[Closed] Singular Swift Owners................Stand Proud..

Not an owner but i'm qualifying myself on account of my surname being Swift. Also, I would like to see more pics of these myself as I quite like them...

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Hope whoever's image this is that i've lifted doesn't mind! Lovely pic.

I really, really, want one of these... 😕

Currently borrowing this frame/fork from Sam. I can see why people rave about them. Really nice ride.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhampshire/4473101678/ ]swift on a log trailer[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mhampshire/ ]matt hampshire[/url], on Flickr

Surely there should be a 'Swift owner's pics' sticky thread by now?!? 😆

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sorry to be stupid but are they 26" or 29" bikes?they do look very nice 🙂

swifts are 29" - hummingbirds are 26"

Here's a geared one which is now with another forum member.

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monkeyboyjc thanks. i must admit to liking the hummingbird 29" bikes tis witchcraft i tells ye 😉 (or maybe that i'm only 5ft 5 and a quarter 😉

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/56594563@N07/5975230300/ ]IMAG0071[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/56594563@N07/ ]tangwyn[/url], on Flickr[/img]
Lovely bike. Only let it go for a niner mcr as the fit was better. Not a pleasent sale.

monkeyboy - who did the respray on your forks? Quite fancy getting something similar done to my Rebas

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/5571829219/ ]March 28th - 1st Solo Night Ride Of The Year[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/25655510@N02/ ]Johnclimber[/url]

Paging Ton - What day are you leaving Liverpool?
Do you need a guide from your start point to the start of the route and for the first 10 miles?

Another Hummingbird
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzrich/5629249220/ ]Singular[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/nzrich/ ]Richard Munro[/url], on Flickr

john.............not set a date in stone yet mate.
when we do, i will be in touch. cheers.

just noticed that all the swifts are being run with flat bars.
is there a specific reason for this.

Ton, just get your order in at Sideways, Tim also sell IF's BTW 😉

Ton - Was this after our conversation yesterday?

Do me a favour and also buy a heart rate monitor 🙂

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Flat bars = lower front end on quite a tall bike. I could have the stem up against the headset and use a low riser bar but am not brave enough to trim the steerer that much. Flat bar looks nicer too for some reason.

I need to get pictures of my Swift up, as soon as my rear fekin' wheel comes back from the LBS. 🙄

ton - Member
john.............not set a date in stone yet mate.
when we do, i will be in touch. cheers.

I dropped you an email so just email me back when you know. Are you getting to the start by train?

ton - Member
just noticed that all the swifts are being run with flat bars.
is there a specific reason for this.

I'm running Ragley Carnegie's now and it feels so much better than the flat bars I had on it for the photo

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EDIT: looks like it doesnt work with picasa?

monkeyboyjc, I honestly think that's the nicest looking bike I've ever seen on here.

And the scruffiest garden, so a 100% strike rate there, congratulations. 😆

Carnegie's on mine too

monkeyboyjc where did you get the lowers on your reba's colour coded and stickered up please????

Here's mine at the start of the WRT sorry I haven't got any naked pics of it, but it appears above in Chainslapps pic.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/48247502@N07/5777083875/ ]pete[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/48247502@N07/ ]valley daddy[/url], on Flickr

RD, what stem length and rise are you using.
your similar height to me i reckon.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/5974978175/ ]Sadexpunk's Swift[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/25655510@N02/ ]Johnclimber[/url]

Love mine. flat bars, negative rise stem and short headset to compensate for the headtube that's pretty long.

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@ stevemakin...............credit card wont take it mate, would love to tho.

bunnyhop..........just looking at hrm things now, i dont want a strap round the chest tho, can you get a watch type?

and carnegies hurt my wrist's, tried em twice and sold em........what's new eh? 😉

Ton, you back peddling then great news if you are mate!

Tim is a Singular dealer as well as IF's 😉

sadexpunk- how did/do you find the j bars?
Considering them or loop bars after listening/watching tazzy getting on with his- would they be more comfortable for a bit of road work than flat bars?

I dont think I've ever read a negative comment on a Swift.

How do the Singular forks (steel?) compare to carbon rigids ? Anyone ?

Great thread this. Here's my Swift - sadly now gone 😥

Rigid

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/23986078@N05/4359493995/ ]No 18 (2010)[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/23986078@N05/ ]carlos_fandango[/url], on Flickr

With suspension

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/23986078@N05/5975121419/ ]P1010029[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/23986078@N05/ ]carlos_fandango[/url], on Flickr

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is it just me with an Orange swift?

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I go down stairs to finish my new ss wheel and come back to find this.

I'm really liking the Hummingbird but I'd have to sell my 92 Kona and I don't know if I could.

I thought I had one more bike than I needed already.

I'm beginning to wonder if there might be room for two more than I need...

monkeboy: Lovely forks! How did you organise them? Through Singular, or a very clever paint & decal chappy in the UK?

can you get a watch type?

finally got round to picking mine up on Thursday, not managed to get out on it yet. Broke my arm a week after ordering it so it's going to be a very welcome first pootle

I'll take some pics of it somewhere on the gentle rides it'll be getting over the next week or so

For those wondering who / how i got the forks done i did it my self....

will do a new thread explaining how (watch this space).

It is interesting to see so many with the original forks. I found them just too tall. I put a pair of On One carbon forks on it and the bike was transformed, it is fast, handles brilliantly and rides like a dream. I found that the more weight I put on the forks the better the thing rode. Whereas I used to use mine for mile munching on fire road type trails, it is now a singletrack eating monster.

Fantastic bike!

It is interesting to see so many with the original forks. I found them just too tall.

Aren't the newer ones 470mm rather than 490mm, or something like that?

fork respray link [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/singualr-hummingbird-fork-respray ]here[/url]