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The Ragley mmmBop and Blue Pig are - or so I thought - broadly designed for the same type of riding, but one is steel and one is aluminium. The Blue Pig (steel) has a much shorter seat tube so of course the front and rear triangle are very different looking from the mmmBop. This seems to be a common theme on a lot of steel "hardcore hardtails".

If they are designed for the same type of riding, why not make the seat tube shorter on the mmmBop too, since surely less tubing = less weight?

Or have I got this all wrong and Brant meant them for different styles of riding?


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 1:38 pm
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They both have 16, 18 or 20 inch seat tubes according to their website. Where's your info from?


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 2:06 pm
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CRC's pic of the mmmbop is a 20in frame I think. And the Blue Pig is a 16in frame.

Both frames were available in all sizes.


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 2:10 pm
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it was the picture on Bike Tart that made me wonder.

This...

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compared to this...
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Posted : 18/11/2010 2:21 pm
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PS Brant I'm well pleased with my early impressions of my mmmBop. I would post a picture on myRagley but I'm afraid there isn't one reference to Ragley anywhere on the frame...

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...got a nice Ragley saddle for it now tho'


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 2:23 pm
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Back to school for OP!


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 2:25 pm
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๐Ÿ˜†

Al, it was really just another excuse to post my new build ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 2:33 pm