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Thanks for the PSA (have they got a new model coming out?)
Do you know what headset you need for it?
Looks like all their frames are in a 7 day sale
Trail Fatty is the same price
Good god that's a great price for a brand new frame.
FSA Orbit C-40 No.42 ACB Tapered Headset
There's not a new model replacing it anytime soon, just a deal on a few frames this week.
How does the Parkwood get on with plus tyres?
They have a new 27.5 model but the geometry is really old school on it, not a fan.
No ideas if they have a new parkwood 29er coming out. It's a tidy frame though. Rides nice.
Think the headset I bought was this:
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/HSFSOC40ACB/fsa-orbit-c-40-no42-acb-tapered-headset
£70 frame and £44 headset... 😆
Are there any cheaper alternatives to the FSA?
Think they had a picture with trailblazers and scraper rims but I'd not guarantee it. Is pretty roomy out the back.
Must be, I didnt pay that for mine. Sorry i'm not too sure on dimensions to check out alternatives though.
Hmm - just fine, it seems (assuming this is the same frame?)
http://www.on-one.co.uk/c/q/bikes/mountain-bikes/parkwood-275-plus
This £14 one fits a Fatty Trail which is the same I think?
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/brand-x-headset-integrated-tapered-steerer/rp-prod130924 ]http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/brand-x-headset-integrated-tapered-steerer/rp-prod130924[/url]
No brainer at that price, really like my 29er
Are there any cheaper alternatives to the FSA?
Yes it's just a standard headset size
Actually while we're on that headset, I have the same one in my roadbike and want to get a blingier one for no reason other than that I'm a tart. Anyone know if CK do a version for that size/standard - I'm finding it hard to navigate the world of such things.
£15 headset [url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-1-18-15-integrated-headset-with-alloy-cap/?sku=5360597730 ]here[/url] at Wiggle.
Think the lifeline headset at Wiggle is very slightly larger than FSA No. 42?
Try these
https://www.alpkit.com/products/love-mud-rumour
Luckily I can't access the On-One site to get caught up in a buying frenzy like I did on the PSA: Formula R0 Brakeset thread
Actually while we're on that headset, I have the same one in my roadbike and want to get a blingier one for no reason other than that I'm a tart. Anyone know if CK do a version for that size/standard - I'm finding it hard to navigate the world of such things.
I don't think they do, I don't think Hope do either, it's not really a headset, just the bearings, top and bottom races, and a cover on the top. However the bearings are the same as some headsets, IIRC Hope bearings will fit. Whether a Hope crown race forms a decent seal against the headtube is a different matter.
King won't fit for sure, as their USP is that the bearings are pressed into the cups.
I'm finding it hard to navigate the world of such things.
IS 42 / 28.6 - IS 52.2 / 39.8
IS = integrated
42/28.6 outer/inner diameter of the upper bearing
52.2/39.8 outer/inner diameter of the lower bearing
Or a 'normal' 1.1/8 headset would be in the new nomenclature
EC 34/28.6 - EC 34/30
EC - external cups
34 = headtube diameter
28.6 = 1.1/8"
30= the little lip at the bottom of your fork steerer
Or a 44mm headtube with a 1.1/8 fork
ZS 44/28.6 - ZS 44/30
ZS = zero stack
bugger i've got a pair of rigid forks and some 29er wheels which will soon be spare - i don't need anymore soddin bikes!
Looking at some of the cheap frames for SS commuter. Do the roadie type ones pictured with a fork actually come with a fork?
That's a give away
thisisnotaspoon - Member
if CK do a version for that size/standard - I'm finding it hard to navigate the world of such things.I don't think they do, I don't think Hope do either
Cool, ta - that was pretty much my conclusion.
JH - if it says "Frameset" rather than just Frame, then yes, I'd expect its an F&F bundle.
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&c=103&p=1786&tb=001
Some nice and light, full carbon rigid forks for over twice the cost of the frame?
Ooh more special offers when I clicked the link!
Flash sale - Pod Deluxe Stuffsac Only £4.99 Was [b]£4.38[/b]
Awesomes! 🙂
theflatboy - Member
Actually while we're on that headset, I have the same one in my roadbike and want to get a blingier one for no reason other than that I'm a tart. Anyone know if CK do a version for that size/standard - I'm finding it hard to navigate the world of such things.
Hope do the type 3 upper which is the same - and the new type 7 (I have a 3 here that I#m about to send back, my last needed a Type 7). Both are IS41, but the 7 is what they call a "Campy style" IS41, has a taller cover
That's cheap enough that it's even tempting me, Chief H8er. Consider going up a size btw, they're pretty stubby. I've seen one locally with 2.8 Nics in it, apparently it's fine for mud clearance.
Anyone compared these to a Scandal 29er, both running 100mm forks (Brant said 100 would be fine in an old topic)?
Friend is having my 16" Scandal but wondering if this would be a bit more modern geometry as it looks a good few degrees slacker.
Still wouldn't touch it 🙂
I have a parkwood and a scandal 29er frame, and the scandal is a fair bit steeper and chainstays are 444mm to the parkwood's 435mm...so will feel a fair bit different.
I really like the ride of my parkwood, i know some say it is 'old school' and really short, but it's not quite that bad. It is very capable and versatile, and i'm pretty tempted by a spare one for £80, i just don't need one!
I'd get one if they did an XL... Shame.
JH - if it says "Frameset" rather than just Frame, then yes, I'd expect its an F&F bundle.
I've always wondered if framesets come with the headset and if so, is it fitted?
[i]I've always wondered if framesets come with the headset and if so, is it fitted? [/i]
and a crown race?
Christ that makes my lightly used one worthless !!
n0b0dy0ftheg0at - MemberI've always wondered if framesets come with the headset and if so, is it fitted?
Since it's on one, it does come with a headset, it's just that they fitted it to the BB shell.
Just scrolling through their site and noticed a tasty hardcore frame. What's this Deedar? They kept that one quiet.
Stealth dropper routing
12x142
Nice and slack
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http://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/bikes/mountain-bikes/on-one-deedar
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FROODD27/on-one-deedar-275-steel-hardtail-frame
Thread somewhere on the dedar
It's not "that" slack and not very long.
This £14 one fits a Fatty Trail which is the same I think?http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/brand-x-headset-integrated-tapered-steerer/rp-prod130924
Yep I've used one in a v2 parkwood frame ... I think it was an interference fit thou but no big issue.
Thread somewhere on the dedarIt's not "that" slack and not very long.
It's a bit weird that they got the Codeine 650b geometry so right but haven't gone as progressive with any of their other frames.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with short bikes, it's just completely taking the piss to make an 1135mm long bike with 417mm of reach and claim it's long.
Thread somewhere on the dedar
It's not "that" slack and not very long.
You're right about it not being long enough. But put 150 forks on, and it would make it 65° which is pretty damn slack
it's just completely taking the piss to make an 1135mm long bike with 417mm of reach and claim it's long.
+1. its got similar geo to an inbred, with a slack HA. Wheelbase/ front centre is longer; but the ETT/ Reach is the same as an inbred. which dates from 2002 ish. IIRC. hardly progressive.
Any value in swapping the bits off my Boardman 29'er onto one of these..?
No.