I know someone who has used them and they are fine, do it!

New pic of a fully built Evo, waiting on some side views shots and close ups.

For 3k you can buy an awful lot of bike. IMO buying the spesh would not be the best choice.

I like the look of the new Whyte, looks like a top quality bike and well thought out for your average UK riding.

Do you not fancy building your own?

You could reduce the travel on the 36’s, only takes 2 mins and would give you the 140mm you want for the trail centres.

Though you should ask yourself, is 20mm ‘really’ going to make much different either way? I would rather have the stiffer chassis of the 36 over the 32’s and you could still run them at 140mm, and weight difference, its negligible in the grand scheme of things 😉

nice bike 🙂

you need some these to colour code with the rear hub 😉

Albino, I may have some news regarding the VF2 pricing on new frames, mail me if you would like the info.

My old man owns a fuel merchant business. Give him a call on Monday on 01234 376722 and tell him I told you to call and he will give some good trade prices. Only thing is you may have to buy full/ half tonne at a time. He is also one of the biggest suppliers of logs in the uk

Frame is a medium. Currently the bike is stripped as it has had a good fettling.

If you have a look on the Singletrack reviews section you can see the full bike.

Any questions just let me know.

Si

Pete, we are selling an ex demo Chumba vf2 frame, full slx groupset, fox vanilla fork, hope wheels and Thomson stem and post for £1500. It is the same frame that Singletrack had for review. I am based in chesterfield if you wanted to view?

very nice! Looks like they have beefed the rear end up somewhat. Whats the geo like?

The Orange frames are better made IMO and work very well.

How about a Chumba VF2? Similar travel to the orange but is a 4 bar frame design and has a carbon rear swingarm.

but what about the squeeek though.

Some people find they squeak with 5 tens, others don't. Small price to pay for awesomeness 😉

I used to love the Azonic A frames, my previous all time best pedal.

For sure they are not the lightest, but i bet they are the best pedaling, toughest light pedal there is FACT, maybe 😉

Seriously the Crampons are brill and im not just saying that cos i import them!

The fact that you are pedalling near enough on the axle means not only is your effective BB lowered (by 1/4" in most cases), you feel less of the dead spot at the top and bottom of the pedal stroke of a normal flat pedal. No other pedal is as thin without costing twice as much. The pedals are designed and used by the Canfield brothers for DH racing, so can take some abuse.

They are expensive (£115) but they are tough despite the appearance and i challenge you not to be impressed once you have used them (sounds like one of those "or your money back" adverts!)

The BEST pedals are the canfield crampons, thinnest pedals in the world and very light and still DH tough 😉

I have a few sets of 36 van's on the way at good prices if you decided to have vans?

All the Hope brakes i have had for the last few weeks are without the union jack.

What size shock do you need? I may have a CCDB for sale…..

Puffa jackets are back! Maybe

That small is perfectly formed 🙂 Trouble is my wife thought so too and was dropping a few hints.

Sweet. Do you know roughly when about that will be?

If you fancy an XCL now, drop me an email/phone call and i'll help you out.

Si – when do the frames turn up?

heihei, Do you fancy one of the first red batch?

I am hoping the xcl will be a shade under 1k maybe even £900.

No, the XCL will continue, Chumba still like the 4 bar bikes, We plan to make them the more affordable full sussers in the chumba line up.

Late Jan early Feb, though I can get hold of a few anodized red for delivery early October. Those are strictly to order though as stock is very limited so I won't have any stock.

I think 6" is around the sweet spot for this type of bike. The lower link is one piece so should be nice and stiff.

I am looking at a UK price of around £1450 and will also be dropping the vf2 to that price point. The new Evo at that price should represent good value against similar frames like knolly and intense with similar features.

A smidgen under 6" travel. 68 HA with Fox 140 and 13.5 bb height, 67 degree HA with Fox 36 13.75" bb. Adjustable sliding drop outs to lengthen or shorten whheelbase.

Medium frame will have a 23" top tube, though this is to be confirmed for sure.

Zero stack tapered head tube will accept adjuster cups to alter HA by up to 3 degrees. There will be two front shock mounts, one optimised for coil the other air. Both will alter geo too, numbers to be confirmed.

Not sure on weight, chumba expect a weight of around 6.5lb

rj, That is the new EVO and is not actually out yet.

I have around 20-30 anodised red frames available in a mix of small, medium, large and x large if anyone wants one before the general release date in Jan/Feb?

There you go 😉

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Managed to keep one for myself! Ideal winter bike 😉

Going to build it up next week. Will post some pics when I'm done.

They look even nicer in the flesh!

Not many left now, 1 17", 1 18" and a couple of 16" and 19".

paul, if you need a fork let me know. I can get Fox, Rockshox and Thomson posts if needed 🙂

What is the headtube size on it? Can it take a tapered or 1.5 steerer with one of the new cane-creek headsets?

headset is 1 1/8 50mm semi integrated.

Brodie Ti Holeshot, designed to work with between 140-160mm travel and with nice long top tubes and a 50mm semi integrated head set to keep the front low.

£1199 for the frame and seat clamp.

More images here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93388219@N00/sets/72157624695159931/

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Nice post al. Can flat pedal users not demand more performance or efficiency from their pedals, some people don't like to be clipped in.

IMO the ultra flat pedals I have used are very good and do eliminate the dead spots when using flat pedals, also the extra ground clearance is useful.

I have a medium Chumba XCL frame on offer for £850.

Same frame and colour as this one

If the frame origin is Taiwan (amongst other places) then it is 4.7% duty iirc plus VAT and handling charge

How about a Chumba XCL? Super tough 5 incher and pretty versatile.

This forge197 bike from off here

Got a blue medium frame just like this one for £900 with RP23.

Nice frames, not many of them around either. Chris and Lance Canfield know their stuff! Really looking forward to seeing the new 'The One' frame!

How about a Chumba VF2? 5" travel, carbon rear end, 4 bar and pretty stiff! I am about to laucnh a new offer via a banner ad on STW for a VF2 frame and Fox float QR15 fork for £1599. I could also do a deal on a frame only. mail me at info@progressive-bikes.co.uk

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