that second e-b-co-op bike looks loike a goodun.

the other one i've seen is on je james, a felt q200 at £219.99

maybe worth a look?

i run the lime green jagwires on my Ti hardtail and its brill.

i have the ego hardtail – love it

* check the rest of the storck site* – is what i meant

i'm with you on that njee, the hubs were hope but for more money although the poshbikes site hasn't been updated for over a year.

check the rest of their site though, those hubs are way obsolete and they now produce all of their own products

thinking about it, what parts are re-badged and doubled in price?

the power arm cranks, the custom stock 69mm deep carbon rims or the array of carbon forks that they do?

the only things which might be badged are the bars/stems. some of the earlier ones were produced by tange but the stems certainly aren't an off-the-peg product as the faces of the steerer clamp is faced and the faceplate has a storck logo forged into it.

with the top end storcks, the carbon is actully crushed round a solid aluminium former which is then electrolitically dissolved from inside.

when they are cooling they use tensiometers on crucial parts of the frame and if any one point is cooling too fast then they add some heat.

the organic light was designed on the porsche design computer. i'll almost bet my beer that it has a better strength to weight than most other frames out there. thats why its name is 'organic' the frame's parameters (stem, post, wheels etc) where inputted into the computer and it went from there.

it would take me far too longer time to go into how storcks aren't just badge engineered (agreed though, their parts are) but call andy or wally at poshbikes if you want firm facts.

and bringing the conversation full circle….

the above has a pivotless rear end!!

no no no!!!

read into the vvc process of producing carbon frames and all the measures they go to and you'll soon see why storcks aren't just 'another' carbon frame.

is that what yeti's use too?

i must say i'm damned impressed.

storck adrenalin 1.7 – crazy price

although i must say, technically the most advanced frame i've ever seen.

it doesn't have a pivot by the rear axle, it uses the flex in the rear end to make up the 100mm travel. can't wait to get my hands on it!!!

i'm just about to change my cover from nat-west to m+s.

my quote went from 175 with nat-west to 296 with m+s but this would then cover me for all of my bikes up to £4000.

worth the extra 125 odd quid

i'm 11 stone and i race/ride on them.

my riding isn't super smooth as i'm more a 'sit-down' pedaller when racing but the wheels have always been on my hardtail.

i've trued them twice since building them and crashed on them pretty hard once too but they keep on going and going.

reccomended

i love the quattro because it has a harder durometer rubber in the centre and softer at the edges.

at £30, i think they're cheaper than most michelins and conti's too.

the enigma steel is completely uk built.

http://www.enigmasteel.com

everything they build in steel is produced in sussex.
same with their custom Ti

i know i sound like a bad advert but i ride their Ti hardtail and its beautiful

vredestein fortezza tricomp quattro.

they aren't a race tyre like some of the above but i train and commute on them all year round and they are fantastic for grip and puncture resistance.

i feel i must speak up here.

I've got an Enigma Ego which is brilliant.

If you have a frame custom built, they are put together down in surrey and the options are endless.

my stock frame was £1130.

great riding for all but the roughtest of stuff and weighs circa 1500 grams

hope and magura took the decision because

"stainless steel pad tracks mounted on aluminium bells using buttons"

didn't really sell it all that well.

i've been happily using the tune fastfoot cranks and bb for years.

what went wrong with them before?

i also run the hubs, stems, qr's and a fair few other bits without problem.

from what i understand rotor q-rings have simply oved the ovalising to the correct position so it now actually does do something.

biopace were designed incorrectly from the start and gave no benefit.

apparently

The Tune gear is very light in comparison and you also have the back-up that they are very well made bits of kit.

i got fairly bored reading page three so i apologise if i repeat anything that has already been said.

a couple of issues i can think of whilst looking at this from a design point of view.

Where would a relatively sized reservoir be placed around the already tightly tucked internals of a road gear/brake lever?

how would you fit a rotor into a 130mm spaced rear end without flaring the chainstays and affecting q-factor as a result.

the other thing i'm thinking is that when riding in the hoods, the amount of pressure the user is able to exert isn't that great either so a more powerful brake would be a bonus.

I'm not a fan of the idea on a racebike as i'm a sub 11stone rider who's never had trouble in wet or dry.

the idea would have to be standardised completely in order for it to work as wheels would have to slot in, mm perfect in the case of a puncture. neutral vehicles carrying spare wheels wouldn't have to time centre a caliper.

I'm really neither for nor against the idea, i see it as possibly a little overkill but have nothing to back this up. i just don't need it.

i'v got one of those at home here with me…..

simpsons watcher!!!

it made me chuckle too

i run the storck rebel carbon fork and i can vouch for their awesomeness.

they are comfortable and track well through rough stuff and round berms.

love em

how do i post a picture of the storck fascenario on bike radar!?

are you guys sure that they are ceramic?

it could be an older version of mavic’s cd anodising which is tougher than a standard alloy rim but less so than ceramic coating.