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I've just refreshed my Handjob with a re-spray and a few new parts - but I'd love one of these. Very tempting.
Personally I'd try a 456. Think Hummers days are passed?
Nice n' cheap (£300 less than what i paid for mine) and they do build up into a very sweet handling hardtail but make sure you get the headtube reamed to the correct size to accept a headset and BB faced, brake mounts faced etc as they come not [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/who-can-reamface-titanium-frames-in-the-uk ]fully prepped to be built up[/url] and the seatpost shim is too short which leads to the infamous cracking at the seat tube/seat stay/top tube junction.
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I guess the new Cove Hummer must be near to official release, it's going to have 650B wheel size, i dunno bout that?.
What's the warranty on those? Very tempted.
What diameter is the seat tube without the shim? Could you make it fit a dropper?
Amazing how things turn around sold my 05 Hummer 3 years later for £750.
I think the warranty is 5yrs for the original owner but there has been a previous thread somewhere in the stw thread vaults that has mentioned 4yrs and 2yrs so i'm not 100% sure?.
Original seatpost size is 30mm but you really do need to fit a deeper shim as the current shim stops before the seat tube cluster as that is why there was a few cracked frames reported on here, i have a [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cove-hummer-good-news-for-once/page/2 ]100mm depth x 27.2mm shim thanks to Don @ Lynskey USA[/url] so i'm waiting on Thomson bringing out their 27.2mm dropper post.
I was really tempted too,however they require 1 1/8 forks, 27.2 seat post & no iscg mounts on the bb.Looks to me as though the new 456 ti would be a better bet at only £49.99 more & a 10 year warranty. Although you do get a detachable mec hanger which is nice.
[quote=hora ]Personally I'd try a 456. Think Hummers days are passed?
26" wheels, innit. There'll be buckets of this stuff to get rid of in the next few months.