1 - Photos please
2 - Do they take some abuse, such as a bit of trail centers, drops and jumps, while they are fairly light and ease to commute?
Thanks
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on point 2, based on my Swift (29" equivalent) I'm sure it'll do all those things though you'll have to define 'fairly light'.
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The Hummingbird is intended to be fairly sturdy, though it is certainly some way from being a 'hardcore hardtail'. It's always hard to be prescriptive and say something like 'up to 3 foot drops are fine', because they would be under a relatively light rider with a smooth landing style. But might not be under some clumsy behemoth landing to flat every day.
You've probably seen all the pics on my flickr - this one is possibly the nicest build I've seen (though postierich's is very nice as well!)
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/singularcycles/3056603557/ ]Singular Hummingbird prototype[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/singularcycles/ ]Singular Cycles[/url]
If we're talking commuter, I put this one together recently for my Mum.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/singularcycles/5389288347/ ]Hummingbird commuter for Sue[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/singularcycles/ ]Singular Cycles[/url]
I've done plenty of 2 foot-ish drops on mine and it puts up with that ok (with rigid forks and 29" wheel).
I'm not that heavy though, at 70kgs. I'm sure that it would take a lot more stick than I give it.
At the moment I'm playing about with an Alfine hub on it, as a change from SS - I reckon that it's the most fun bike that I've ever owned.
Is that a 26" front wheel on the "commuter" build, Sam?