Yet another hardtail with daft wheels; Stanton Ti Switchback

[Mindmap3]

I adore my steel Switchback. It is genuinely one of the best bikes that I've ever owned. It fits well, rides really well and is very pretty. So much so, it relegated my Banshee to garage queen. In the end, I didn't rally end up enjoying riding it any more. It was amazing on really steep, nasty stuff but I don't find myself riding that sort of stuff these days which I guess is why I was always riding the Slackline.

I've now sold my Rune, so decided to treat myself to the Ti version of the Switchback as my one and only bike. I popped to Stanton HQ and picked this up...

In the flesh, I think it's absolutely stunning; the welds are lovely, the shit blasted graphics look ace and I love having Stanton stamped into the chainstay brace. I couldn't believe how light it was either.

Can't wait to get it built up.

 

[MonkeyPuzzle]

Beautiful. Love to swing my leg over one of these.

 

[greencat]

That's a really handsome frame. I have a similar finish (for frame and graphics) on my favourite titanium bike. Yours should build into a lovely bike I reckon.

 

[shogun]

I would really love one of these. Even a steel one. Very impressive frames.

 

[Ghosty]

the shit blasted graphics look ace

That's an odd medium to use :shock: :roll:

 

[Mindmap3]

I would really love one of these. Even a steel one. Very impressive frames.

The steel ones are ace. I love mine...but Ti is fly!

I couldn't resist to be hobest. It's a lot of money for hardtail but I don't plan on getting rid of this anytime soon.

 

[Mindmap3]

the shit blasted graphics look ace

That's an odd medium to use :shock: :roll:

Oops! Done over by autocorrect.

 

[shogun]

Ha my autocorrect usually tries to turn shit into shot, not shot into shit!

 

[Mindmap3]

Ha my autocorrect usually tries to turn shit into shot, not shot into shit!

I obviously swear too much on text messages etc!

 

[mattiamerca]

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