Ed O, Singletrack’s favourite pirate impersonator, owner of local guiding company www.great-rock.co.uk, and Shed Fire test rider, popped round for coffee and to show us his new Shed Fire Ragley. He reckons it’s more fun that boarding canal boats with a cutlass, we’re not so sure about that, but it does look fun.
We’ll get some more details from Ed or Brant and hopefully get a ride on one soon. (Pun intended)
The Ragley, titanium 'grrrrrr' bike, designed in Calderdale by a man in a shed built in the US by Lynskey in a bigger shed.This is the 16" Ragley, looks suitably slack and low to us even with 140mm forks.Proving that someone has been sweating the details is this hidden away chainstay bridge.You're now 98% less likely to catch your jeans on your disc caliper when doing supermen, something we are always doing. Ahem.Fell off the back of a sea container and into the back of a van.
53 thoughts on “Shed Fire Ragley visits Singletrack”
if that rear tyre isn’t already touching the chainstays, it probably will do under cornering
The 18” frame looked big and gate like, this 16” looks fantastic, although I’m still not totally onboard about the rivnut thing. That aside this could be ‘the’ bike, well done Brant!
It’s a 2.5 High Roller on the back. If you look from above there’s enough room for a bottle of rum in there.
Much as I would like the ti frame, I think it will have to be either steel or aluminium. Will the steel frame be powder coated, and will the alu frame be anodized?
That plate in the seatstays still looks poo I reckon. Forgiveable on a cheper steel or alu frame, but not on Ti. It’d be better if it had some detail machined in it.
in what way would it be better with some detail machined in it?
prettier to look at? (it’s not exactly a looker)
something to make a cnc machinist break out in a wry smile?
somewhere for the sycophants to keep their lipsalve?
a bottle opener perhaps?
that hose routing on the top of the downtube looks terrible
For me, machined detail is just pretty pointless foof. I was offered it, but declined. It’s all 100% functional. I think there’s a certain beauty in that.
“that hose routing on the top of the downtube looks terrible”
Keeps coming back to looks. Which is a shame. I think we’ll be changing that one though. I don’t tend to look at that when I’m trying to put a new line in down a trail 🙂
I still don’t get it.
if i’m paying close to a grand for a frame I want it too look good, it might make no difference to the ride but it is enough to stop me buying it. But hey its your frame, its up to you.
Looks a shade agricultural from those pics. Would be interesting to see it in the flesh.
That plate at the top of the seatstays is getting a revision for production as the 1.5in of welds at each side are a bit of a head-messer for the welders. It’ll be modified to be attatched by a couple of tabs at each side, so if they sneeze it won’t write the frame off.
Ed’s bike has a 2.5in High Roller in the back, so we’re happy with clearance, but I revised the chainstay bend (at 11:45pm last night) so it’s got a touch more on the non drive side.
The bolt on cable guide positions are being finalised this week, and we’ve got some lovely CNC ones coming for it.
And finally, it goes up and downhill better than anything I’ve ever ridden. But then I guess you’d expect me to say that!
Cant really tell how it rides from the pictures lol so will comment on the looks… Looks good I reckon!
long travel Ti hardtail, mmmm, IMHO we are getting close to the perfect MTB here.
Loose the bash gaurd, get some forks not made by RS, fit a set of magura louise brakes I’d be proper drooling
will anyone actually be using those rear v-brake bosses?
“Looks a shade agricultural”
What does that even mean?
I presume referring to agriculture from sometime in the last century?
if that rear tyre isn’t already touching the chainstays, it probably will do under cornering
The 18” frame looked big and gate like, this 16” looks fantastic, although I’m still not totally onboard about the rivnut thing. That aside this could be ‘the’ bike, well done Brant!
It’s a 2.5 High Roller on the back. If you look from above there’s enough room for a bottle of rum in there.
Some more photos on my site now http://www.great-rock.co.uk
Much as I would like the ti frame, I think it will have to be either steel or aluminium. Will the steel frame be powder coated, and will the alu frame be anodized?
That plate in the seatstays still looks poo I reckon. Forgiveable on a cheper steel or alu frame, but not on Ti. It’d be better if it had some detail machined in it.
in what way would it be better with some detail machined in it?
prettier to look at? (it’s not exactly a looker)
something to make a cnc machinist break out in a wry smile?
somewhere for the sycophants to keep their lipsalve?
a bottle opener perhaps?
that hose routing on the top of the downtube looks terrible
For me, machined detail is just pretty pointless foof. I was offered it, but declined. It’s all 100% functional. I think there’s a certain beauty in that.
“that hose routing on the top of the downtube looks terrible”
Keeps coming back to looks. Which is a shame. I think we’ll be changing that one though. I don’t tend to look at that when I’m trying to put a new line in down a trail 🙂
I still don’t get it.
if i’m paying close to a grand for a frame I want it too look good, it might make no difference to the ride but it is enough to stop me buying it. But hey its your frame, its up to you.
Looks a shade agricultural from those pics. Would be interesting to see it in the flesh.
That plate at the top of the seatstays is getting a revision for production as the 1.5in of welds at each side are a bit of a head-messer for the welders. It’ll be modified to be attatched by a couple of tabs at each side, so if they sneeze it won’t write the frame off.
Ed’s bike has a 2.5in High Roller in the back, so we’re happy with clearance, but I revised the chainstay bend (at 11:45pm last night) so it’s got a touch more on the non drive side.
The bolt on cable guide positions are being finalised this week, and we’ve got some lovely CNC ones coming for it.
And finally, it goes up and downhill better than anything I’ve ever ridden. But then I guess you’d expect me to say that!
Cant really tell how it rides from the pictures lol so will comment on the looks… Looks good I reckon!
long travel Ti hardtail, mmmm, IMHO we are getting close to the perfect MTB here.
Loose the bash gaurd, get some forks not made by RS, fit a set of magura louise brakes I’d be proper drooling
will anyone actually be using those rear v-brake bosses?
“Looks a shade agricultural”
What does that even mean?
I presume referring to agriculture from sometime in the last century?
looks nowt like a tractor.
Fan bl00dy tastic
Not sure what fork that is.
Want one