I love them, been running them for 2 years now. One pair did the EWS on a hardtail, which wrecked both wheels and the forks, but no problems with the pedals

Oh and the whole 29ers don’t do tight and twisty is rubbish, you adapt your riding style fairly quickly. Tracy Mosely won the tweedlove ews on one…
they take a little more effort to get up to speed, but hold momentum better. Every wheelsize has both advantages and disadvantages

The codeine is a great bike, I’ve got the x01 pike ccdb version and really rate it. There are lighter bikes out there (32lbs all in) but the way it demolishes terrain is something else. It descends like my old dh rig, but pedals as well. I think the sizing comes up a bit short in the top tube, but not everyone will agree. I’m 5’11” on the large. Best off sitting on one. If you’re in the Edinburgh area you’re welcome to have a play

Evans cycles do them. Tested the full bike bought the frameset. Went for the 19″ with a 35 mm stem and straight bars, 5’11”.

Personally I went for the large. I’m 5’11” with a 6’2″ arm spread. Fits me perfectly With the 35mm stem, wouldn’t want to be on the medium!

They give you a base tune for the ccdb, if you’re not technically minded set it and leave it, it works beautifully

Might be a worthy addition for high level dh or enduro racing where a puncture won’t mean the end of the day but I can’t see me needing this for recreational riding.

I’m looking forward to it so I can ride with less than 35 psi in the rear tyre (with a full suss and exo sidewalls) without destroying rims… like tyre choice it all comes down to where and how you ride as to how useful something is. Going by the last 2 years of riding I’ll save that money soon

it needs to be more rear biased to a) remove some of the weight off my hands and b) make the front end easier to lift.

Won’t putting a higher rise on the front end do both of these? i.e riser stem or bars?

Love the versatility of my middleburn cranks… lifetime warranty as well. If I need to buy cranks for another bike, I’m getting another set
You can get direct mount chainrings for them or a single chainring spider

Very much a marmite issue, hate for me, but you won’t know unless you try

I know it’s not on your list, but have you considered the Titus Fireline? Light and comfy enough for all day epics, and slack enough with the 120mm fork to do the EWS on. I really love it.

Probably not planning on anything other than light road touring (hopefully to the alps one day :-)) & none too exciting offroad (tow paths etc), anything more extreme & I think I’d find myself riding solo again

This is my experience of 9 years of riding a tandem with a non-mtb-stoker.

As someone who goes through airport security for work every day I would be very surprised if they did let you through with it. Fine in a check in bag though.

Fresh snow on top yesterday. There was Sun/snow/sleet/rain it’ll change rapidly atm depending on what the weather is doing

A little bit of Rocket news today. A few weeks ago we removed the Rocket from our product pages, and following feedback from people at London Show it was clear that this has caused confusion and plenty of people to think we’re not doing the Rocket anymore. This is definitely not the case!
The Rocket will be back, and it is going into production back in Taiwan with our current framebuilder. The new frame will have 27.5″ wheels, and we will no longer be doing the 26″ bike. It will have all the features of the original, and similar spec – 150mm travel, 140-160 forks, 853 front end, all that jazz, and combined with some developments we have made over the last couple of years and evolved geometry to make the most of the bigger wheels and latest kit. There will be Fox Evo and Cane Creek DB Air shock options.

This was the main reason we took the original product page down, as it no longer represented what we were working on. It was clearly the wrong decision to make, for all the people who are following the project and are still interested in the Rocket.

The aim is to have them in late summer, but we’re not making any firm declarations or taking any orders until we have frames in boxes on a boat. We’ve learnt our lesson there!

The Rocket29 bike which the team raced in prototype form in the 2014 season is still being developed, but we have no firm date for getting this into production. We love the bike, but it’s not quite right yet. When it is, we’ll let you know!
The reason we have gone back to Taiwan is that after so long out of production we simply need product available and they can guarantee that. It was also clear from the emails received back in December that for every one person who was psyched about the UK Made project, another just wanted a Rocket wherever it was made. We have learnt a lot working with UK suppliers, but for the moment it’s on the backburner.

