Hi, so I'm looking to replace my MTB frame which is currently a 2012 On one Scandal, which as you might suspect has very outdated geometry.
However as I don't ride MTB all that often these days and because I'm not that rich, I don't really want to spend a great deal of money on this. The plan is hopefully to find a frame that's a few years more modern in geometry, will take an angleset headset to slacken the head angle a little but will still accommodate my old wheels with 135mm qr dropouts and take a 100mm fork, threaded bottom bracket also required.
I did recently just miss out on an Orange Clockwork 100 on eBay which looks as though it would fit most of the criteria that I'm looking for, but there must be others out there.
So any suggestions for frames to set up notifications for on eBay? I've put a wanted ad up in the classifieds on here but I am a little wary of scammers given some of the stories on here of late. Size large if anyone was going to check the ad 😉
Thanks.
What wheel size?
I always liked the On One 45650b (I've had two if them, not at the same time!), but they're more geared for a 140mm fork.
So, an Inbred maybe (in 26/29 depending on wheel size)?
Cotic Solaris?
depending on what rear hub you have you might be able to convert it to wider spacing
A boost rear wheel would give you a load more choice and can be had for not much money new/second hand
Mk 2 Cotic Solaris would be my pick for a QR rear end. But I reckon buying a new rear wheel would be better. Doesn't have to be expensive. Boost kits are available if you can change the end caps/axle. Boost kist for the front wheel cost less than a tenner.
What wheels do you have?
Okay, so 29" wheels. My current wheels are some On one/Nukeproof hubs built on to some cheap DT Swiss rims, also from 2012, I think spares are going to be hard to come by.
I'm not going to go down the new wheels path, so many opportunities for mission creep 😂 and the budget really isn't that great anyway.
Early Cotic Solaris is a good shout I'll have to go and do some research on the geometry.
My (sadly nicked) orange clockwork was ace. A new frame from sunset with most of a build kit from my cove stiffee.
135mm rear end, -2 angle set.
Mine was a 27.5 frame with 26 wheels
150mm forks instead of the 120 it should have had with 27.5 wheels.
The BB was a bit low with a 44 tooth triple. Swapping it for a 34 tooth had me up all the hills round here and was nippy enough on the dh.
