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Ti Hardtail / 27.5+ with Pinion & Gates

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So time for some moon on a stick bike search help please.

I'd be interested in anything that ticks this criteria. What's out there folks? -

Ti hardtail
27.5+ (or 29)
Must have Pinion gearbox with gates carbon belt drive


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 9:32 am
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I think you could do that with a Why bike, have a look at Cyclorise as I think that is what the owner built up.


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 9:38 am
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I bet if you have a chat with Sonder they will build their Pinion Signal or Broken road with the drive you want.


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 9:47 am
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Nordest.
Mrsstu has a Bardino. It's a well made frame and they were easy to deal with.
https://nordestcycles.com/en/product/lacrau-2-ti-frame


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 9:50 am
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Sonder Signal Ti pinion (not sure if it has the split for belt drive but as each frame will be made to order it's easy to add).
https://flic.kr/p/2jRCinC
They had a demo bike a while ago but not sure what happened to it.

Nordest Lacrau 2 Ti
https://flic.kr/p/2kToUNw
My bike 😉 - built in early 2021, build thread here https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-bike-build-titanium-pinion-awesomeness/

Any questions, let me know.

Kingdom will do a custom vendetta with pinion/gates if asked.

The Kingdom and Nordest are both fairly slack, hardcore hardtails, the Sonder is a bit more trail orientated.

Most of these ti frames come from the Waltly factory and are done as custom orders.


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 9:57 am
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After a longer wait than expected my 50th present to myself is here and the build underway.

A 3-4 month build queue at point of ordering ended up being 9-10 months until arrived. Pinion delays and other issues. But at least here now.

Curtis Am9 Custom with Pinion belt drive.

https://flic.kr/p/2nF8nRT

https://flic.kr/p/2nFdrFh


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:17 pm
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https://flic.kr/p/2nCt4rf

https://flic.kr/p/2nCo2KZ


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:18 pm
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Curtis Am9 Custom with Pinion belt drive.

Ooh, that's rather nice! Pics of the full build, please! 🤤


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:35 pm
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You could try http://www.spanner.org.uk/

Very pleased with the frame and fork I got from him


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:36 pm
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Tallpaul will do.

You can take part credit as it was a combination of seeing your build pics and then seeing a Curtis with pinion which led me down this path.

What started as in theory a lightish custom steel frame (normal gearing) has ended up far from it once I went down the gearbox rabbit hole.


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:40 pm
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Olsen Bikes on the South Downs ticks those boxes ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:42 pm
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OMG that curtis...

would be interesting to see how well the belt works in the deep winter sticky gritty crud.

Nicholai will probably build you what you need also https://en.nicolai-bicycles.com/bike/argon-gtb-pinion/ EDIT - not ti though...


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 12:50 pm
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would be interesting to see how well the belt works in the deep winter sticky gritty crud.

No issues last winter
https://flic.kr/p/2mWhtkQ


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 3:27 pm
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Try Mike Travers of...Travers bikes.


 
Posted : 19/08/2022 7:09 pm
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Sonder Broken Road or Signal, depending on how aggressive or not you want the bike to be.


 
Posted : 20/08/2022 1:01 am
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The almost complete photo (cranks sent were wrong ones so slightly delayed things).

https://flic.kr/p/2nGTCn1

And never got a shiny finished photo before just had to go get it dirty. Loving it so far.

https://flic.kr/p/2nGVQPz


 
Posted : 27/08/2022 9:01 pm
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Not cheap but good reviews:
https://www.pilotcycles.com/frame-customize/locum-pinion/


 
Posted : 28/08/2022 3:15 pm