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  • Ben_Haworth
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    The new iteration of the 18 Bikes No.9 steel hardtail. Although the details have changed over the years, the remit of the bike has not.

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    By ben_haworth

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    Posted 2 years ago
    johnjn2000
    Full Member

    Why oh why did I click on this article! Another frame I now need to have FFS

    Posted 2 years ago
    hatter
    Full Member

    Do it, do it, do it.

    Got one, love it to bits.

    Posted 2 years ago
    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Oh my, steel and a glitter paint job. 😍

    Posted 2 years ago
    desperatebicycle
    Full Member

    Sizing by reach is all well and good if you know what size reach you need innit?! And millimetres. Awkward sods.

    Posted 2 years ago
    johnjn2000
    Full Member

    @Hatter – Tempted to drop the price of the full suss I have for sale just to free up some funds. Now what was the promise I made to my wife about selling the old full suss to fund the new full suss that I already bought???

    Posted 2 years ago
    18BikesMatt
    Free Member

    If you need any help with sizing give us a call or email and I can provide measurements in imperial freedom units if that’s easier for you, it certainly won’t be for me!

    Posted 2 years ago
    desperatebicycle
    Full Member

    😀

    Posted 2 years ago
    bentudder
    Full Member

    Oh, I do like that – great work. Extra points for not putting bottle cage bosses on the seat tube to interfere with a dropper. I’ve seen a couple of manufacturers using studs instead, so you can still fit a bottle but there’s no rivnut or bolt to stick into the seat tube. Not sure if there’s any call for that, mind.

    Posted 2 years ago
    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    Dr Jon is loving his.

    Good work lads.

    Posted 2 years ago
    fahzure
    Full Member

    A steeper ST angle would be better, still.

    Posted 2 years ago
    igm
    Full Member

    Are they offering bikes or custom/semi-custom builds based on this frame?

    I can’t see any on the website.

    Posted 2 years ago
    tomhoward
    Full Member

    I mean, it’s a frame built by a bike shop, I would have thought they can get you some other parts.

    Posted 2 years ago
    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    Genuine question …. How do taller riders get on with these?

    The XL has a tiny seat tube that I know can be offset by a longer dropper post but from someone that has looked at a Moxie previously I would likely need a 210 dropper and I’m not that tall!

    Posted 2 years ago
    intheborders
    Free Member

    The XL has a tiny seat tube that I know can be offset by a longer dropper post but from someone that has looked at a Moxie previously I would likely need a 210 dropper and I’m not that tall!

    That makes no sense whatsoever.

    Posted 2 years ago
    slackboy
    Full Member

    And millimetres. Awkward sods.

    If you can’t divide by 10, then it isn’t the bike for you 🙂

    Posted 2 years ago
    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    @intheborders – my ramblings or the geometry?

    Posted 2 years ago
    hatter
    Full Member

    Genuine question …. How do taller riders get on with these?

    I’m 6 2″ and ride the 500 reach version with a 40mm Stem if that helps. I could probably run it with a 50mm stem at a pinch but I like the way the steering feels with the super short stem on there.

    I run a 185mm drop Bikeyoke seatpost on it, there’s a lot of exposed post but the seat tube brace seems to do its job well and I haven’t had any creaks or other weirdness.

    I seriously considered the slightly bonkers 525 version they made at the time but glad I didn’t go for it, the 500’s plenty and much more manageable on local bimbles with the nippers.

    Posted 2 years ago
    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    Thanks @Hatter.

    Reach would be bob on for the XL but I’ve never owned a frame with such a short ST – BMXs excluded!

    I don’t suppose you have a photo?

    Posted 2 years ago
    hatter
    Full Member

    https://www.pinkbike.com/news/seven-hardtails-from-ard-rock-2021.html

    Posted 2 years ago
    johnjn2000
    Full Member

    Well thanks Ben. If you get a knock on the door from a small blonde lady with a stern look, that will be my wife. Deposit just placed for a purple

    Posted 2 years ago
    tomhoward
    Full Member

    I wonder what he’ll do to turn that frown upside down?

    Posted 2 years ago
    johnjn2000
    Full Member

    I wonder what he’ll do to turn that frown upside down?


    @TomHoward     If he succeeds I want him to take notes and pass them on 🙂

    Posted 2 years ago
    18BikesMatt
    Free Member

    RE Seatpost extension – our seat tube is a custom drawn tube that has a longer butted section at the top, this reaches below the top tube on all frame sizes so you have plenty of support no matter what post you run

    Posted 2 years ago
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