Hmmm I seem to being made out to not know what I’m on about

Mine’s got little plastic bumpers inside the swingarm, haven’t noticed any loss of paint tbh. There’s a good amount of room even with Smorgasbords on the back, was this a maxle model that was flexing? I’d need a good 1cm or so at the tyre end to touch.

There’s at least 6mm of between the front mech gear cable and the seat tube. Seems like quite silly routing to be honest. It could well be slightly different as it’s a bonkers 22″ model though.

26″ wheels are the most common size in the world, people do world tours on them for the strength and ease of picking up spares. The second most common sizing being 700c, which is conveniently the same size as 29ers.

The idea that a totally new size will jump out of no where and take hold seems ludicrous. Especially given how close they are to 26″. Given journalists are riding them and claiming to notice no difference, it seems a bit weak.

Ah, so it would rub. Cheers for the info :)

Dunno, just curious really, as supposedly it wouldn’t work but I’m struggling to see why :)

Can’t say I’d ever buy any 650b wheels and raise the bb on it.

News just in, bike shops agree that everyone should buy new bikes.

New bikes with 1cm bigger radius wheels. All you need to feel this radical change is a new frame, forks, wheels, tyres and tubes! Potentially seatpost, headset, hoses, cables and bottom bracket. Your current saddle will be fine, don’t worry, all is not lost.

It brings the trail alive yes as this carrying more speed equates to that special buzz factor

Imagine the buzz a 29er must give!

STW forum, for all your piracy needs.

Heavier goes downhill faster.

:lol:

To be honest for every idiot car driver there’s also a cyclist who needs educating in the ways of the road.

The difference being, the cyclist is putting himself in danger by riding without lights etc. The ignorant drivers are putting lots of other people at risk.

No, but I’d pay for a more reliable type of insurance, like drivers get. That said, the bulk of the cost you’d be paying would be to cover the chance of damaging their vehicles.

Tragically I’d pay £5/year towards an advertising campaign to educate drivers in what VED actually is, who pays for the roads and legal cycle maneuvers such as riding 2 abreast.

I’d even be up with balancing the tables out and making cyclists run some sort of CBT before road riding.

It looks higher spec than the £1900 Roubaix, but lower spec than the £2200 one? Sounds about right given the price. Given ALL Roubaix frames are classed as SL4 as well, does this mean they’ve all had a bit of an upgrade from last year?

The main thing slowing you down at speed is the aerodynamics, the weight is doing bugger all. The Sirrus seems a bit silly in my eyes. Tragically if it had drops I’d be a bit more convinced, really disappointed by how low end the Tricross range goes this year. Drops + discs commuter, looked top fun.

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Tricross-Elite-Disc-2014-Road-Bike_65874.htm

They aren’t exactly scared of a bit of oil and gas over there, does the name Shell (or Royal Dutch Shell to give it it’s full name) ring any bells?

Well yes, and why do these companies exist? Is it because of all the chain oil they’re using?

Or is it because the UK import and absolute stack of it to keep going, gathering oil isn’t the issue, the crazy speed we’re using it is.

Although I posted an anti-fracking thing above I’m quite excited about the other potential benefits it could bring.

Where else should we get fuel from? It’s not like electric powered vehicles are ‘there’ yet (not sure if they will ever be!).

Bit of a hippy thing to say, but do we really need to drive as much as we do? Half the problems people seem to be moaning about in the country, debt, obesity, fuel, pollution would all be much less of a pressing issue.

200 miles East in the Netherlands they’ve got the right idea, yet for some reason over here we’re all running each other over and fighting.

Brown bikes never go out of date looked good.

I did ponder this logic when I originally posted, my missus doesn’t like them, the original statement still stands true though ;)

Impressive weight for such a beefy bike. I take it the Reverb is just routed along the side of the frame?

Was tempted by a KS Lev so I could use the proper routing.

Out of date colours

Brown bikes never go out of date.

The Humans vs Cows war is definitely one we’re winning though.

Edit: My god, that picture is just the right size to come out massive.

Just wait until they discover Di2 shifters, alien technology.

720ish I think, they were Sunline 745s that I lopped a bit off. 710s on my Stumpy FSR that feels inexplicably easier on the arms.

5 here, even then I’m in turmoil as I’ve got 2 similar weight/travel trail bikes, although one is a 26″, the other a 29er.

Just need to think of plausible reasons for each, like “this is what I take out when I’m visiting places with square edged bumps”.

Your saying you need a shorter stem as the reach is too long, and the seat is really low on the frame. I’m afraid the frame is just too big for you.

This, especially as you’re running the saddle forward on it’s rails, blatantly looks too big in every dimension. Trying to match bar/saddle height, because that’s what you do on a mountain bike isn’t the most solid logic.

