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My new gravel bike which is the perfect companion to my 140mm travel full sus 27.5 (soon to be a 150mm travel 29er full later this year), an On-One Space Chicken, running 650b WTB byways, full Force 1 groupset, 9.6kg with pedals set up tubeless. Great fun and pretty damn fast on my local gravel/light off road/potholed bumpy road sections.
Ilovejapcrap said:
v15ben said:
Went to my mate's house on Thursday to help him choose a new bike.
Found a good deal for him on a new Calibre 2 Cubed, down from £599 to £329.
I ended up buying one too.
any left ? where you get it fromFound a good deal for him on a new Calibre 2 Cubed, down from £599 to £329.
I ended up buying one too.
The guy who served me at Go Outdoors had bought one for himself too, so it must be a good deal.
Still on their website at £329 this morning.
In the spirit of the thread here is the bike I'm replacing, a 2015 Pinnacle Ramin One.
Managed 2400 miles on it in 4 years, so I got my money's worth.
Hoping to do at least the same on the new one.
Still on their website at £329 this morning.
In the spirit of the thread here is the bike I'm replacing, a 2015 Pinnacle Ramin One.
Managed 2400 miles on it in 4 years, so I got my money's worth.
Hoping to do at least the same on the new one.
Tall_Paul said:
My new gravel bike which is the perfect companion to my 140mm travel full sus 27.5 (soon to be a 150mm travel 29er full later this year), an On-One Space Chicken, running 650b WTB byways, full Force 1 groupset, 9.6kg with pedals set up tubeless. Great fun and pretty damn fast on my local gravel/light off road/potholed bumpy road sections.
I am really trying to not buy a new bike as I don't use the one that I have.The bike that's making me want to buy it is the On One Space Chicken. I've even shown the bike on their website to a few folk and everyone's said "you should buy that".
And now I come across this thread and someone's bought one - I'm not going to be able to hold out much longer!
Looks lovely in the pics, very jealous, congrats.
v15ben said:
Went to my mate's house on Thursday to help him choose a new bike.
Found a good deal for him on a new Calibre 2 Cubed, down from £599 to £329.
I ended up buying one too.
I bought one of these last month. It's currently back there as there's a loud creaking noise from the bottom bracket which develops after about 8 miles. Fingers crossed they sort it out.Found a good deal for him on a new Calibre 2 Cubed, down from £599 to £329.
I ended up buying one too.
ETA picture:
IMG_20190422_191256430 by northernladgonesouth, on FlickrEdited by noell35 on Monday 27th May 13:23
Picked this up last week 
First 'new' bike for me in 14 years - was still riding my 2004 model year Giant XTC2 hardtail on 26" wheels with a short travel Fox fork!
The observant will notice the lack of a seatpost - unfortunately I'm somewhat shorter in the leg than the original owner, so the brand spanking new 125mm Fox Factory dropper he'd fitted last month is up for sale on ebay. If I could drop it all the way down in the frame it'd fit me, but alas it sits 26mm out and won't go lower and my hips are rocking :/
Spent some time at the weekend refitting the Di2 front mech (once I'd fished the wiring out of the seat post!) and double chain rings (came with a 36t front ring and an 11-46 cassette, which is miles away from the triple setup I'm used to in gearing terms)
Hopefully get a new post ordered in time for the weekend, and have it booked in on Friday for the Di2 to be setup properly (front mech didn't have the firmware updated when the rest was done, and I've not quite got the alignment right on the mech). Going to try it with single shifter control for now.
Tubeless kit for the Enve rims arrived today
First 'new' bike for me in 14 years - was still riding my 2004 model year Giant XTC2 hardtail on 26" wheels with a short travel Fox fork!The observant will notice the lack of a seatpost - unfortunately I'm somewhat shorter in the leg than the original owner, so the brand spanking new 125mm Fox Factory dropper he'd fitted last month is up for sale on ebay. If I could drop it all the way down in the frame it'd fit me, but alas it sits 26mm out and won't go lower and my hips are rocking :/
Spent some time at the weekend refitting the Di2 front mech (once I'd fished the wiring out of the seat post!) and double chain rings (came with a 36t front ring and an 11-46 cassette, which is miles away from the triple setup I'm used to in gearing terms)
Hopefully get a new post ordered in time for the weekend, and have it booked in on Friday for the Di2 to be setup properly (front mech didn't have the firmware updated when the rest was done, and I've not quite got the alignment right on the mech). Going to try it with single shifter control for now.
Tubeless kit for the Enve rims arrived today
Collected my new KTM Scarp Sonic 2019 yesterday, has a temporary crank set, Shimano XTR delay according to the Factory so that'll follow when in stock.
Went out this morning on it, very impressed. Sold my Scott Scale 910 in p/x for this. Night and day difference.
Still like riding my eMTB too, very different experience albeit I do prefer the Sonic overall.
Went out this morning on it, very impressed. Sold my Scott Scale 910 in p/x for this. Night and day difference.
Still like riding my eMTB too, very different experience albeit I do prefer the Sonic overall.
Adrian E said:
Is that a Use carbon seatpost? Had one on my hardtail.....
I've got a lovely Kashima coated dropper that'd look great on that
I went for a Performance version in the shorter length I need for my one above.
It's carbon, but KTM's own Prime, as are the handlebars. Even the seat rails are carbon. Full XTR groupset. I've got a lovely Kashima coated dropper that'd look great on that
I went for a Performance version in the shorter length I need for my one above.I have a dropper on my eMTB, with 160mm suspension, but for my Sonic I'm keeping it light, only 9.5kg. But yes, a Kashima coated dropper would look great. I think the KTM Trail/Enduro version has one.
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