what does that mean, tails – that chainstay is receiving special treatment ? …(because of what?)…
I’m not saying there is a special reason it is the chainstay but if you look at some painted ti frames they may paint half the frame and leave the other half unpainted just as a detail I guess. So there is no reason it shouldn’t be done to steel. i like it.
I would still want a protector on it. Steel will rust like mad with a chain smacking the crap out of it. Looks well good though. Why are all bikes single speed though! £500 maybe??
The seatpost is a USE Alien, with shim. I wonder, does this mean the seat tube is an odd size? i hope not as the profiled seat tube/clamp looks crap with a shim (like in pic!)
Bar could be any number of silver ones, judging by the slightly hodge-podge build it could be an old x-lite even a standard black bar polished up.
The only negative from my point of view is the under the top tube cable routing. A bit crap for the old carrying business (some of us still ride in the hills!)
That bike would be nothing without the fillet brazing. It’s only pointless in the same way that a Lamborghini is pointless.
But the they’ve done their best to ruin it by putting white rims and silver finishing kit on. Maybe they’re trying to disguise it like they do to prototypes in Auto Express.
Doesn’t look like any USE seatpost I’ve seen before! Too bulky to be an Alien at the clamp
Im 99% sure thats an Alien, the shadow of the saddle makes it difficult to tell but you can see the shape and the front support bit (yes im a bike geek)
The only negative from my point of view is the under the top tube cable routing. A bit crap for the old carrying business (some of us still ride in the hills!)
Thought singlespeeders only rode in the Quantocks? 😛
Nice looking bike I have to say. Not sure about the bare chainstay though personally.
Is it just the angle of the pic or does it have a very steep head angle?
I just went to the Pace website to have a wee look see if they had anything about it up on there and got a big warning page flashed up. Have they been hacked or is google being dim?
Back in the day Pace made completely different and innovative products, including their RC100 frame – at a time when everyone else was riding things like Dave Yates Diabolo frames – with which this latest offering shares many similarities! Reverse evolution? What’s next, bullmoose bars and rollercam brakes?
Anyone else remember the old Mountainbike Action test of a Fat Chance vs an RC100? “from the town of Yorkshire, England…”