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What rigid forks did you go with for your scandal build?
I'm currently using some carbon genesis tarn forks but I'm thinking of buying some trek 1120 forks with the 3 bolts on the side for mounting things to 😁
The Ridefarr forks that were going for a good price two years. No longer available in the UK, I think.
Today only, the gx scandal is £799.
Yea I saw that, almost tempted to get a 2nd just as a singlespeed at that price!
Theres been some dubious 'specs' and pricing of these lately but the latest newsletter just dropped and its a cracker -
Scandal, GX AXS, a Pike, and a Dropper, for £1500. Pre-order only but that is a bloody good bike for the cash.
snap em up if you've been hovering over the 'buy' button for a while.
Does look good, back to a propper GX cassette (and XD freehub) too.
And upgrade to Pike Ultimate for 200£ and tubeless tires for 50£.
Pre-ordered 🤪
looks like they have added a new gusset/reinforcement to the seat-tube BB area with this batch. Were there problems with the old frames at the BB?
looks like they have added a new gusset/reinforcement to the seat-tube BB area with this batch. Were there problems with the old frames at the BB?
I've not seen anything mentioned on forums.
Looks like they've lost the curved seatube so it might just be a way of bracing the now straight tube?
Odd decision as dropper post compatibility was limited to ~150mm posts (and only if your legs were relatively long enough), there's no way anyone on the correct sized frame was running monster 170-200mm dropper posts and needed the straight tube.
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You're probably right. id missed that the seat tube had changed. If it's the same seat tube angle as the specs say it probably needs it as its no longer going to have as much contact with the BB and down tube.
Looks like they’ve lost the curved seatube so it might just be a way of bracing the now straight tube?
Why have they done this? Not heard about any cracks. Either they know something we don't or its cheaper to build it like that. Wonder how much weight it adds?
Looks to me like they've stepened the seat angle? Even if specs don't say it?
3 finger chainstay bridge looks like it's gone too but hard to see the new design
I prefer the curved seat tube version !
Looks to me like they’ve stepened the seat angle? Even if specs don’t say it?
Doesn't quite work like that. When a frame has a curved or kinked seat tube, the 'seat tube angle' you see in the geo charts is a theoretical angle based upon a specific saddle height.
Draw a straight line on the Orange frame from the bb centre to the saddle centre. That's the angle in the geo chart. Not the angle of the actual not of Orange tuning you can see with the seat post inserted into it.
Thus, on the Orange frame if your shorter than average, you get a steeper seat angle relative to the geo chart. Vice versa if you have giant long gangly legs.
On the new frame with a straight seat tube, the angle of the "actual" tube matches the "theoretical" seat tube angle, thus your relative height is immaterial.
Original geometry is on page 1 of this thread.
brant
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65/75 static ht/stst/reach/ht
500/480/135
460/460/120
420/440/100
380/415/100bb drop 58mm
cs 435tyres to 2.6ish depending on rims and stuff.
threaded BB
effective seat angle measured at 800mm from BB centre.
Posted 3 years ago