Malt, Inbred, or nothing?
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Well, started the build today (after some gloating that the frame price is back up to £140)
All the kit (apart from the Inbred specific seat post and headset) so far is off the donor bike/parts bin, although I've benefitted from a brand new saddle and SLX mech off the Mrs' Trance...she wanted to swap her girlie Charge saddle and rapid-rise meach over to her new bike...shame!
The donor bike chainset is properly nasty square-taper nastiness, and the BB won't shift (did'nt try too hard obviously, good excuse for an SLX then!) and I need a top pull front mech too. Should be sorted then...just can't wait to ride it!
I was well up for white bars/stem and brown grips/saddle, but I really like it as is I think!
All the kit (apart from the Inbred specific seat post and headset) so far is off the donor bike/parts bin, although I've benefitted from a brand new saddle and SLX mech off the Mrs' Trance...she wanted to swap her girlie Charge saddle and rapid-rise meach over to her new bike...shame!
The donor bike chainset is properly nasty square-taper nastiness, and the BB won't shift (did'nt try too hard obviously, good excuse for an SLX then!) and I need a top pull front mech too. Should be sorted then...just can't wait to ride it!
I was well up for white bars/stem and brown grips/saddle, but I really like it as is I think!
Edited by Hard-Drive on Sunday 25th April 11:27
Right then, after having had spinal surgery after building this, I actually finally got to ride it yesterday for the first time!
Goddamit it's good. I was really, really worried that I was going to have spent cash and built something that was going to make me say "ur, there's a reason that everyone started playing with aluminium and full suspension 15 years ago, well done, you've built a dinosaur" but it's absolutely great.
In fact, it was a bit depressing, as it showed me just how little of my Fuel's capabilities I'm using! OK, so it was the Monkey trail at Cannock, not rocky CYB or similar, and I was holding back as I have not ridden for 6 months and I wanted to look after my back (and I'm seriously unfit!), but it just felt so much more precise on the technical bits (particularly the twisty forest climb that misses out that long fire road drag on the Dog trail) and the long tube/short stem setup just really seems to work for me. The SLX drivetrain is just superb too. I don't know if the whole "real steel" shock absorbency is as good as people say, but it certainly seemed it, and bizarelly I heard less chainslap on the On-One than I do on the Fuel!
My one complaint is that the On-One seatpost is a very loose fit in the On-One frame, so I had to really do the On-One seatclamp (see, no compatability issues!) up really tight, which mullered the platic insert thing before I even left the car park. I'll probably be asking for a refund if possible and going for some Hope goodliness instead.
So, all in all, and to answer my original question, yes it's an absolute blast to ride, and whilst a trip to Scotland or some of the bumpier Welsh trails would have me reaching for the Trek, for Cannock and milder stuff I would go for the On-One every time. Love it!
Goddamit it's good. I was really, really worried that I was going to have spent cash and built something that was going to make me say "ur, there's a reason that everyone started playing with aluminium and full suspension 15 years ago, well done, you've built a dinosaur" but it's absolutely great.
In fact, it was a bit depressing, as it showed me just how little of my Fuel's capabilities I'm using! OK, so it was the Monkey trail at Cannock, not rocky CYB or similar, and I was holding back as I have not ridden for 6 months and I wanted to look after my back (and I'm seriously unfit!), but it just felt so much more precise on the technical bits (particularly the twisty forest climb that misses out that long fire road drag on the Dog trail) and the long tube/short stem setup just really seems to work for me. The SLX drivetrain is just superb too. I don't know if the whole "real steel" shock absorbency is as good as people say, but it certainly seemed it, and bizarelly I heard less chainslap on the On-One than I do on the Fuel!
My one complaint is that the On-One seatpost is a very loose fit in the On-One frame, so I had to really do the On-One seatclamp (see, no compatability issues!) up really tight, which mullered the platic insert thing before I even left the car park. I'll probably be asking for a refund if possible and going for some Hope goodliness instead.
So, all in all, and to answer my original question, yes it's an absolute blast to ride, and whilst a trip to Scotland or some of the bumpier Welsh trails would have me reaching for the Trek, for Cannock and milder stuff I would go for the On-One every time. Love it!
Edited by Hard-Drive on Sunday 25th April 11:40
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