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pritcsa - you'll probably need to go up to a 36t ring - I used to run 32t on my old bike, but on the Ragley was running a 36t for two weeks before I noticed it wasn't a 32t, I was riding so much fasterPosted 34 minutes ago #
i'd better start making a 38t middle ring then 🙄
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/issue-51-ti-frame-review#post-534584 ]STW review.[/url]
Time for a bit of more detailed feedback then. Had the Ragley for 6 weeks now, done about 3-400 miles on it, mainly techy short rides but a couple of four hours rides too. The bikes awesome. Set up is 16 inch frame, 140mm pikes, inline thomson post, 685 low rise monkeylites, firstly 70mm thomson stem, now 60mm Raceface.
So far it does everything i want it to and is exactly the type of bike i was looking for. It both climbs and descends brilliantly, fast, steep or tight descents are all handled brilliantly, i'm particularly surprised about it's willingness to go around switchbacks but on steep stuff it's just stupidly good. To borrow the old cliche it'll get up anything i can, the balance is brilliant for me, I tend to climb with the forks set at about 130, this being the sweet spot between the with the forks absolutely planted but loads of weight on the back wheel for traction, i've cleaned two climbs i'd never managed before. It's even given me the confidence to climb up a two foot banky step that some people won't ride down.
In terms of feel, to me it seems to have the perfect amount of "spring", it's feels very similar but probably slightly firmer than my old inbred or handjob, very similar to my scandal but more "planted". Certainly i had a Soda for 6 months and it bears no relation to that, i'm 15 and a half stone and the Soda was all over the place.
Bad points for balance? Not many. I wasn't convinced about the cable routing but now love it, but... the bolts have discoloured which i don't like. It's like having rusty bolts on your stem, no! Thomson style rust proof bolts please. Erm, that's it, absolutely nothing else i'd change so i'm really pretty damn happy.
I know what you're thinking, rose tinted glasses syndrome but I think i'm quite good at being objective about bikes and have always been able to avoid loving something just because it's new so don't think that's the case.
pritcsa, how tall are you?
Yet more torment for my brain.... 😯
I suppose the only way I can understand one is to ride one....
😀
I'm 5 9". Shorter legs longer upper body. About 230mm of seatpost showing.
Forgive me, but I've not been paying attention - only just come across this thread.
How did the bikes fair at Sleepless as I saw a few (?).
I know Twinkly was not too well, but the bikes seemed to going well.
Plus I see you're going to Kielder for the Killer Loop, which bike are you taking BTW?
I saw a review by Guy Kesteven recently in perhaps WMB (?), and he's a become another 29er convert, confessing to loving the Lynsky he'd been riding; so his review should be interesting.
See you up there.
(OnOne Ti29er - of the curry house in Peebles)