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Cheers, just chucked up a slightly closer pic of them.Perhaps someone will try the other way round.
Did it last week. A bike with two personalities, hence two different looks from each side. I must admit, I prefer the white over black.
Pics in this thread....
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PS. Does anybody have clearance issues with adjusters on Pikes under the downtube if using a very low stack headset? Just need to be sure before I order one.
DaddyFool, YGM about a rear wheel.
So how are you all liking the mmmBops? Just been looking at them on CRC at that very tempting price! Would be using it for a mixture of dirt jumping, xc/trail centre and downhill. Pretty sure it'll be fine for the latter two but how about DJ? Will it take the abuse of an unsmooth 17-stoner?
Also what extra stuff do you need for a standard 1-1/8" Pike to fit the head tube?
Here's mine, just built up...
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18" Ragley MmmBop Frame
Rockshox Recon 140mm maxle forks (Will be swapped for floats or revs)
Halo Freedom rims & Spin Doctor hubs
SLX Chainset (Double & Bash)
SLX Mecha
SLX Shifters
Truvativ Stylo Bars & Stem
Thomson Layback post
Charge Spoon saddle
good fun to ride
They are one of the few hardtails that I find genuinely ugly- those dropouts, that headtube- bleurgh!
Damn you Liam! I was going to do that with the decals but I thought it might look horrible so I just did them normally. looks bloody great!
I saw one of the green ones at the weekend. The colour doesn't look great in photos but is a lot nicer in the flesh.
Surprised how flexible the seat stays are. Only noticed when I was out tonight and suffered a puncture. Dropping the wheel back in the drop-outs and they the whole seatstay/chainstay fabrication moves in and out so easily without the wheel to brace it. I honestly thought I'd broke something 🙁
Weighed mine tonight with one of those hanger type scales. Comes in at a tadge under 28lb's.
Had a blast, after riding it to my wedding, on the honeymoon at Mabie!
Blue 18" Frame
RS Revelation 2009 Maxle Dual Air
Truvativ Holzfeller Double and Bash
DMR V8 Pedals
Ragley Spike Seatpost
Ragley Cheeky Saddle
Ragley Seatclamp
PRO Vanderham Grips
PRO Riser Bars
PRO 50mm Stem
FSA Big Fat Pig Reducer Headset (Will change it weighs a tonne!)
Mavic 717 On front with Hope Pro II Bolt through (Maxxis Advantage 2.25)
Mavic Crossride on Back (Maxxis Crossmark 2.25)
Avid Elixir 5 Front 180 mm Rear 160mm
XT Rear Shadot Medium Cage
SLX Front Double Mech
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In a niceway when you start approaching 30lb for an hardtail thats going to be used for rides in the Peaks etc I think your better off going with a full suss.
If your using it for jumping, short rides and also own a full suss for other duties then fine.
Part of the appeal of hardtails (for me) is a weight advantage over a full suss.
Part of the appeal of hardtails (for me) is a weight advantage over a full suss.
It's not about the weight for me - my heaviest hardtail (BFe) is 7lbs heavier than my lightest full-suss (Epic). In fact my lightest hardtail (Zion) is no lighter than my Epic at the moment.
What do you use the BFe for and would you take it on a long ride over the Epic?
The BFe is a temporary build at the moment but I mainly got it for playing about at trail centres - although so far I've just been riding it for general stuff in the Pentlands where it is of course massive overkill.
For a long day ride the Epic would still be my go-to bike, although I also find I use my Soul on longer runs.
Point is why would you want to ride with a dead lump of weighty metal between your legs hauling it up everywhere? When you can feel nimble, quick, responsive etc with a lighter hardtail that doesn't feel dead and thuddy downhill?
Hardtails rock but I'd rather have a well built Whyte Ti with air forks and high quality wheels than cheap and heavily built hardtail. How often do you folk 'go big' and snap bikes on downhills? 😆
Yes ££ but at the end of the day this is your hobby/weekend time.
