yeah I have a 2015 g150 and I got the 2014 manual.
will give them a call too

wiggles – what size did you go for and how tall are you?

I am trying out a medium and large g150 very soon..

looking at the geometry the top tube is slightly shorter on the 2015 model than the 2014, that said it’s still long.
I’m 6ft so will see how both bike feels. Think I may end up with a medium..

I’ve got a medium and large G-150s on pre-order, still not sure on the sizing. Will only have a carpark ride to try out the sizing.
What size is the one above and how tall are you? How do you find the fit?

Looks great btw!

thanks, that was the impression I got too. Looks like the 2015 G150 has a slightly shorter TT (608mm) but it’s still fairly long.
I prefer a more upgright stance on the bike as well, find it gives me back-ache being stretched out for too long, so I guess that would lean towards the smaller size as well.

The only thing that confuses me really is why Whyte official sizing guide says from 5ft 10 upwards you should be on a large, its not even like I’m borderline according to them.

just found this thread and thought I would see if anyone else has any experiences of Whyte G150 sizing.

I am a smidge under 6ft, and ride a medium canyon at the moment, have tried a mates medium G150 and it felt fine, but Whyte’s official guide plus a few bike shops have insisted I should be on a large.

Any advice anyone? I know the best thing is clearly to try out both sizes, but not that east when so few of the bikes about

I live in Faversham and would recommend it if you want to be far enough away from the Isle of Sheppey, but can still commute there. It is a nice town, not quite as trendy as Whitstable and not quite as expensive as Canterbury..

It’s also close to a few good riding spots..

only started watching it because it was filmed around Faversham where I live. One scene was shot at our friends front door.
I’ve ridden around quite a lot of the marshland shown.

Getting more into it now though, thought the 2nd episode was much better than the first.

doh, yes fitted another 5mm and its fine.
shouldnt do these things late at night!

cheers

yes i am tightening up the stem cap first, i haven’t tightened the stem bolts. but even when the top cap is tight the handlebars and spacers underneath still spin freely, the top cap is meant to pull everything tightly together isnt it?

I already have a 5mm spacer, wont I need a 2mm to take up the slack? or swap for 5mm for 7mm (if they exist)?

thanks

thanks for that, ill give it a go at the weekend

thanks, do i still need to clean the seals and put something like the RSP ultra slick grease on the seals?

how do i know if I have the skf seals?

Ok, so I’ll order some 10w oil, still not quite sure if I need the float fluid, grease or both?

yeah was going to do that to the foam rings and then use the grease on the seals

ok, i thought it was best to leave the seals alone unless they look damaged, was just going to apply some fork grease to them..

ok, so is this all i need to be doing myself, assuming the seals look ok?

I thought that the tftuned lower lube was their equivalent to 10wt oil, but then how come they do a kit that contains their lower lube and 10wt oil?

I’ve just fitted a 1 degree set to my nerve AM. Only ridden it once, not a massive difference but the front wheel is slacker so I reckon when I try it out on some downhill trails it will be more stable.

update from works components facebook page..

“Canyon Nerve Prototype headset is going in for anodizing today – test fitment later this week – Nearly there!”

yeah I have a tapered steerer too, I understand the part they are proposing would be for tapered steerers.

I’m not sure if 2.2deg overal might be a little too slack or if that would be just right..

Just an update on this..
I had a very quick email reply from a guy called Rick at Works Components. They are planning on making some headsets to work with Canyon Nerve frames in the next few weeks, sounds very promising..
Sounds like they would make something similar to what fivespot machined (above)?

see the reply I got..

The reason current headsets dont fit is the bottom headcup style – they have gone for an IS standard lower headtube where the bearing drops straight into the frame – there is no headcup so a standard cup wont fit.

We would need to make a cup to suit this size, essentially replacing the bearing with an interference fit cup – I expect we could alter head angle by 1.5 degrees but it would mean using an external cup so extra stack height would be a necessity – this would mean a 1.5 degre headset could alter actual head angle by 2.2degrees due to the extra height of the lower cup.

The lowering effect on the front end when slackening the head angle would be offset by the cups extra height so front end height would be raised by less than the cups actual height of around 10mm – likely around 5mm in actual effect.

Price would be in-line with all of our other headsets – around £79.99

We are due to run off a new headcup to suit tapered steerer tubes in 44mm ht frames, we wiill be able to produce some headsets to suit your bike at the same time – should take around 3 weeks start to finish.

mrelectric…
I would also be interested in slackening the head angle a little on my Nerve AM 9.0x.
would the part from “Works Components” work in the same sort of way as a Canecreek angleset?

tizzzzle..
How much do the offset bushings slacken the head angle by? I’ve understnad offset bushings can lower the BB and have other effects on the handling of the bike, have you noticed any?

thanks