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Hi, I have about half a 10 speed groupset and a pair of 27.5 wheels which are 142x12 & 15mm front.
I have been looking around for a frame for while to fit these wheels and make a build up. However there seems to be so many standards now its getting hard to find a match and then of course there would need to be forks purchased too which. I am now thinking it may make more sense to sell the wheels and start from scratch (get the frame and forks then get the wheels to fit to make things easier)
I have an older Specialized 26 mtb which is a nice bike but have fancied trying the new style mountain bikes for a while now as this is in the older retro category which I love but offers different ride qualities of course.
I have seen the on one scandal frame which looked a good buy for £149 but was going for a 27.5 really. I see that many new bikes and second hand are fetching high money now due to the current situation. This is more a longer term project so not urgent to sort over the coming few weeks. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks?
I'd look towards older models though new. 142mm is good in that you can go 148mm without problem. Forks decide whether tapered or straight, as you do see tapered nos going for much cheaper, so maybe that as a frame requirement.
Really when youre starting from scratch like this you really can plan it, if you spend a bit of time, get a piece of paper and list X frame- X fork and so on.
Might find getting a 29er frame that also runs 27.5 might be better, as with going for a 148mm spacing and just getting the spacers for 142mm wheels, giving again more options for the future.
What about an Octane One Prone, fits your wheels, a friend of mine had the 29 version and it handled well.
on one Deedar would work
Yes, good suggestion on the spacer suggestion and the forks being tapered to get a better deal when looking on frame options. The 29er option I had also considered when i mentioned the on one scandal mtb frame but of course you get clearance issues but I have seen some frames seem to happily run both. One thing regarding the groupset is I am old school in that my old bikes run triple chainsets which are massively in decline now with most running single ring and large ratio cassettes which makes sense as long as the front chainring has enough for the mixed range of riding I will probably do. On that note "demonracer" I had seen those octane ones which look a solid enough frame but had been put off by the single ring only option on the front but I have since sold the triple chainset I had for the build and had a rethink as they are a bit of hassle to set up and am open to a double or even single ring set up but would need to have a switch round with the groupset bits I have?
Before the price of second hand bikes hit the roof I was looking for a 27.5 hardtail like a cannondale or something and could have swapped these parts over as I like some of their frames and many others of course but the way things have gone now that would not be a good option to keep the budget down.
On the triple ring over double, im also more use to riding 48/38/24t but on a 2x10 38/26 its a bloody sight easier.
I will say the 2x10 is a lighter bike, but not hugely, but on it i find finding the right gear a lot easier going up hill, so much so im now using it to go shopping on.
Seems to be now mostly on the cog, with it going up really far and not the mental clicking on triples in the lowest speed gears. I felt like they had finally addressed the doubling up effect and came up with a better range.
Its possible the original jumps between the cogs and gear inches were just never looked at and we rode them because thats what they were, with maybe roadies only fitting individual cogs to custom the gearing.
Yes all the mountain bikes i have ever ran have been triples. I guess times change and technology and geometry has been tweaked. I was tempted by the one one scandal but I think a 29er sounds a big jump up from a lifetime riding 26, I did ride a specialized 29 a while ago and while it felt fast the handling suffered but that is because it was new to me also I think.
The onza bikes looked a great buy when they were on offer but being steel were heavy rigs at about 13.5kg, I would ideally like it a bit lighter so the aluminium whilst not as solid fits that criteria. Decent forks alone ramp the build price up of course, most the other bits can be got cheap. Im still after some more forks for my 26 bike but they are hard to come by now.