I'd love to see Pace doing a singlespeed with the square tubing they used on the first RC100 bikes - they were real works of art.
Pace's site has been showing as a risk when reached from google for a while now btw - I was getting a service manual from there a few weeks ago and got that message. Just go directly: [url] http://pace-racing.co.uk/ [/url]
I'm really torn on this one... I'm sure the bike has been well designed and will make a good steel ride, SS or geared.
However, for someone who has for years bought Pace, the indignant and inconsistent customer service I've experienced over the past few years has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Looks like I'm sticking with my Explosif.
[i]SS are for gayers [/i]
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oh hold on...
Being a Pace doesn't do anything for me Imo it's the colour that makes the bike look really nice to me. And could do with out the white rims.
Oh and nothing about it here.
http://pacecycles.com/default.asp
oh my god, i'm equally shocked that its not square, and its steel but i'm still in love.
this is not bang at the top of my wish list
It wont come with Hope stem and USE post and a lot of the other icer bits though will it? id someone say £500? for it? I would have thought a lot more if it has the same build as the pic. It would b better with sliding dropouts.
£500 for frame only seth, people were just wondering what bits they built the show bike up with.
Full custom is 853 protein with a stainless steel chainstay hence the lack of paint. Fillet brazed as thats currently the only way to get the stainlass stay to stick to the cromo BB shell and is also the builders prefered method of construction and it LOOKS NICE. Full custom geo AND can be built SS OR GEARED. And any Pantone colour you like.
Off the peg bike will be Tig welded 853, minus the stainless chainstay I believe and standard geo.
Spoke to Adrian at the show and gleened the pic and info there. BUT I had consumed a good deal of Innis and Gunn so all details may not be correct!
UK built?
I wouldn't have thought so on the Off the peg model Brant....but the full custom looks very familiar in build style and I could probably take a guess at who put that particular set of tube together ;0)
im surprised you remember that much Grant! you were ratted! cracking night tho......
Loving that!!
So why can't pace come up with a new composite rigid fork like the original RC30? Alloy crown, alloy or 853 fork legs(painted to match the frame) and alloy dropouts. Can't be that hard to do?
not many people seem to want to do a rigid metal fork, seems odd to me, i'd have thought there would be a huge market.
Ooooh, that looks nice. Dammit, wasn't going to buy another frame for a while. *tentative* Anyone wanna buy a 20" 853 Inbred frame, in red?(with decorative chainsuck tattoos). 😉
lots of steel rigid forks available, more than carbon.......
Well that's it. Pace are now officially JABC* - they've gone a long way away from their roots. Is there a single innovative feature on that bike (remembers square tubes, stems welded to steerer which was clamped at the crown, hollow tube cranks etc.)?
*Just another bike company
Needs a Dave Yates sticker.
to be launched at September bikeshow was info I got on asking about availability...
OH Well ... time to save up as I don't think the photos do it justice, the custom build looked real clean
Is there a single innovative feature on that bike
I put forward the "unpainted stainless chainstay" as a USP.
I agree if its going to, be £500 for the frame. No doubt built in the far east. Its just not exciting enough to get 500 quid out. The chainstay thing adds nothing in my book. The bike looks good but in a generic way.
Oh and Brant if you dont have your chainstay rusting on your singlespeed then its obvious that it wont get the hell smacked out of it stuck in your shed! The last Steel On One frame I had was orange with rust even after using a chainstay protector. Mind it did have tipex for paint!
seth-enslow666 - Oh and Brant if you dont have your chainstay rusting on your singlespeed then its obvious that it wont get the hell smacked out of it stuck in your shed! The last Steel On One frame I had was orange with rust even after using a chainstay protector. Mind it did have tipex for paint!
I'd be more worried about your hideously slack chain on the SS if that was the case. the chain on my SS stays a good inch or so away from the chainstay at ALL times
I put forward the "unpainted stainless chainstay" as a USP.
USP maybe, but innovative?
My email from Pace indicates a custom geometry fillet brazed 853 frame including any RAL paint, with 953 stainless chainstay/dropout for £700ish.
I'll be keeping my eye on this one for sure.
[i]Oh and Brant if you dont have your chainstay rusting on your singlespeed then its obvious that it wont get the hell smacked out of it stuck in your shed![/i]
Can Seth explain how chainslap works with a singlespeed please?
No not really cant be arsed! As I never said singlspeed. I was meaning in general. Geared or non geared. Just for the record I have seen quite a few single speed frames with chain slap. It must also be a slight concern to Pace as they have gone to all that hastle to make a stainless chain stay. I'm sure they thouigh when they made it that it was just a waste of time though!
[i]Just for the record I have seen quite a few single speed frames with chain slap. [/i]
Really? If it's loose enough to slap the chainstay I'd be suprised if the chain stayed on the cog and chainring on descents.
Nice colour. Not slack enough.
not really innovative theres tons of people done the stainless stay thing before
custom geometry on a production bike in the UK is quite interesting though been a while since builders did that Im pretty sure there could be a market for all the people who nitpick at the geometry of their bikes
How much is the frame?
not really innovative theres tons of people done the stainless stay thing before
tons?
Brant, there is tons of bike with stainless stays, the ones were the chains are all slack, taken all the paint of....... ;0)
£500 for a 853 Pace? Thats not bad. Thing is, there are soo many frames to choose from out there you need to have a USP dont you?
remembers square tubes, stems welded to steerer which was clamped at the crown, hollow tube cranks etc.)
like this - spot the innovations...
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Okay not ground breaking innovation but how refreshing is it for pace to actually be bringing out new products rather than the vapor wear we were all used to years ago. How long were we promised a full suspension frame for?
I thought 853 tubing was developed for TIG welding not brazing. Why not use a different tubeset designed for brazing instead? Seems like overkill. Guess people like the sticker.
[i]Thing is, there are soo many frames to choose from out there you need to have a USP dont you? [/i]
Frame not owned for five minutes by Hora. Should be unique enough.....
yeah brant theres a tons of custom builders who have fiddled with stainless before
in fact theres a few boxes of 953 and a couple of xcr tubes floating about in the shop if you want em
Frame not owned for five minutes by Hora. Should be unique enough.....
I ride, I dont bitch about the maker of the frames (do I? No), I buy and I pay taxes/NI. why shouldnt I buy as much or as little as possible? Alot of internet-knockers about, just wonder how many actually ride themselves? I went through some pretty dark days off and on the bike a few years back with some petty idiots who live on forums casting judgement and giving advice (when it wasnt asked for then doing the 'hora-baiting'. The ones who did/do give me advice have stood by me (and still ride with me).
Good on you. Wonder how many off-the bike friends you have?
Thats all. Rant over. Say whatever you want, I can dish it back in spades on and off internet forums. 🙂
Wonder how many off-the bike friends you have?
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I've probably got more friends than you've got cows.
Hora thats a class bite :CHOMP:
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is that cracked paint on the seat tube picture?