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47mm landcruiser fitted fine with plenty of clearance in the front.
Unfortunately same can't be said for the caliper and spokes. Rather than change tyres, used a Stans Crest wheel and some spokes were hitting the caliper. Least I know now.
There's a weight difference (V3 are 240g lighter) V3 have eyelets, and a slightly different profile to the rear hub
Birdage, space the disc out using Disc spacer shims
Birdage, space the disc out using Disc spacer shims
Aye done that myself to make different generations of Hope hubbed wheels play nice in one frame & disc brake.
somafunk - MemberThere's a weight difference (V3 are 240g lighter) V3 have eyelets, and a slightly different profile to the rear hub
I`ve just checked.....
mine have eyelets, other wise I'd have had your V2`s off you 😳
I'll give that a go, cheers!
Just spent the last half hour happily drinking coffee and reading this thread with joy. Absolutely beautiful frame but sadly way out of my price range! Any suggestions for a cheaper option at all? Not sure I have the patience to wait for the new Ace? Thanks
Last time i looked theres two 51cm decade tripster framesets (2nds?) in the upgrade bikes outlet £199
I'm 6ft 4 cloudnine 🙁
Thanks though.
Soo... bashed out just shy of 30 miles on the Tripster this morning, really to test out the 42c tyres.
By 'eck they really do make a difference to the bike!
Granted, the road speed is now slightly slower on the flat, but actually when really giving it some up the hills (on road) you can feel the rear gripping so much more.
But it's off-road the real difference is felt. I've been really testing the capabilities of the bike off road - not just on the simple dirt/gravel tracks, but proper stony fireroad, horse tracks, and 'light' xc stuff.
The 42c tyres transform the bike quite a lot - on certain stretches it was feeling on par with my 29er scandal in terms of 'what it could handle', albeit I was riding along on the drops at about 20mph off road!
It's not to say the original ride was a bad one, and I'll most likely stick the MTB 32c tyres back on as they probably given the 'best mix' of on and off road capability, but if you were to consider using this for mostly off road - stick some big rubber in there and this thing'll fly!
I'm going to given the SDW a go over the next few months (aiming for 10ish hours total) and I think the tripster and these tyres are the machine for it!!
DrP
What I found out this morning was it's not really working with a compact front and 11-36 out back. Jammed a few gears. Suppose I'll have to reduce the ratio at the back or return to 1 x 10 which was fine and simple anyway. Still got some nice speeds though and a refreshing dip in the sea at Rottingdean!
Hot of the bike stand! more info later off to ride it! 😆 😀
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I have one of those stands - look promising but in reality pretty poor so it never gets used...
06.40 on way to work on 24/07 :
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DrP - that's interesting, thank you for the tyre report. 🙂
MTB_Rob - looks like tubeless? Can't see what the tyres are but presumably road ones. Will look out for your first ride report. 🙂
t_l_r has a lovely coloured pack there. 🙂 Is that one of them 'gravel roads' that keeps getting mentioned?
cg - yep - i use the gravel and forest roads every day for my commute 😈
So.. after last weekend's cattle grid / adhesion / gravity debacle, I got to do the route I wanted to try out this afternoon. It was a mix of lanes and offroad sections - landrover tracks, hardpack, some old drove roads and a section of R55 - the Middlewood Way, that's easy shale / hardpack. I hugely enjoyed the bit up through Lyme Park that I'd not explored before - absolutely beautiful scenery and a surface ideally suited to the Tripster.
I'm getting used to the Land Cruiser tyres - the contact patch on tarmac is remarkably slim (hence why they don't feel too slow on the road, I guess) and I'm not 100% convinced in the wet, but on gravel, they seem to do the trick quite capably. The pic was taken early into the ride, above Pott Shrigley looking out towards Manchester and beyond. All rather good fun 🙂
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great pic 🙂
are they the 700 x 40 Land Cruisers?
Cheers, TLR - meant to say your commute looked grand too!
Nipper99 - yes; they're 700x40 wire bead. Not the lightest by any stretch of the imagination but they fit fine and roll well.
This is what you guys want..!!
[url= http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/tyres-road-tri-track-folding-continental-cyclox-king-folding-tyre/conttyrf878 ]Conti Cyclo X king, 42c..[/url]
DrP
Hmm - tempting! What's it like on the road though? In reality even if I go looking for routes with good offroad sections on, that's still only going to be 30 - 40% max of the ride...
