why they ended up as freebies.

The new ones will be premium/beefy weight rather than trendy/eco-friendly organic cotton. Have used the premium/beefy Ts before and they last a long time.

T or 2 please. Whatever style and colour (probably 😉

I can't be arsed to post pics (and don't have many) but I've had lots of Mike's bikes and they're all sweet. I've kept every one of them except the Mk1 PA that got replaced with Bubba's MG, all the way from Canuckia.

Still better bikes than I'll ever be a rider 😉

the dialled T i have has lasted ages. i have a bamboo t with white on black print (not a dialled T) that started cracking after 3 washes and is already out of shape. so stick with the same printer/t-shirts.

I liked my black mk1 PA so much, I replaced with a mk3 - in orange!

I'd be up for a t-shirt or two, med or large depending on how generous the cut is!

[i]Bellerophon,
I got the frame and forks offof some very nice people on here.
The rest;
Tech M4s (went on Intense 5.5) sdwapped with previous M4s
XT shifters & mechs
XT Chainset (went on intense)swapped with SLX
Hoops with 5.1s
Thomson stem and post
RF Atlas bars
Fizik gobi[/i]

Bloomin nice spec, do you have an idea as to how much it weighs?

Unfortunately there's no orange frames left in my size, new stock arriving later in the year; so it's plan B, buy an off the shelf bike - most likely a Genesis Abyss - and then when the frames are back in stock transfer them over.....

cheers

Mike, I'd be up for a couple of Ts as well.

I'd be up for a couple of tee's as well, the dialled bikes logo would look pretty cool as a small logo in the centre of the chest I reckon.

I've just read your comment re. organic cotton etc, but I was going to suggest linking up with Howies, seeing as they're set up to print custom tees now.

I'd be up for a couple of t's. Medium in size. Not that bothered about coulours but nice earthy brown/green sort of thing would be good.

Some really nice PA's on this thread 🙂

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some lovely PAs, silentsparks and stugus' are really nice and stugus' picture really captures the colour of the frame well.
Mike, chucking in with Howies would be a fantastic idea, would please the tree huggers and give a quality shirt.....I'd rather pay a bit more for something that would last.
Bellorophon, I don't think it's particularly light but I've learnt already that (IMO) a comfortable, well maintained, sized and thought out bike pedals better than a slightly lighter one usually. My Intense has nearly the exact same spec and I was surprised that I prefered it uphill to my old supernormal! Plus I'm 14 odd stone so a pound here or there won't make much difference.

Howies T's are over-rated IMO. The sizing / cut is a bit random and their quality / durability is hit and miss. I've got ones that have shrunk, others that stretched.

Dunno how much you'd get them for but I've had better ones for what I suspect would be less.

Always reckon Gil at thecycleshed.co.uk is good. Our STA ones get dug in, ridden in etc and they're still fine. Good Ts and well priced

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heres mine. i would be in for a tshirt to. small purple or black maybe?

Be sure to mail Mike as requested please chaps.

isn't buying the t shirt of your bike as ****y as wearing the trade team strip that goes with your road bike though?

No.