Pinnacle Arkose Three (jameso to the forum please)

I'm 5ft 10 and ride the large. That comes with an 80mm stem, so I wouldn't have thought a 70mm or 60mm stem would affect things too much - but you are right on the size boundary as you say.

I'm just under 5'10" on a large, but I'm long in the body so needed the reach. If I was in proportion for my height if be in definite medium territory.

5'10" and riding a Medium here. Felels pretty good to me but I haven't tried a large. Either would probably be ok with a bit of stem tweaking. There's generally only a cm or two difference in the dimensions.

Buy it, if it doesn't sell you will easily get your money back, probably make a decent profit.

Anyone got an XL 4 they want to sell me for £500? Thought not.

For what it's worth I'm 5ft 8 with a 31in inside leg and my medium Arkose fits great. If anything I'm on the edge of a small but I got a secondhand bargain on one so sizing was a forced choice. Incidentally, has anyone else noticed the head badge is just glued on? Mine started coming off so I just removed the thing, weird decision if you ask me, why not just put a decal there instead?
I was buying a frame off someone recently, he was interested in my Arkose,liked the design but apparently wouldn't consider buying one because it was an Evans in-house brand? Strikes me a bit snobbish. I bloody love it, great bike.

Incidentally, has anyone else noticed the head badge is just glued on?

I wouldn't have thought a 70mm or 60mm stem would affect things too much

Thanks to everyone for replying, Jameso did drop me an email also.
I managed to find a store with a M and L in so took them for a very quick 5 minute ride and I was surprised how well the Large fit me, The medium honestly was the better fit.

I tried the Large and was very surprised how comfy I felt on it, The only issue I found was at reasonable stretch I was slightly short of the hood 10-15mm or so which the stem should sort.
Once moving I was fine, Ive never ridden CX or even Gravel I'm from a MTB only background until earlier this year when I bought my first road bike.
Arkose 4 ticks every box for me I can honestly say i think I should have bought this type of bike rather than the Rose Xeon CDX Di2 Ive got!
I like road riding for fitness and generally feel more rewarding doing a 110mile coast ride in 6:30 hours than the same time in the lakes on the MTB doing 14-15 mile!
Although the MTB rides are always 1000x more better

Also seen another review on Evans for Arkose 2 from someone similiar size than went for large.

"At 5'9" I was between sizes but managed to sit on a couple of arkose bikes (different models though) and decided to get a large then put a shorter stem (70mm) on it.
I've still not quite got my position right, being a mountain biker, but over all all its good. I'm enjoying the turn of speed I'm getting from it, handles well on light off road sections, it's actually even better in mud than the mtb."

Thanks again

FWIW - on my medium I've put a 1cm longer stem on and wider 44cm bars. Still not sure about the stem though. May go back to the standard length.

Sure I could have gone for a large and a shorter stem too but the medium was closest to my existing road bike geometry.

3M tape, pretty standard way to do it. They don't always get pressed on as hard as I'd like them to and if the dirt / water gets in they'll never stick. Sorry. PM me if you want a spare.

Jameso, your a legend. I've hung onto the badge so won't need a spare but thanks anyway 😀
The new Pinnacle Dolomites 2016 with the disc brakes look ace, pretty much the perfect winter trainer, knocks the socks of Kinesis' new disc frames for value - any chance of a frame-set becoming available? (otherwise I may have to buy one!)

any chance of a frame-set becoming available?

They will be, F+F+headset, but it'll be a couple of months before they're in.

Thanks, great news.

2016 range is all on the website now - Arkose 3 looks ace in stealth black, 105 & hydraulic brakes for a grand.

Morning All

I've ordered a 60mm and 70mm headset and see how it goes for me with a large if it doesn't work out I`ll have to sell it and use the money to fund a medium.
What angle/rise is the stem on the Arkose Four as stock?

Cheers

2016 range is all on the website now - Arkose 3 looks ace in stealth black, 105 & hydraulic brakes for a grand.

Just completed my C2W application, I'm hoping to be the happy owner of a black Arkose 3 by the end of Nov.

I do a little off road section, less than 2 miles, on the way to work. It's very bumpy/rattly, I keep losing bolts

Rack bolts, mudguard bolts. I lost a seat bolt, the one that connects the seat to the mount

I now only have 1, grrr. Any idea where I can get another bolt with the right widget to keep it tight? Its an Arkose 2 if that makes a difference

Picked up the bike this morning, Did a quick test ride (10minutes) and it felt pretty good.
Ive ordered two stems (deda zero2 in 60mm and 70mm) so hoping to swap it out with these when they arrive.
Fell in love with the bike and for £500 I couldn't say no!

I have thought I may look to replace the crankset with a 105 5800 170 to better the fit, but I`ll see how it goes.

Now to go for a proper ride 🙂

Im considering changing tires (maybe WTB nano)

Did my first CX race this weekend on my 2014 Arkose 4 - the bike handled it beautifully, the rider less so! Still, says a lot for the bike that I was happy to race it the first time I took it off road.