I've got the 40c LCs as they were cheap for the summer - I can recommend the 35c Kenda Slant 6s which come up the same size as the 40 LCs.
Went out with the local road club, Good first ride for the bike not so good for the rider, I suffered big time in the heat and lack of fitness (not riding enough.) Even got some PB on everyones fav GPS/route tracking website,
it is set up as a "road bike"
The bike handled it well. Comfy, responsive, handled really nicely, good and fun on the downs, just need to do a few tweaks to a few things but really happy with it
CG yes tubeless setup, Schwalbe "one" 28cc road tyres role well, need to tinker with the pressures, I think they can be a little bit better
I am really impressed with the ultegra 6800 11spd groupset rear shifts really nice, need to tweak/set up the front trim a bit bitter thou
Build went well, rear brake was a bit of a pain to set up for some reason.
57cm frame only was 1.56kg (3.43lb) frame & forks inc headset 2.08Kg
Complete bike is 9.53Kg (21lb)
Thanks for the update Rob. Will it be used strictly on the road?
Here's a pic of my recently acquired Tripster (from Freeborn) in it's element on the Pennine moors 🙂
JD
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You're all very bad people!
Well I'm off out tonight to thrash it about with the lads on their 150mm AM rigs....
I'll fill you in on the 'teeth shaken out vs miles cycled' count...
DrP
Ha !
That's like a super sized version of mine !
I take it that is the largest frame they do - it looks enormous 🙂
JD
Timbur, what wheels and tyres ? Looks beautiful btw.
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Oi, it's only a 57cm (but up close so it looks bigger, you know, like the cows!)
Wheels are XT's laced to Bonty Mustang rims. 29ers and built to last.
Tyres are Conti Cyclones IIRC. They were in the shed. It'll have slicks on for sunday, maybe on a spare set of wheel if I can juggle the disc spacing.
Started with silver Ultegra 6600 parts as they wer ein the shed but it looked rubbish so I had to buy some 6700 stuff as it was the right colour (bangs head on desk)
Only waiting for ano blue cable ends now and she's done. 😆
Nice build Tim. Can't believe no one has commented on the state of your garden though...........
I know, I need a gardener.
Wait a minute.....................
😀
(are you at the cafe on sunday?)
Amex Cashback offer on new cards - 3% back on first £2K of spending, 0% for 18 months.
Just thought I'd drop that in 🙂
Amex? Do bike shops take them :O)
(sorry John_l if you're reading this :O)
Can't believe no one has commented on the state of your garden though...........
Or MTB Robs flat on the landy?
Anyone would think this thread had some other theme to it, standards round here really are slipping!
Hi, Could any of the owners of the 57cm frame size bike give me an idea of the standover height ?
Um, seemed to have ordered a frame. 😳 How did that happen? 😆
well done c_g what size and how tal are you - i'm getting one for mrs TLR methinks !
Size 51 and am 5'5". 🙂
CG.. It was just a matter of time 😆 Bet you have looked at this thread an unhealthy number of times
Or MTB Robs flat on the landy?
not my landy! you should see some of the other vehicles here at the garage..........
Well done C Girl, that is a v good decision you just made!
Cinnamon Girl
That's the frame I've just got - 51cm - and I'm 5'5" and it's perfect
Super little bike that's making me smile every time I go on it.
I'm more if a trail runner tbh, but this seems a great accompaniment as it goes on pretty much all my running trails except for the very rocky sections .... fantastic on gravel or tow paths 🙂
Great decision to get one
JD
Thanks for the nice words guys. 😀 Will be some way off though due to availability of rims.
Is getting a little excited. 8)
CG - Yay! You won't be disappointed 🙂
Just been out on mine - Friday night treat of a hilly 20 miles in the rain. I've kept the 40c Land Rangers on and although it was all on road, some of the surfaces up in the hills are chronic so I'm not massively stressing about sticking the new pair of 28c Conti 4 Seasons that are kicking about the garage on.
In fact, it may be a few weeks yet as I've just booked accommodation for a 3 day tour at the end of the month - with hopefully a fair bit of 'non-road' built in... Macclesfield to Sheffield, via the Trans Pennine Trail, then Sheffield to Burton Upon Trent via a few bits of the NCN and some canal paths, then back to Macc via more quiet roads and tracks. It's not a particularly long or demanding route but I really can't wait.