One of the nicest things about the London Show was how many people came by to ask about the Rocket and were clearly excited by the bike and wanted to know more, as well as existing owners saying how much they loved theirs. It was fantastic to hear that, and gives renewed energy to us to get this project completed and get frames to people who want them. A lot of the decisions regarding what to say when about this project have been clouded by the emotions brought on from our difficult year last year, so I’ll be the first to admit that we made the wrong call pulling the product page down. It’s now back, explaining all about the bike, and the current status of the project, plus there’s some archive videos and tech write ups from earlier in the project, and of course, Rocketman.

Loving the look of this. Not sure I agree with the MTBR forum comment about flows being considered a wimpy rim! Girlfriend and I are celebrating 10 years together this year… time to replace the ageing Dawes The Edge tandem? Would be nice to move on to discs rather than the cantis and rear drum combo we’re currently on!
Probably would go frameset and home spec build with hydro discs though

b r’s is still going 7 years on. As above though, it should be warrantied, whether soiled or not

Genesis longitude, comes as frame and fork with bars and headset. Great vfm. Can put gears on it later if you like, takes up to a 3 inch tire too. Very versatile and a lot better value than surly

skindog… if you have a staircase like my parents

Clipped in for the win on everything except taking a BMX to a skatepark. Used to do a bit of DH about 7 or 8 years ago, tried flats but got fed up after 2 runs.

Used to use the propedal lever on the trek fuel. Got a Codeine now, which pedals well enough without having a lever. The only time I’ll consider using a fork lockout is on the singlespeed. the rest of the time IMO lockouts are just irritating.

mcnultycop I’ve got a ti 29er – really helps stiffen the rear end of that. But if your frame’s already stiff it won’t make as much difference

Fireline:
with proper tyres, 120mm fork, dropper and 1×10, 26lbs
single speed, rigid with 2.0 race tyres 20lbs.

Codeine: 32lbs

none – should just pull out and new ones push in

Mal-ec. Loads of room around the 2.25s at the back. You can go bigger, but why would you want to? Tenacious grip already. (Coming from the steep, muddy, rooty tweed valley)

Full bike or just the frame?

Personally… love my Codeine. Very fast and capable bike. Full build is reasonable. Superb for the Money.
Solid bike, very stiff rear end, climbs well, descends even better.
CCDB and pike… not sure I need to say more

Weak points – not the lightest frame, but it still sets PRs on climbs over my 25lb Ti hardtail
the wheelbuild as stock needed retensioning
it wants to be ridden hard. All the time 🙂
Rock Shox Maxle can come loose. Bit of threadlock sorts this, but that’s just the Maxle design… will be the same on any frame

call them tomorrow, but stick with it. Absolutely awesome bike!

I’ll finish bbuilding the dually wheels this week and put the chronicles on and let you know. Clearance for chronicles on a 28mm room was fine, looking forward to more float of a bit more air volume though

@Matt… it’s because when you sit on a tyre it deforms and is no longer a circle…

As in after a dab…

+1 for Time pedals. Love mine. Think Mallets but with better build quality & lifespan IME.
Bit more float than SPDs, better snow clearance (never had trouble with mud on the SPDs myself) and easier clip in – the platform version gives a pretty reasonable support if you’re not clipped in on tech and/or steep bits (I ride in the tweed valley)

20.3lbs should be able to get it lighter by taking the tubes out.

It’d be nice to stop dinging rims with any less than 35psi in the tyres… 180 quid seems step initially, but considering that even the cheap end of worthwhile rims costs £40 I reckon I’d make back that cost within a couple of years. Less if it were nice rims

Also 29+ is more like 31 inch diameter

How do you pump up the tubeless part? is there a tubular tyre way of doing so without drilling a second hole in the rim?

Planet x have a reasonable choice. Including some for 25 or so. Sizing dependant

Go and ride it. After a few rides put it back in the stands and check/true as necessary

Love my RS8 X types. Mine have been on a couple of hardtails, have been a double, now running a single ring. Do whatever you want with them, lifetime warranty… you’d be silly not to 🙂
Back in the days when I had a DH rig, had the 7s on that, regretted selling them as part of the bike. Lovely bit of kit

I like the look of the Hugo, but it looks like it’s a little while off yet. Delayed till at least Feb atm