[Closed] Whats that you say? A NEW BIKE?

I want one 😈

i like that, especially the colour. that massive stack of headtube spacers only makes the gangly headtube look longer though but as long as it rides good then im sure you can put up with it!

Nice emersons green garage!
I'll keep an eye out for you!

I had A Sultan out on test for a while.

They do ride rather well.

I still keep thinking about getting one.

coo,bike dude !

that massive stack of headtube spacers only makes the gangly headtube look longer

If 29ers didn't have such stupid short headtubes, I'd not need spacers! They don't make a bigger frame.

backhander - we could always meet up for a ride - outrageous idea!

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(if that's a 29er, I estimate your inside leg to be 4ft6)

I'd be interested to see how it stacks up against my Salsa Big Mama. My build is similar to yours and i've got the same bars as you - great aren't they - although they can be a tad too wide on tight singletrack. I'd have gone for bolt thru forks though.

Nice bike though - long live the 29er revolution (well for us tall fellas anyway...). 🙂

Looks ace! I have it's little brother, the DW Spot. Was that direct from the States?

Mr Tall - thats the 15mm bolt thru QR thingy that Fox do and the DT Swiss bolt rear. Its as bolty as you can get!

chunky - not really, sort of, ish.

see now the frame fits them stoopid wheels look tiny!

Super very bling brill nice!

Agree with the short HT's on 29er's

Tell us about the efficient pedaling

Thats a 29er?

I stand corrected, i forgot Fox do a 29er fork with the 15mm bolt thru - i run the Reba teams with 20mm maxle.

Is that what Turner say is the sasquatch size?

I have a flux with the burgtec bars, excellent bars also have on my hardtail, it does make a difference on handling leverage etc would love to try out a sultan i can get one cheap over here just got to find a dealer with one to test

It is indeedy. Thats 23 inches of big-wheeled loveliness - which is why it looks in proportion.

SWMBO - for the singles - she who must be obeyed.

swmbo:- she who must be obeyed

Turnertastic

scaredypants - 40" standover so fairly long legs. Almost forgot - 180mm crank on there too - and it is noticeable when pedaling - feels so smooth with the slightly bigger circles.

I also tried a 180mm crank on my Big Mama but can't say i noticed any difference to my normal 175's?

My Salsa is 'only' a 22" but my Rockhopper is 23". Makes a big difference to chaps our size and they do look in proportion with the 29er wheels.

Tall people shouldn't be allowed to ride bikes 🙂 Makes the rest of us look like midgets

You must be 7' tall or something...

Does anyone make 32" wheels?

Looks really nice but I wouldnt have guessed it as a 29'r from the pictures..

drop me a mail tootall ndobbsieATmsnDOTcom.
There's a few of us (of mixed ability) normally venture to afan or cwmcarn quite a bit (leave from mangotsfield).

TooTall - Ditch the Thomson stem and get one with more rise instead. Bonty do their range with a 17degree rise option.

A higher rise stem will be lighter than a Thomson with a load of fork steerer and headset spacers, it will also be stiffer and therefore sharpen the handling.

That has got to be a good idea for £25.

Bloody nice bike though.

I love this forum sometimes

[i]A higher rise stem will be lighter than a Thomson[/i]

Really? by how much? How much do each of these stems weigh then? Even with [i]all[/i] that extra steerer and [i]all[/i] those nasty spacers that must weight, ohhh grammes....it'll make such a difference...

[i]it will also be stiffer [/i]

Based on the empirical tests you done on them?

So, Tootall you've done it all wrong, chap, what you need is some gash £25 shopping bike stem to round off your mega bucks bike, not that nasty 'ole Thomson What were you thinking, eh?

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I read SWMBO as single white mountainbiking other.

Wow TooTall that looks fantastic!

Is it wrong to have bike envy?

i could take the pis5 and slag it and you off, like you do when i post a new bike...............
but i am not like you.........
so, it is a very nice bike....i like it. 8)

A higher rise stem will be lighter than a Thomson

[i]Really? by how much? How much do each of these stems weigh then? Even with all that extra steerer and all those nasty spacers that must weight, ohhh grammes....it'll make such a difference...[/i]

Yeah, you're right. It is only a difference of grammes, over 100g mind you. That's based on the lump of steerer you'd chop off weighing as much as the headset spacers.
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I've not done any empirical tests. I have done some real world riding on them though (just like every stem tested in magazines), and a more direct route from the headset to the bars makes for a more accurate front end.

So I'm correct about it being lighter, and unless you can prove me wrong with your empirical tests I'm also correct about it being stiffer.

I love this forum sometimes.

get some carbon spacers.. job done.. nice build btw

Champion is that Turner buddy :love:

I'm baffled by the whole stem bit - for the following:

This is a 23" framed, FS, 29er bike - thats a lot of bike.
I built for a reasonable level of strength without going all DH on parts,
so weight was not an issue at all on the bike.
I weigh 250lbs so, as a percentage of my weight, it weighs f***-all - somewhere close to 31lbs I'd guess.
There are just over 3cm of spacers under the stem. I am not going to notice a difference in stiffness - I've never flexed a steerer tube, won't start now.

I will promise to always have a pre-ride poo just to shed those grammes I've squandered on the build.

Ignore the tards, super high rise stems look guff and work no better than something that looks nice, like wot yours does. If its going to cost a bomb, it may as well look pretty eh?

If its going to cost a bomb, it may as well look pretty eh?

Are we talking bikes or hookers?

Nice bike. I like the fact it looks in proportion - much like a 26 wheel bike for a normal size person. Normaly bikes for lanky gets look daft and out of proportion with bars that are too low.

So on the grounds that good engineering looks elegant I would say thats good.

Are we talking bikes or hookers?

Does no harm either way eh?

I always thought wide riser bars and riser stem was a nono

your village called. their gate is missing.

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This is a nono.

I always thought wide riser bars and riser stem was a nono

Most bikes I've ridden would be a nono to most people, never mind the stw fashionistas.

i may not be an issue but your front brake hose looks too short, thats a big bike!

stoopid question number 256. What pressure in the rear shock?

When you getting the top coat of paint? That is the primer right?

stoopid question number 256. What pressure in the rear shock?

Dunno exactly - quite a bit. I'm still playing with it, so I'll tell you when I fettle some more.