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* This neglects the fact you can delete unfavorable comments 😀
Words fail me. Holy Christ that is an ugly POS.
Yes. POS for sure.
Looks ill.
Sick...
* This neglects the fact you can delete unfavorable comments 😀
Only on their own social media. Might explain why some of their newer stuff doesn’t make it out of their IG.
POS = point of sale?
Are you making the Sleipnir frames mickmcd? Will there be one at the bike show on 29th March? (I ask because I think you mentioned having blocks of aluminium and I just assumed they would be for the Sleipnir)
Are you making the Sleipnir frames mickmcd? Will there be one at the bike show on 29th March?
I’d be surprised if anything/one was there. iirc they managed to find an excuse to pull out of the last steel is real event, saying all their bikes were stuck/lost in America...
Tubes and hardware before going to production.
Finished product.
** Note, pics may be the wrong way around.
Well - it's not long low & slack... just slack.
It looks horrifically short too.
It looks horrific[s]ally short too.[/s]
I'd be even more p1ssed off if I had given them money to see them trolling everyone now with the cost and hideousness of those Spengle wheels. The large charred sections of the frames are a unique touch
Spengle wheels, NX groupset, nailed it.
I *think* the wheels are a promo thing funded by spengle, could be wrong though.
Well, who could blame the marketing brains at Spengle for wanting to ride on the coat-tails of this feelgood success story?
Well, who can blame Spengle’s marketing department for wanting to ride on the coat-tails of this feelgood success story?
They are exactly that, according to Instagram, as anything negative is deleted... it gets folk talking too. What was that saying about bad publicity?
Tbf, given their, let’s say challenging looks, they are probably falling over themselves to get pics out there of any bikes with them fitted, never mind ones with a cult following.
I'm not one to worry about how my bike looks, function rules. I habitually ruin bikes with mudguards, bags, odd bars, Ergon grips, etc.
I'm riding it though, not trying to mak it look Instagood.
Buuuut, that is one ugly looking brute up there. Personally, the red grips, red anodised bits and reddish wheel decals, all in different shades, are the icing on a very unappetising cake.
Ii doesnt look strong enough to me at the headstock. Far too much force going through the head due to the long rake and short head tube.
Is it me - or does that bike look like it's been photoshopped into the background?
Is it me – or does that bike look like it’s been photoshopped into the background?
Yep, I thought that too..🤔
I’m not one to worry about how my bike looks, function rules.
Yes, but as far as I can tell, no professional reviewer has ridden any of their bikes and written about the experience so I'm assuming the functionality is in the same ballpark as the looks.
Guy Kesteven has.
Don't come on here with your 'very experienced journalist actually quite liked it for doing it what it was designed for' links.
Would his review have been as good if he never got the frame to actually review?
That's a better way of thinking of it. 😉
I don’t have a problem with the bikes themselves, the ones that exist anyway(sick don’t make them, remember), just the appalling way the company is run/people are getting mugged off.
Thanks for the links, I obviously need to upgrade my Google skills. Reviews pretty much as expected - pretty niche product with too many compromises for all-round riding.
My mate has a Ghost Wulf - which is actually pretty good.
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I also find comparing the reviews quite interesting, very much a reminder to try stuff for yourself. Both reviews are of the same bike yet
Bike Radar
the skinny, curved, A-frame seatstays give the back end the smoothest, most forgiving ride of any hardtail I’ve ever tested
Enduro Mag
Too stiff at the back, very harsh chainstays
Hadn’t seen the enduro mag review before. interesting the Guy said its the comfiest HT he’s ridden, where enduro said ‘Too stiff at the back, very harsh chainstays’.
Maybe Guy is more comfortable with something stiff.
Edit, beaten to it!
Bike Radar
the skinny, curved, A-frame seatstays give the back end the smoothest, most forgiving ride of any hardtail I’ve ever tested
Enduro Mag
Too stiff at the back, very harsh chainstays
... comments on rear end compliance and which tubes are responsible, on a bike with a tiny rear triangle like that? I think the variation in perception says it all.
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Haha
PENG rims are the best.
The Sick bicycle customers should be really happy with those!
This story gets more ****ing stupid by the day
Have you checked out the AM:FS FS frame?
How many times when designing that frame did they think “ooh, that’s a bit flexy/snappy, better stick a brace in”? It’s practically a space frame!
It looks quite a lot like a tubular version of the Orange single pivot design to me..
It looks quite a lot like a tubular version of the Orange single pivot design to me..
I'm no expert on suspension design, but I thought exactly the same.
It looks quite a lot like a tubular version of the Orange single pivot design to me..
.. except with a more regressive / falling leverage rate on the shock. With the right spring as a way to fit a longer shock in perhaps.
Anyone else remember when Kesteven reviewed the C456 and declared it so stiff that you couldn't ride down a rocky trail without stopping? Anything he ever says about hardtail stiffness needs to be viewed through that particular insane lens.
great, you've gone and stolen our next and greatest marketing idea! #peng4lyfe
Get your orders in now for the Pengpoon
I think the next one should just be "running a little temperature" or maybe "bit of a sniffle" certainly not fully sick
Poorly bike co?
Bedridden Bikes?
Manflu' bikes?
Rundown bikes?
Athlete’s Foot Bikes ‘cos you’ll be walking a lot.
Botulism Bikes?
Has a certain ring to it.