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Loch Etive?
And Clubby, many congratulations on the new addition
Looks very nice, very fast even standing still, . Sounds like a good buy and must admit, you never hear anything but good reviews for Merida. Their road stuff is really nice.
Lucky man, enjoy!
Jamie
And Clubby, many congratulations on the new addition
Looks very nice, very fast even standing still, . Sounds like a good buy and must admit, you never hear anything but good reviews for Merida. Their road stuff is really nice.Lucky man, enjoy!
Jamie
Well, while not on the scale of Clubbys lovely new ride, I did arrive home to find the postman had left a large parcel.
It contained a couple of bits for the Big Dummy, it had the new flightdeck along with associated hardware for fixing it, onto this will go Calebs seat/padding called the Magic Carpet. This has reflective panels at the back and the piping down the side is also reflective. This has straps to fix it to the rails that the flightdeck attaches to, and then we had what they call U Tubes, these run along the side of the bottom rail, attaching at the front and back with hidden bolts.
This is the nice thing about this Xtracycle gear is that its all open source so will fit all machines made to the LT (long tail) standard, be it a Kona, Yuba, Big Dummy etc. So you can DIY a lot of stuff, anything you want really or you can buy certain bits from Xtracycle along with other manufacturers. It was Xtracyle that came up with the standard for their Freeradical that bolts onto the back of any 26'er 700c machine. Surly were one of the first to work with xtracycle to build a LT design of their own. The racks and spacings etc are all compatible until you get to this year when they have now released a new updated freeradical that now uses LT2 designation and Surly have made the recent Dummy only compatible with their own stuff and a limited amount of Xtracycle gear. This is why I wanted an earlier Dummy as it's compatible with more types of gear.
Jamie
DSC_1608 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
It contained a couple of bits for the Big Dummy, it had the new flightdeck along with associated hardware for fixing it, onto this will go Calebs seat/padding called the Magic Carpet. This has reflective panels at the back and the piping down the side is also reflective. This has straps to fix it to the rails that the flightdeck attaches to, and then we had what they call U Tubes, these run along the side of the bottom rail, attaching at the front and back with hidden bolts.
This is the nice thing about this Xtracycle gear is that its all open source so will fit all machines made to the LT (long tail) standard, be it a Kona, Yuba, Big Dummy etc. So you can DIY a lot of stuff, anything you want really or you can buy certain bits from Xtracycle along with other manufacturers. It was Xtracyle that came up with the standard for their Freeradical that bolts onto the back of any 26'er 700c machine. Surly were one of the first to work with xtracycle to build a LT design of their own. The racks and spacings etc are all compatible until you get to this year when they have now released a new updated freeradical that now uses LT2 designation and Surly have made the recent Dummy only compatible with their own stuff and a limited amount of Xtracycle gear. This is why I wanted an earlier Dummy as it's compatible with more types of gear.
Jamie
DSC_1608 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
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Pretty crap they changed "standards". Seems the way of the entire bike industry at the moment. Always has I suppose. Early days of mtb we had headset sizes and rear spacing but after that it was steady for a long time.
Bike looks really interesting Jamie. How does it handle with the fat front?
Pretty crap they changed "standards". Seems the way of the entire bike industry at the moment. Always has I suppose. Early days of mtb we had headset sizes and rear spacing but after that it was steady for a long time.
Bike looks really interesting Jamie. How does it handle with the fat front?
Jamiedyer":ptdwf720 said:Loch Etive?
And Clubby, many congratulations on the new addition
Lucky man, enjoy!
Jamie
Indeedy, from Armaddy about half way up Loch Etive looking towards the Glencoe hills
clubby":1liwe4x8 said:Picked up new bike
Hadn't planned on replacing Jones so soon, but had been in to see my mate at lbs and he'd just got in the low end version as a demo bike. Had a wee spin round the block and looked at next model up. Went for the mid range one but still good spec for money. Nice alloy frame, Rock Shox Yari 130mm forks, SLX/XT drivetrain with huge 11-46t cassette and high end Maxxis Rekon+ 2.8 tyres. Brakes are Deore which don't have great lifespan by all accounts, and dropper post is a rebranded Trand X, but is at least internal and has shifter like lever. Got mates rates on it, so cost less than I got for the Jones, so money left for upgrades when needed.
Hoping to get out tomorrow for proper ride.
that is really nice clubby, very swoopy! and i thought my 11-42 looked big! :shock:
yeah you could spec up a few parts on that easily
clutch mech and a wee chain guide too, no fear that chain ever dropping then!
what size chainring is that?
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30, but I think with the 46, that 32 or 34 would be better. Was spinning out top pretty easily on even slight downs. Keep it on until it worn out though. Good first ride this morning. Feels like a normal bike but with extra traction. Sounds obvious but what I mean is it doesn't feel as steamrollery as 29+ or full fat, but has the nimbler handling of 650b. Good to have suspension forks on it, the Yari's feel identical to my more expensive Pikes. Maybe they won't be as composed when really pushed but I'm not exactly on the limit all ride every ride. The cheap dropper is the only one I've ever had that had had no side wobble even from new. Time will tell, but impressed so far.
Tyres are great. Tread is a mix of Ardent and High Roller 2. Not hugely muddy today, but I did try some off piste trails and had no issues with grip. Roll a lot better than the Dirt Wizard I had on the Jones. Glad I spent the time yesterday setting them tubeless. Took a co2 cartridge to seat them but held perfectly overnight. May need to ask Santa for an Airshot inflator. Weighed the tubes I took out and they came to 726g! Even with two layers of tape, valves and 100ml stand fluid per wheel that's 500g saved plus the actual main benefits of tubeless. Also now have two nice maxxis inner tubes as spares.
30, but I think with the 46, that 32 or 34 would be better. Was spinning out top pretty easily on even slight downs. Keep it on until it worn out though. Good first ride this morning. Feels like a normal bike but with extra traction. Sounds obvious but what I mean is it doesn't feel as steamrollery as 29+ or full fat, but has the nimbler handling of 650b. Good to have suspension forks on it, the Yari's feel identical to my more expensive Pikes. Maybe they won't be as composed when really pushed but I'm not exactly on the limit all ride every ride. The cheap dropper is the only one I've ever had that had had no side wobble even from new. Time will tell, but impressed so far.
Tyres are great. Tread is a mix of Ardent and High Roller 2. Not hugely muddy today, but I did try some off piste trails and had no issues with grip. Roll a lot better than the Dirt Wizard I had on the Jones. Glad I spent the time yesterday setting them tubeless. Took a co2 cartridge to seat them but held perfectly overnight. May need to ask Santa for an Airshot inflator. Weighed the tubes I took out and they came to 726g! Even with two layers of tape, valves and 100ml stand fluid per wheel that's 500g saved plus the actual main benefits of tubeless. Also now have two nice maxxis inner tubes as spares.
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Looks like it'll be a blast. After a few years now decrying that the hardtail was dead to me since full sus is so good I'm finding myself looking again. What do you think of the SLX stuff? Looks good to me.
Never mind the airshot, make your own
DSC_0097 by Bigbroondug, on Flickr
Looks like it'll be a blast. After a few years now decrying that the hardtail was dead to me since full sus is so good I'm finding myself looking again. What do you think of the SLX stuff? Looks good to me.
Never mind the airshot, make your own
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