Show me your long travel hardtail or hub geared bike.

As the title says,got some notes to spend on my bike and lots of stuff going on in my head. :?

Chucked this together last night just using the bits that came with the frame and stuff out of the parts bin. I haven't quite decided what fork to run on it yet – either take the coil Pikes from one of my other bikes or buy something longer.

Looks good! Are those Fox forks 140mm?

Don't have a pic, but I've one of these http://orangebikes.co.uk/2005bikes/bikes.php?bike=subzero

How do I get a pic to appear in the post?

Looks good! Are those Fox forks 140mm?

Yes – they're 140mm Vanillas. I was running them on my Soul but it's one of the original ones not really supposed to be used with forks over 130mm, so I switched the Vanillas to the BFe and put an old set of 85-125mm Talas back on the Soul.

Would have thought a 150 or 160 would be spot on for the BFe and give it a good point of difference over your Soul. Either way it's gonna be a sweet ride.

Phwoar. Like a BFe, only better (I assume).

looks nice epicsteve, i wish i had one like that :wink:

enjoy, it really is a very good frame

really curious to see if anyone can meet both criteria with one photo… it'll probably be a tandem!

both criteria with one photo

Psychle's mutant Orange/Alfine/Hammerschmidt/Spesh-forked creature would. :-)

And, as if by magic, it appears!

wow. that's quite a bike, erm, not sure what to say!

It's a shame it doesn't have a spilt rear triangle to allow another obscure piece of tech on there – a belt drive!

Actually been out on it now:

Both in one bike, do i win anything?

Any excuse! [edit – stupid photo thing il try that again]
[EDIT EDIT horaay!]

oh go on then…

Built this up a couple of weeks ago…

well steve what do you think of it?

well steve what do you think of it?

It felt good – noticeably smaller than my Soul (which is a medium) but I think I'm getting an idea of how I want to build it up now. I just missed a set of Wotans on Ebay earlier, but something like that or some 150 or 160mm Talas should do the trick. The tyres, Specialized Captains, didn't seem to suit it at all so I'm thinking some wider wheels and Eskars.

All my other rides this week have been on my SX, which is also smaller than my other bikes, and I'm thinking of the BFe as a sort of hardtail equivalent to it.

Being Ridden:

Steve, is that the Pentland Shore, reborn?

My new Rohloff'ed Chameleon

Hey ash you attention whore. Is that gayer ben still out there with you. :wink:

Steve, is that the Pentland Shore, reborn?

It is indeed. I don't think the wood will be looking quite as nice by the spring!

Might have some Lyriks for sale if your interested epicsteve

Might have some Lyriks for sale if your interested epicsteve

Hmmm – I like the idea of Lyriks but I keep hearing about reliability problems and virtually everyone seems to have them fixed under warranty at some point.

Funny enough these are only 6-9 rides old and are currently at Fishers having a new seal in the damper.

Apparently after they have been sorted they are pretty reliable.

The 2 steps are a different matter however.

@TheSwede… he is indeed… in fact his ladyfriend is here this week… it must just be a front :-D

Well say hi and tell him I will never forgive him for the butchers daughter. From the rave reviews I've been hearing about peoples time spent with you guys lately, I take it you have packed up he singing. :wink:

Ash that's one hell of a pic! kudos to you sir!

Does 130mm count as long-travel these days?
I dunno, it's hard to keep up.

:-)

Forks reduced to 140mm which just about scrapes in to the long travel category I think..

Interesting handle bar choice on the Altitude!

sparkingchains – Member

Interesting handle bar choice on the Altitude!

Thanks, … an' very comfy they are too!
:D