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And since I've just got one, I thought I'd start us off 😀
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Wait a while and we will have some amazing shots of Alpines...
Very nice, love the colour 😀 What's that chainguide? Looks very clean.
Wait a while and we will have some amazing shots of Alpines...
I guess we'll just have to bide our Time.... 😉
Chain device is a Gamut P20, so 32t front ring specific. It's OK, fits up nice and easily with almost no faffing, but the lower roller is pretty much useless as a roller now.
mine
now sold
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Mine. Also now sold.
...kinda wish I had kept it really.
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Nice and polished.
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There seem to have been a few sold on here over the last 12 months. Why did you guys decide to sell?
There seem to have been a few sold on here over the last 12 months. Why did you guys decide to sell?
Awesome bike, but overkill for what I was riding.
I stayed with Dialled though and got a 2010 green PA.
Same as Jamie, was fantastic going DH especially really steep and rocky stuff, but for 90% of my riding it was too much
geetee1972 is that a gravity dropper post ?
if so what length is it, 400 or 425mm, and what do you think of them ?
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Again sold. Really loved the bike but at 5'9" I sat between the two sizes and opted for the smaller. On relfection probably should have gone for the bigger...
I'm just under 6ft but I'm riding a small and loving it.
geetee1972 is that a gravity dropper post ?if so what length is it, 400 or 425mm, and what do you think of them ?
Yes it's a Gravity Dropper, 400mm long. This one is pretty good actually, it's been very reliable and works really well. I also have a Turbo multi-drop one but I'm selling that as I now have the Rockshox Reverb, which I prefer.
Looks decent that. I used to have one but its now my mates. Here it is:
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mine is for sale [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-dialled-alpine-2010-with-pictures-1 ]HERE[/url]
I could be haggled slightly on price!
cheers
Nearly finished the buid - just a few zip ties needed here and there. Not too happy with the rear brake line it needs a banjo rather than a straight fitting really..but thats a bit tarty really!
What do you all think?
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What forks are those?
Look like air Rev's
What forks are those?
07/08 Revs I think.
Really don't undestand the number of people who have sold their Alpines. I can't ever imagine getting rid of mine. Yes, it's a bit heavy but it's not that much heavier than my Soul once you allow for the Marzocchi Z1s strapped to the front of it! It's also so much fun to ride and so forgiving, it's the only bike I would ever think about riding if I was going on an exporatory ride where I didn't know what I might find terrain wise. Can't wait 'til I can afford to put some Fox Talas on the front to make it lighter and make climbing a little easier; although with the ETA on the Z1s it's not too hard to climb with at the moment.
Still: each to their own.
1st Gen
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2nd Gen, now got lower & wider front end.
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07/08 revs is right. The 130mm ones
what changes did they make between mk1 and 2?
what changes did they make between mk1 and 2?
MK1 - Metallic Black or Purple
MK2 - Translucent red or Kawasaki green
Someone more knowledgeable will be along shortly to tell you important things.
Really don't undestand the number of people who have sold their Alpines
As I said above, I wish I had kept it....but what can you do?
Less sizes, plates on chain/seat stay, seems a bit comfier.
Frame sizes I think. Mk1 was available in 15.5 and 17. MK2 is available in a 16 instead of 15.5
In the MK1 guise I think you also had the choice of a long and a short 17" frame as well as the 15". There may have even been a long and a short 15".
In the MK1 guise I think you also had the choice of a long and a short 17" frame as well as the 15". There may have even been a long and a short 15".
You did. As I had the 15.5" x 22" frame and I think there was a 21" version.
Edit: Google to the rescue:
15.5? with 21? TT
15.5? with 22? TT
17? with 22? TT
17? with 23? TT.
yup, I've got the short 15.5" ...... not the most sensible choice when things get really steep (or if you want to ride any distance), but great fun everywhere else 🙂
Jamie, that's a long. The shorts are bloody tiny! Measures up at 20.5" iirc
Grizzpup - i'd be after that frame if it wasn't that colour, though it is beautiful, cannae be having a maroon bike.
Mk1s came in a mind boggling (to some) 4 sizes: 15.5" and 17.5" each with 2 different top tube lengths.
Mk2s come in 16"/22.25" TT and 18"/23.25" TT. Chain stay and seat stay bridges are also CNC plates instead of tubes.
Tube sizes and butts are same on both though.
MussEd - pics don't do the translucent red colour justice.
sold mine too, used it for over a year but as an only bike used on the north shore it was getting too painful, swapped all the parts onto a bullit and not regretting getting rid of it. It was a great bike but so much more fun with rear suspension again.
mike - MussEd has a very important reason he couldn't consider that colour of frame. A Kwaker green might suit him though 🙂
I've had both a 17" x 23" mk1 & an 18" mk2.
I sold the mk1 & regretted it then bought a mk2. Instantly i didnt get on with mk2. I think my problem was that the bottom bracket on mine was significantly higher than quoted on Dialled's website - Mike quotes 12.76" but my mk2 measured over 14.5" with Pikes at 140mm unsagged. I got rid based on how this made it feel so perched. The Mk1, despite having the same build, didn't feel anywhere near as perched, but because it wasn't an issue I never measured the BB height. I've a feeling that was much closer to the quoted figures.
