As title, I'm temped to swap my Inbred for carbon and lose a couple of pounds but I've got a nagging feeling that it's just not right, so convince me I'm wrong 🙂
I did just that - swapped my inbred for a whippet. Yes, its lighter and yes, it does seem a bit quicker up the hills but by god its stiff! Really gives my arse a battering on dry bumpy stuff. And its ugly as hell. And all my mates who bought them have had problems with the BB (I've been lucky so far). One is sending his back (again) having had the BB sleeve re-glued as its developed play again and will be asking for an exchange for a steel inbred.
I do regret selling my inbred, especially as I had it re-sprayed and it was looking sparkly! Not something you can do with a carbon frame afaik.
Also the front ends lower so I end up running loads of spacers under the stem which looks crap.
What you and I both need is an old-skool ss tinbred 😀
Had my SS Whippet for 6 months and on the whole I love it. Only downside is the creaking - it creaks from pretty much every frame/component interface...and has just developed a really loud new one at the seat post/tube junction.
Hmmm... thanks for the replies. I love my Inbred and thought the Whippet might be the same but bettereR but seems my nagging doubts might be justified. I have a couple of mates with geared Whippets who are v happy with them though.
Mmmm. Tinbred would be fab but I'm guessing a bit more than £250 even if they did get made. Now, a ss specific carbon Whippet with a normal bb would be pretty cool. How about it, Brant? 🙂
The carbon whippet has swapout dropouts so you could whip the standard ones off and put some horizontal ones on there and Roberts your father brother, a singlespeed whippet with a standard BB.
Yup, I know you can fit horizontal dropouts. I meant a nice tidy frame without extra guides and a non-press fit BB. Should've been clearer 8)
Ahhhhh, I see. I have a frame I changed to singlespeed which has guides all over the places, looks ugly as sin.