[Closed] PSA Hello Dave

I'm struggling to see where they got the original £800 price tag from - did anyone buy one at that price?

I’m struggling to see where they got the original £800 price tag from

Price of scaffold poles has gone through the roof, like everything else.

Takes a lot of skillful frame building techniques to make a head angle look that silly.

It's the bend in the seat stays that triggers me.

Geometry looks excellent TBF... for a full-suspension bike.

a hateful masterpiece!

I wouldnt go anywhere near one personally, mostly as it reminds me of those utter bellends.

But fair play to On-One for keeping their dream alive and ripping the absolute urine out of them with the bikes description.

bravo!

Everything about that frame makes me upset. However, I will fondly remember its origin as one of the most comical episodes in MTB history.

Thankfully a bike's better judged by how it rides than how it looks. You've all clearly never ridden one.

I think it looks fine tbh. It'd be much nicer if they'd just managed to unbreak its back- hardtails always look stupid when the toptube and seatstays go concave like that. But it's functional and handsome enough.

Obviously not an £800 frame but On One gotta On One. And as crap as they are, they're still better than Sick!

I still love mine!

I guess if they sell at £800, the price is £800.

Either on one have

-ordered too many

-ordered enought they can sell with a smaller discount

-they weren't selling at £800.

I've still only seen one other in the wild.

I guess if they sell at £800, the price is £800.

Nah, it's a transparent and rather shitty marketing ploy.

They should be ashamed if they've sold any to newbies at that price.

I don't even think they ever retailed at £800 though - this review says the frame-only price is £599.99: https://www.mbr.co.uk/reviews/hardtail/on-ones-hello-dave-is-the-sick-bikes-hardtail-that-never-was

If I could be arsed I'd check Google cache or the Wayback machine or something...

I don’t even think they ever retailed at £800 though – this review says the frame-only price is £599.99:

The on one site says ‘was £799.99’

I am tempted, it looks daft, but fun daft.

With this frame I would be a cassette and a fork away from a complete spares box build so it is even more tempting.

You’ve all clearly never ridden one.

The first step towards riding a new bike is actually wanting to. This one, I can live without.

Do it @hoooli! Mine happened the same way and I love it.

It believe PX set the price at £800 to ensure they kept enough stock for full builds. I'm guessing they have plenty now.

The on one site says ‘was £799.99’

Well, yes, but it might be like the fictional prices DFS used to claim their sofas sold for...

There's loads of rules about how long things have to be advertised at a certain price for to count as the original price when discounting: https://www.asa.org.uk/advice-online/promotional-savings-claims.html

Of course its nigh-on impossible to keep tabs on now with retailers changing prices according to browsing histories and so on.

I’m pretty sure the frame was listed on the Planet-X site at £799 for much of last year as I always looked at it and wondered if they were actually selling any.

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Of course its nigh-on impossible to keep tabs on now with retailers changing prices according to browsing histories and so on.

PX have listed brand new never-available-before stuff as "discounted" as soon as it went on the website which is definitely Not Allowed. But nobody really cares I think at this point

Love mine. Had a full build for a couple of years, got some stronger wheels and a smashpot in the pike and changed the shite Planet X parts bin contact points but it’s doing alright. Is not really a trail bike. I ride mine mainly on dh tracks and steep techy woods and the local jumpy stuff. Looks like it’s been in an accident, weighs probably as much as my full suss due to the coil fork, hope wheels, dh tyres, insert etc but it’s one hell of a fun bike.
Steep steady ups, steep downs. If you’re considering one for anything else then I wouldn’t bother, £300 only makes it a bargain if it’s what you’re after. There are always plenty for sale on pinkbike for this very reason.

How much were Sick!! going to sell their version for?

I'm tempted, it's just a headset away from just a straight swap of the parts off my Scandal as the 35 just needs spacers taking out......

But then I bought the Scandal because I was fed up with buying very nice, but very niche bikes and just wanted something that was rideable everywhere, every day 🤣

It believe PX set the price at £800 to ensure they kept enough stock for full builds. I’m guessing they have plenty now.

That's the story I heard too, makes sense as the parts in build kits they buy from SRAM can't be sold to consumers. So if you've got an equal number of very expensive Pike forks and cheap-ish frames during a global supply chain crunch, you can't sell the frame or you'll have the forks sat in the warehouse for months.

How much were Sick!! going to sell their version for?

£500, pre pandemic, and they never actually managed to deliver any at that price .....

https://www.mbr.co.uk/news/bike_news/sick-grim-ripper-372840

That wasn’t it. That was the Marino built batch that they didn’t pay for. These were the Taiwan made ‘Shrike’ (Hello Dave) and the ‘Sesh’ (Tik Tik) iirc they asked £600, having miscalculated how much they needed to charge in previous models.