I think, and I am sure that Mike will correct me on this, that it would be nigh on impossible for there to be a manufacturing error of that magnitude.
It's not uncommon for mass produced frames to be out line after they've been welded and heat treated (I've heard Commencals and Intenses are notorious for this) but having incorrect geometry would require someone to reset the welding jig incorrectly before a production run started. That would mean you have a whole run of frames that were wrong and I imagine it would be easily spotted.
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geetee1972 - lovely spec you have there, especially now that you have a reverb. Just out of interest how do you rate the point one podiums? I'm trying to talk myself out of a pair at the minute as there is absolutely nothing wrong with the chrome nanos on my soul but i'm lusting after the new raw version.
Just out of interest how do you rate the point one podiums?
I think they do the job pretty well. They do offer very good levels of grip compared to the Nuke Proof Protons I have on my full suss. Those (the Protos) are stupid light (on account of being the ti axle version) and they are grippy enough, but once or twice I have lost my footing on them in especially rough sections.
Apart from better grip they are almost as light as the Protons without having a ti axle, although they are still pretty expensive pedals. They also offer really good ground clearance. Although i'm using them on a hardtail (so the BB height is fixed is my point here) they still have all their pins so I'm getting decent clearance from them.
Not had them all that long so hard to comment on longevity, but they've held up fine for the three months or so I've had them. I do like the design of them; they seem to offer something a little different in the way they execute being just a pedal if that comment makes any sense?
BTW my favourite part on the bike is the circa 1998 XTR rear mech! I had that on a Yeti FRO I bought as my first 'dream bike' after I started work waaaay back in the day. It's somehow managed to stay with me which is odd because I've always been very good at clearing old kit out of the garage and have sold every other nut and bolt that I had spare.
This mech has always just sat in my box as a 'race day spare'. I recently bust a Saint rear mech so this one has been pressed into service again and it still works as well as the day I got it!
Cheers for the info on the pedals, think i'll wait until my nanos show the slightest signs of bearing wear then i'll replace them with some podiums!
I have a 2001 xtr rear mech in my spares bin which may make it back onto a bike one day! Probably the only thing left from my marin attack trail still working - snapped the frame in 2 places, 1st gen manitou black super airs were awfull and died quickly, can't remember much of the rest of the bike but most certainly haven't kept any of it bar the mech.
Druidh & Mark TBC - drove past the shop today in the work's transport. Couldn't help but notice DB Alpine in green hanging in the window, what's the damage on that frame then? Very much in the right colourway for My tastes...
Is this a Hearts -v- Hibs colours thing by any chance?
Mildred, I can't really explain the difference in BB heights between your Mk1 and Mk2 as it didn't change between the 2 versions.
Just out of interest I have just measured my Mk1 and the BB seems to be about 13" with unsagged Marz Z1s.
Mike, I did email you about this but didn't get a reply. I've always been happy with the frames I've had from you and don't want to bleat about this one; the moment I got on it it just didn't feel right. It had exactly the same build kit as my mk1 (the one with spread rear dropout/mech hanger), but I measured and re-measured and the numbers were way out. Basically, I assumed yours must have been a sagged figure, and seeing as though I didn't get on with it I just got rid instead of trying to persevere.
I think, and I am sure that Mike will correct me on this, that it would be nigh on impossible for there to be a manufacturing error of that magnitude.
It's not uncommon for mass produced frames to be out line after they've been welded and heat treated (I've heard Commencals and Intenses are notorious for this) but having incorrect geometry would require someone to reset the welding jig incorrectly before a production run started. That would mean you have a whole run of frames that were wrong and I imagine it would be easily spotted.
Fair enough, and as I said earlier I didn't measure the mk1 to be able to make that comparison, but I know i measured it accurately, and I know they felt very different. Indeed, so much different that this was the cause of me getting the tape measure out to start with. How's about someone or everyone measuring their bb heights just to see?
For the record, having owned 2x PA's & 2x Alpines I certainly don't have a problem with Mike's designs, I'm just saying why I sold my 2nd Alpine.
Mike - yes I'm afraid you're right, and I am that narrow minded. However, as a test I showed pictures of Grizzpup's frame to a riding mate not into football at all, and he looked and said "it's a beauty but you couldn't go about on a maroon bike"! So that sealed it for me...make the mkIII's green with white accents and I'll be at the head of the queue!
If you see the red frame in the flesh you'll understand. It's the far nicer colour.
Saying that though, I am a west ham fan...
MussEd- its a beauty. 380 from memory.
Here's mine MK1 17.5" Long, 36T single cog up front & Pikes. Needs a short cage rear mech & brake cables shortened! Also don't need the 8" rotor on the back but I got the complete setup dirt cheap, will be looking at a 6 or 7" soon.
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Has anyone have a link for the geometry of the MK1's? I'm interested to compare it to the MK2 as I'm considering upgrading.
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Here's mine, never really got on with XC bikes but this just feels right. Didn't touch the DH bike for months after I got this, its truly an all rounder.
Little video of it being ridden:
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/162249/
Nice video & trail! didn't realize u had anything half decent down in Cornwall!