I am trying to sort out a shorter seat tube for a voodoo bizango I have just bought so that my wife can use it for the occasional canal path ride
Looking online there appears to be some confusion about the size needed.
I have seen that it is 31.6 mm of 27.8?
Can anyone help with a definite answer so I can get one ordered for the weekend?
Many thanks
Alastair
Definitely 31.6 I have one!!
Yep - 31.6
Thanks!
How have yours been?
Have you made any changes?
Anything to watch out for?
Bought mine frame only - built ss with 120mm Revs. It's great.
Only changes I've made is saddle and dropper seat post! Rides very well!
Had a faulty set of forks that leaked air very quickly but they were replaced and the new set have been faultless, guess was just unlucky!
I've got one, i've also had to have replacement forks under warranty but the second pair have been faultless.
So far i've replaced the bars (gone up to 710mm width) and replaced the Chainset and gone to 1 X 10 with the gearing. Got news wheels for it to but haven't fitted them yet. I'm not throwing big money at it but it is one of those bikes you don't mind spending on as parts wear out because its so good.
markrh - just out of curiosity what was the fault with your forks?
Mine ended up losing PSI on one ride, so unworkable and making an awful clicking sound on each compression?!
I'd also be interested to hear what was up with the forks, mine are pretty crap but I just assumed that was what they were like.
I've had mine a few months now, very confidence inspiring, maybe a bit too much, as I'm writing this sat in a&e.
Not sure how a shorter seatpost will help tho, unless I'm missing something. Cant you just lower it?
Fault on my fork was that they more or less seized up. they did lose pressure but not much.
After 2 rides there was a grey film on the stantions which was hard to rub off, i'd clean them up & squirt some silicon lube on them but after the next ride they would seized up again. Replacement fork has been fantastic in comparison.
Did get fobbed off a bit by Halfords a bit, stuff about running the right pressure in them blah blah blah but got there in the end, you just have to dig in and be a ****, they cave in the end.
I did the same to get a replacment set - my forks also get a grey film over the stantions when riding, but its like a surface dirty smear and just rubs off very very easier so not been concerned about that!
A shorter seatpost will allow for a lower seat height, at full length the standard seatpost cannot be fully pushed down as it fouls on the bend.
It will be a shared bike, for me to use for winter when I dont want to ruin the transmission / seals on the orange 5
It will probably be a bit big for her, but used on gentle rides infrequently.
Ahh I see, forgot about the bend, as you were.
Good bikes though, with decent forks should be great. I'll hopefully be able to confirm this after xmas
Holy thread resurrection batman!!
Still got the bizango, forks are terrible now, I'm taking it in to Halfords tomorrow. Out of interest, how long did it take Halfords to sort replacement forks out for anyone that has had theirs replaced? I'm off to Cornwall in a few weeks and was going to take it for a blat around cardinham again while I was there