Been out on mine to Gisburn today. For £300 they are a bargain. At 6'5" I love the fact I'm finally on a frame big enough for me without having to spend mega money on a Geometron (I know its not a direct comparison)

Does this ride better than a Moxie MX3? The Mx3 you can launch into most things and make it out. I used a longer one around the tweed valley and it was brilliant. I used to warm up on nae spleens before it was lost and what a fun bike.

What is the quality of this frame like? Will the tube-set last a few seasons? That price is crazy. I can get a set of garden tools for that price at Dobbies 😛

If you have a moxie I doubt it would be worth swapping out unless the moxie is the wrong size. The Dave does go well, it doesn’t have that old school skinny tubed 853 compliant ride, I never expected it to either, but I’ve hammered mine, I’ve raced dh on it at Gawton down here in the south west and ridden all the local big stuff, double blacks etc plus big jumps and steep natural tech. It’s taken it all in it’s stride, rides best when you’re wringing it’s neck. I blew the damper on the pikes on mine last week - that’s an indication of how hard a life mine gets!

Thanks for the insight. I have been through two moxies in long and longer the last 2 years and they were a blast. Preferred the hardtail to the full moxie.
At this price though for a nice frame it is tempting. Even though back on a FS I do miss the hardtail a bit. I liked the pipedreams as they had an ED coating so did not rust much over 2 years.

I don't think there's much chance of a HD rusting through! (although I did squirt a bit of waxoyl inside the lower head tube gusset).
As above due to the geometry and burly tubeset they only start working properly when you are ragging it.

The thing I don't like about the Moxie is the lack of head tube gusset - I have bit of a wierd unfounded engineering hangup of under gusseted front ends on slack head angle frames.

When I changed the dropper out a few weeks back there was a bit of corrosion in there, as in the post was a bit orange where it had been inserted but internally the seat tube looked fine, just a bit of surface corrosion. No fancy treatments though. I also have a transition sentinel, great bike but it wasn’t getting a look in until I blew the fork up on the Dave! Add yourself to the mailing list for 10% off and for £270 it’s a bargain. £800, not a chance it’s worth that but for sub £300 it’s a no brainer. If I wrote mine off tomorrow I would replace like for like.

Head tube gusset - also reassured by that, especially when I upped the Pike to 160mm when I put the smashpot coil conversion in, putting it to a bonkers 61.5 deg!

Can these frames take a 180mm rotor?

Yes. It’s a pain in the arse to do one of the bolts up on the adaptor (need a ball ended Allen key) but it goes. Only the first batch of frames were 160mm only as they messed up the build spec. I’m on 200 front and rear. That’s on guide re brakes (so older spec code callipers).

Thanks for that info. I got a full parts set for 27.5 but will shift and try get some 29er stuff.

Love my one. It's good at it's intended use, being ridden on steep down hill trails.

Wouldn't have one as my only bike nor for xc type trails, it's just too heavy and slack in my opinion.

Great N+1 bike or someone wanting an Enduro bike on a budget.

I have a 170mm 27.5 zeb ultimate and some sixth element pro enduro wheels. I could just save the re-sale loss and fit them to this frame. It will be slack, I did this to one of my moxies with a 170mm Yari and 27.5 wheels and the geo ended up the same as a moxie in 29er form with a 160mm fork.

I have seen a couple of Daves online built up with 27.5 - not sure how well it works but it has been done. The zeb is the perfect fork for this bike, I’ve been tempted to put mine on it from the sentinel but I resisted and put a smashpot in the pike.

I ordered a large version. Nice 36gbp off with the code. Will see how a 170mm Zeb (taller than a 170 lyrik) and 27.5x2.5" works out. Thanks for the info above. I have had a few hardtails like the BFE max, Moxies and Torrents. Will see how this compares.

Was fettling with my Dave earlier and remembered I had a spare set of Stooge Moto bars. Got me wondering what would it be like combining two craziest bike choices I've ever bought.

A short while later and I'm hurtling down the road wondering why I'd not done it sooner.

So when you build up your Dave, go big with the bars! Helps tame the slack frontend.

under 2 day shipping. It is a very well made frame. Great welds. Makes my Rune look small. Both large.

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Will build up tomorrow then hit the local (Dollar)

Nice 😎 black on black is the way forward, hides the fact it’s an On One perfectly 😂 Mine is back in the game after a damper change in the Pikes yesterday.

Nice in black. The green is nice in the flesh, sometimes think I should have gone with the Orange but the green hides it's wear marks better.

I reckon that On-one should have called it the Winch and Plummet. It's perfect at the steep stuff. Up the Ochils will be fun.

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Need a longer chain. It's heavy but feels good down the street. 175mm cranks may need changing too. Was stoked a 180mm rear rotor fitted.

Nice 😎 black on black is the way forward, hides the fact it’s an On One perfectly 😂

haha I like it. This one will get very abused.

OK, that looks pretty nice, I have to admit.

Needs a better pic if this damn sun would go away.

Well that is my rig for the summer. Tossed the FS for now. Next FS will only have 2 bearings!