Yet another hardtail with daft wheels; Stanton Ti Switchback

[Mindmap3]

wow! superlative!
will tou assemble it with the same components of your red one?

Mostly yes.

I may accidentally have bought some XTR discs for it (discounted this week at Merlin).

There'll be a few colour coding changes with stuff from the Rune (Spank Spike pedals, green grips and chainrings).

I'd like to add a King headset at some point and maybe a carbon bar but not this side of Christmas.

 

[stevet1]

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Very nice fella, you won't be disappointed - my Ti Slackline is still awesome. I've given it plenty of abuse and it loves it. Cleans up like new after a ride as well.

 

[Mindmap3]

That's what I'm hoping!

I loved my little steel Slackline - it was just too small for proper riding. I'd love to get another small 853 and build it up as a play bike again.

 

[Mindmap3]

Well it's almost done. I just need to bleed the brakes tonight and it'll be ready for its first ride tomorrow. I also need to wrap the chainstays with inner tube once I've bought a cheapy road tube to sacrifice.

Invisiframe kit fitted

Almost ready to ride

I thnk the green seat clamp is going to get swapped for a black one too. I thnk its just a bit too much. It did have green grips to start with but they were taken off almost straight away.

 

[shogun]

Nice!

Good call on the seat clamp I reckon. I've personally never liked green ano, it always has the look of translucent spinach.

 

[MonkeyPuzzle]

PHWOAR!

 

[stevet1]

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Nice! You went full bling! How'd you like those pedals? I never got on with them.

 

[Mindmap3]

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Nice! You went full bling! How'd you like those pedals? I never got on with them.

I may have got a bit carried away! I'll get some finished pics up tonight. It's a lovely bike to ride.

I like the Spank pedals. They offer a load more grip than my previous Superstar Nano's. What didn't you like about them?

 

[stevet1]

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They felt too flat. Felt I was relying on the pins for grip rather that being able to mould my foot around them. After these I tried Canfield crampons which are slightly convex, they felt better, able to wrap my feet around them. Now back on more conventionally shaped DMR V12's which have a nice amount of concave feeling to them. If I'd have got on with the Spanks I'd have loved to keep them though the ground clearance etc is excellent.

 

[reanimation]

Ooooh, Smart, simple and elegant. Nice.

Light too I guess...