The model below would have only been 12mm or so shorter in the top tube. You’d have 30mm more standover. Even then it sounds like it would be big.

Some of the time, I don’t wear a ‘cycling’ jersey

Good point, grabbed a mtb jersey first tonight (a mint sauce one!), only to realise it had no pockets. It was probably offensively flappy anyway, can’t see it matters much on slow rides.

2 Velcro straps is easier than a pocket?

Yeah, you read the rest right? I put everything in my bag, ride all week. Sadly I’m one of those modern hipsters that washes clothes after wearing them, so there’s more faffing if I rely on pockets.

Just seems like a really irrational thing to dislike.

I like the saddlebag for loose change, keys and things that rattle around. If anything it’s easier than putting stuff in your pocket, 2 Velcro straps and it’s on another bike. It can all stay there between rides and things.

Didn’t need cash today as it was a quick ride, so didn’t take the bag. Gorilla taped my back door key to my phone :/

Oh, and not carrying a saddlebag.
That’s bollocks as well.

I love that you’re still bitter about rule #29 :-)

(I sometimes use a saddle bag, don’t tell anyone though. It’s got rubbish velcro and it’s made my shorts go bobbly.)

So whats the perfect front then…

Chunky Monkey obviously.

I used to take two bottles out, now I just drink an entire water bottle before going out, and just take one. 40-60 sort of mile rides, 2-2.5 hours.

Stick zero tablets in every bottle, go through a bonkers amount of it at the moment, doing a couple of hundred miles a week.

I knew it!

I liked the article on a whole though, it seemed to be pretty well grounded. Refreshing from a lot of the subtle anti-cyclist rubbish that seemed to come out of the Emma Way/Daisy Abela/silver BMW rubbish.

The comments on the Daily Mails writeup of the Daisy one has me fuming at the mouth in seconds:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384794/I-purposely-run-LOL-Police-probe-motorists-tweet-row-cyclist.html

It’s a shame that you need a camera to even have a chance of fighting your case. He was hit from behind, near a traffic island, blatantly the driver behind at fault.

Hmm what else. Specialized, it’s not normally a concern- lifetime warranty, you either get the replacement part or a modern equivalent replacement frame.

Sometimes, there was a ton of controversy here though, loads of threads popping up like:

http://forums.mtbr.com/specialized/lifetime-frame-warranty-does-not-cover-rear-triangle-662014.html

Don’t think the Hemlock debacle can be classed as a great example personally. It’s more like a free factory recall.

6’6″, 92kg, sadly tall enough that I do have to ride really gangly bikes.

Oh god, this thread’s come back to life.

Ready the orbital cannon!

So many ugly comments, do find it bizarre. Never seen a comment about a 5 Spot or Nicolai being ugly, is it just me?

Do you genuinely find something like:

More ugly and agricultural looking?

Stif have the (frantically expensive) Niner TA fork in orange.

Yeah, they used to stock loads, so did Charlie. I wonder if there’s supplier issues.

The race fork looks the same, as far as I know it was made in a more expensive factory. Same with the Race frame, which was quite a bit lighter than a Lurcher.

What frame is it out of curiosity? 440mm is quite short for a 29er rigid fork. Making a 69er?

That looks like the Race ones, which came with the Race frames. Pretty sure those ones were different to the ones they released at the same time as the Lurcher.

Could be wrong.

Rubbish choice of decent carbon rigid forks for mountain bikes. After a tapered set, there’s On-One, Pro (for £300 odd), Kinesis (with too long legs for me), Niner (which don’t actually seem to be selling from anywhere this year?) or not a lot else.

Loads of random brands doing non-tapered jobbies, Ritchey, Synchros etc.

Orange are charging modern, hi-tech prices, and delivering an old, low-tech product.

No, they’re charging UK built prices. Are £60 Renthal bars cutting edge tech, or Hope brakes? Sort of missing the point.

Lots of threads on Stumpy Evos at the moment, rocking that state-of-the-art 20 year old 4 bar linkage.

Trail bikes are about 30lbs, my Five is about 30lbs, so is my Stumpy 29er, so was my Meta. Weight really isn’t the most important thing to look at imo, it’s certainly not why I bought mine. My Mojo was 26lbs, it broke though. My 2001 Enduro was about 30lbs as well come to think of it.

+1, although I’d go further and point out the vast majority of students get by on about £4,500/p.a. loans and don’t top it up with a job.

They also don’t pay council tax, which saves about £1,500 a year. Assuming you can rent a shared student flat for 30% less than a standard one, you’ve also saved another couple of thousand a year.

I bet they have similar disposable income to someone on a minimum wage job, living in a small studio flat.

Seems like a top way of making yourself look younger. You need a scooter too!