I was wondering about tubeless too - I'm trying to work out which is the right Stan's kit for the Alex ATD490 rims - anybody know? I'm running Specialized Tracer Pro 2Bliss tyres if that makes any difference.

Just for anyone wondering, P50 SKS Chromplastic mudguards won't fit through the fork with the Nano tyres without some 'Modification'.

I cut the front section off, leaving a tab to be bolted through into the fork, works fine now.

Apologies if this has been done before, but I can't trawl through 15 pages... does anyone know if you can fit a 53-39 chainset, or will it foul the chainstays?

Liking mine so much I'm beginning to wonder if I actually need a seperate summer bike for chaingang.

Jamie's been gone for a year now, wonder if he'll turn up again on 01/01/16.

Do we know if there's an arkose frames et available in 2016 and if so how much?

Worryingly I've just received an email from Evans recalling Arkose bikes purchased late 2014. The reason is the rear mech hanger. Email states the hanger should be replaced and the bike not ridden until it's done. The concern is rear wheel slip.

Yes,I received the email about the mech hanger recall too. I collected the bike last Thursday evening and received the email when I got home that day 🙁

No way I'm driving for 2 hours (round trip) when they can put one in the post.

It's a 'to be sure' replacement. There's some dropouts that haven't been machined properly and when we looked at the possible affects of that in combination with a maybe a looser QR it answered why we'd had rear wheel moving in the dropouts reported, so it's been acted on.

We decided to replace all dropouts because although we can trace frames by batch the dropout inserts aren't supplied or made 1:1 with frames as it's a part that other brands/frames use also.

I don't want to undermine the recommendation not to ride the bike until it's swapped out but for perspective if you've been riding it for a while with no issues it's unlikely there is an issue, just to be clear and confident moving forwards we felt it best to get them all replaced and not to have to make judgement calls on the part detail. Apologies for any inconvenience though.

I considered riding home tonight as I've been riding it regularly for over a year with no problem and daily since September.

But with a son to support I got a lift home.

Rang Evans and it's booked in for Friday.

@jameso

will they post one out for us to fit?

I'm nowhere near to an Evans branch and haven't got time to travel to drop it off and then travel again to collect. Do we just contact our nearest branch to sort this out?

Bumper, I think so, if you're OK to replace yourself I don't see any issues with that. Just call customer care to arrange it. It's a barcoded part and needs to be done as an order so it's recorded/traceable but beyond that no different to swapping out a broken hanger. There's a new bolt set with it that is also to be used to get the best fit.

Cheers @jameso.

I'll call them tomorrow 😉

Have all the emails gone out , as i havent received an email ?

^ what year is your bike?

jameso - Member
^ what year is your bike?

I've had a mail - 2015 Arkose 4

Mrs Dubleyou has not - 2014 Womens (the yellow one).

Does the 2014 need a swap?

Mail's gone out to 2015-16 model customers. 2014s were before the hanger QC point came up, all ok there.

Rang Evans this morning and spoke with Craig (I think), he's raised an order for the replacement hanger and it will be posted out to me.

I'm happy it doesn't have to go into store as my nearest will be a 2/3 hour round trip and its in Kendal, I'm sure they've got other things to worry about at the moment.

@James-O Do you know what is going on with the deliveries of the 2016 Arkose bikes?
I ordered an Arkose 3 back in Mid Nov, for delivery at the end of Nov.
I'm now being told by Evans 18-Dec.
Evans have been good at keeping me informed, but I might have taken the plunge on a reduced MY15 bike if I'd known the delivery was going to keep slipping...

^ We're adding new hangers to bikes as they arrive. The new hangers are here and they're prioritising orders, then free stock for stores. Arkose 3s are in stock so it won't take long to get the new hanger fitted and it to be sent out.

OK cool - am happy with that reasoning - much rather you got it right before I picked it up!
Thanks for your speedy reply.

all ordered through customer services/recall dept. It'll be posted asap, just need to sign a disclaimer email to state that I'm happy to fix it without taking it in to a store.

took 2 minutes to sort out on the phone.

Mine's an Arkose 2, ordered late May 2015. I've not received an email, I take it I'm in scope?

My 2015 Arkose 2 is affected, bought it around March/April this year. It's booked into the Evans near my work

^ We're adding new hangers to bikes as they arrive. The new hangers are here and they're prioritising orders, then free stock for stores. Arkose 3s are in stock so it won't take long to get the new hanger fitted and it to be sent out.

Hmmm. getting a bit miffed now.
I've just phoned the branch to chase up my Arkose (which should have been delivered at the end of Nov) only to be told it'll now not be delivered to the branch until 22/23 Dec, and dependant on if I need it or not, it might not get built up until after Christmas.

Just looking to pull the trigger on a 2015 Singlespeed.

Can anyone tell me if the decals/stickers can be removed? I'm guessing given the paint job they are on top not under the clear coat.

Thanks

Decals look to be under the clear coat on my 2015 Arkose 3...

They're not removable on my 2015 Arkose 4 and that's a matt finish