Ace condition 20 ins blue mmmbop frame in the classifieds for anyone lanky who fancies one. Nolonger available from CRC in large. (sorry for the shameless plug)
Yes ££ but at the end of the day this is [b]your[/b] hobby/weekend time.
"your" being the important bit 😉
Hardtails rock but I'd rather have a well built Whyte Ti with air forks and high quality wheels than cheap and heavily built hardtail
Can I have your wallet please? 😥
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RS coil Pikes, LX crankset, Static HiTop bars, On-One 456 stem,
Fizik Nisene saddle, Mavic XM 321 rims, Specialized Pro 2,35 tyres,
XT/Lx gearing, Hayes 9s.
In regular XC mode...
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and its darkside - saddle down, forks lowered...
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how many spacers are people running under stems?
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apply decals, trim steerer, sort out new tyres, fettle gears, tidy kitchen!!!
Liking mine so far, it does lack a seatpost and saddle which is limiting its usefulness somewhat but it did make my day by havng all the indexing just work miraculously as soon as I fitted the mechs and twiddled the end screws by eye, so clearly it's Meant To Be. Might get it out for a ride tomorrow. No photos as frankly it looks like crap, all overlong cables and hoses and electric tape all over it as I couldn't find my helicopter tape.
Bring it on wed NW.
I'll be down south this week but I should be out to play next week.
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Serves allright as comuting bike.
Oh, and surprisingly it turns out that a 16 inch Mmmbop with a 130mm fork has the exact same wheelbase as a 17.5 inch Hemlock with a 160mm fork. That's pretty long... Glad I didn't get the 18.
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Just (almost) built
Pedals - the only flats I had kicking around the garage 🙂
Cables & hoses? Meh - I might just leave them like that.
Advantage 2.1 - currently running with tubes as I don't have a tubeless kit at home.
Saddle - unsure about this or a Gusset...
16" frame
Talas RLC
XT chainset, mech & shifters
Elixir CR brakes
Syncros rims on Pro2 hubs
Easton 685mm Monkeylite bar / Hope 70mm DH stem
Ragley logo lock-on grips
Joplin with remote
Comes in at 27.5lbs (on my scales - the shop ones would have it sub-27)
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Do you not find your shifters get in the way?
aimed at who and in the way of what?
Just been out getting it dirty
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Looks good Colin.
Druidh - how have you routed the brake hose seat or chain stay? if chainstay - inside or out?
Chainstay - had to allow for the Join remote cable. Routing is currently a mix of in and out. I would have gone 'out' all the way but I'm not happy with the proximity of the crank.
Here ya go
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Image posting newb, can get a link but can't get the pic to paste!!
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mmmBop 18"
Fox Talas 140
DT 420's on DT hubs
Avid Elixir CR SL with 203 rotors
XTR crank and F Mech
X0 R Mech
X9 Shifters
Thomson Elite post and 70mm Stem
Built with parts to throw onto a Ragley Ti when I've saved more pennies!! Maiden voyage Friday gone, blimey is this thing direct, loved it....
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Built this up for my cousin last week. Had it maiden voyage today and the bars have now been changed and capped. Coming in at 11.5 kg (sub 26lb.) He's well chuffed with it!! Looks great in the flesh.
RS Revelations with the Hope Minis, XT drivetrain and Merlin built wheels nicked off my old bike plus octane stem, ragley seatpost and grips, hussefelt bar.
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Thanks to whoever I've copied with the double sticker, white on black
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I'm only dreaming at the moment but:
Ragley mmmbop Blue 18”
Rockshox Revelation Air U-Turns with 20mm Maxle Lite and tapered steerer
Shimano SLX Double and Bash with SLX front mech and X9 Shifters and rear mech
Formula Oro K24s with 180mm front rotor and 160mm rear
Blue Hope Pro II Evo hubs with white Stans Arch rims and DT Double-Butted spokes
White gear cables and brake hoses
50mm stem
Carbon bars and seatpost