[Closed] Cove Bikes - about to release a new hardtail range....

Loved my hustler - a really forward thinking bike when it was first released.

Good luck to them!

Are they going to be their own or off the shelf with a massive price hike like their last full suspension?

neilforrow - Member

Loved my hustler - a really forward thinking bike when it was first released.

Good luck to them!

Agreed, my Hustler was a fab little bike, and I've still got my 2002 Hummer - mainly used for child towing duties these days, but still a lovely bike.

I hope they have hilarious names!

I hope they have hilarious names!

If they do i hope they're not under lacquer.

thepodge - Member

Are they going to be their own or off the shelf with a massive price hike like their last full suspension?

Which one was that?

I used to be a huge Cove fan, I guess the rate of change these days makes it hard for small makers to keep up, they are after all 'only' a glorified LBS.

Cove Hustler 29er on CRC for RRP £1700 is exactly the same as the Hammerhead Thumper / Unveil 9 which was about RRP £1200 but could be had for £500 at one point.

It was also half a Kona Satori. There is a big thread on here from about 2 years ago if you search had enough.

Making HTs is clearly the right move for them, it'll be interesting to see what they come up with.

I did have a lot of fun on my 2006 HJ...
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I hope they have hilarious names!

So do I. The previous names were the height of silliness.

thepodge - Member

Cove Hustler 29er on CRC for RRP £1700 is exactly the same as the Hammerhead Thumper / Unveil 9 which was about RRP £1200 but could be had for £500 at one point.

It was also half a Kona Satori. There is a big thread on here from about 2 years ago if you search had enough.

Thanks, that's a bit snide - one of the main points of Coves is that the design philosophy is different to most other brands – or at least was, everyone does the long, slack thing now – but they’re always sold them as fun / agro bikes to ride when everyone else was selling their bikes as being all about the fast.

I think it was an experiment in licencing their name or something like that.

I always wanted one of the 69er's in blue, they looked the muts nuts.

Yup,

I too, loved my Handjob..

Still got the frame in the cellar thinking about it..

And a full set of 26" wheels & forks etc..

Hmm.. New build could be on the cards.. 😉

I've had 2 Hustlers, 2 Stiffee's and a Handjob, oh err, they were all great bikes, apart form snapping 3 of them 😳
I've also just serviced a Stiffee for a friend 😉
I tested it along the street and it got me looking for another for myself, even though I don't have room for another hardtail!

Think I may re-build this..
I did love it.
A lot.

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Despite having a Process and a Raijin every time I wheel the Hummer back out it leaves me with a massive grin ! ??Got the skull logo tattooed on my arm , still don't regret it , showed it to Chaz the boss man when I was in the shop in Vancouver he loved it !

Always wanted a cove hummer so i bought a frame just over 3 years ago and built it up, cracking bike to ride but it's not turned a pedal in 2 years 🙁

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Rigid lightweight fun

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I had one of those coke can tubed handjobs ('04/05?).

I never got on with it.
A slipping pin and huge dent on the top tube (comedy 0 mph stuck in spds, fall over and slam onto stumps moment...). Just the excuse to trade it in for a Soul. Which I gelled with instantly.

And it had a stupid ****ing name....

Mind you the ex never twigged I'd changed it (despite the name) black frame, white lettering, starts with a C.... 😆

I would love a modern stiffee. I still have my 69'er frame that I refuse to sell although things have come on a lot since they were released. I have a chameleon now but always hoped cove would do a new alternative.

Still got my 2003 Stiffee, it was a great bike. Hardly used it the last couple of years but just in the process of trying to turn it into a canal towpath commute bike.

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My Hustler is still my main bike (partly 'cos I can't afford a new one!) and I love it 😆
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Had a Stiffee years ago; though I recall that I really wanted a Hustler at the time but couldn't afford it. So saying, the Stiffee was great fun; a bike that I always felt was on my side and got me out of many a scrape when my speed and line wasn't matched by my (lack of) skills. Remember a dawn raid on Snowdon on it and it being an absolute blast on the way back down. Happy days - and I'll look forward to seeing whatever's coming out from them.

Somafunk - that Hummer looks superb in both guises, but especially the top one. Iain - I still think the Hustler just looks 'right' even now. Not surprised you've still got it 🙂

Yeah it was a hoot to ride as it was silly light and a 27.5 3" tyre fits in the front, I imagine i could squeeze a 26" 2.8" in the rear as well for semi-fat-fun. I've thought about selling as it's not turned a pedal since late 2014 but i'd get a pittance for it so i'm gonna keep it hanging on the bedroom wall and perhaps this year (after 10years of deteriorating leg strength) the docs/nhs will figure out why i can't stand/walk/ride anymore and fix me - got neurological appointment t'morn at the hospital so here's hoping.

Cheers Goneto..., it's always referred to as the Cannuck Tractor (as opposed to a Halifax Tractor 😀

Is it wrong to say; I've always wanted a Handjob but never managed it......

Loved my handjob, have been diliberating over a Stanton or the Swift think I'll hang fire to see what they come up with

TBH if they made a modern 5" travel, long low slack, 29er Hustler from the same Easton tubeset, it'd probably go top of my list even if it were crap just out of nostalgia.

I went the other way, from a 19" Soul to a 21" HandJob. I made the move because I felt the Soul was too small for me.

As it happened, the HandJob is actually a degree slacker in the HA and degree steeper in the SA (according to mobile phone spirit level app).

The HJ is now on skinnies and mudguard duties which is a damn shame. Seeing that old pic makes me want to get the nobblies back on it.

Fingers crossed, somafunk.

I had a few too. I loved the Hummer, but once I got a 29er I never really rode it again

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Still use the Stiffee to sneak out to the hills/trail-centres when on family camping trips. It always leaves me wanting more - will never part with it.

I'm needing to replace my full-sus with something more capable/more travel, and dare I say it, bigger wheels. I'll certainly consider the new Cove range...or perhaps even find a 2016 Hustler. I still don't trust carbon for an MTB frame, and would happily go with Easton RAD again (I'm guessing they no longer use that sadly....)

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Hopefully there'll be a new Librarian too

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I had one of those coke can tubed handjobs ('04/05?)

Me too, 04 I think or maybe even 03, coke can is a good description! (Apart from the material)

My first one folded in half effortlessly thanks to a car that pulled out on me.

Seriously I did not even feel it! Bike stopped dead, I stayed upright, looked down and saw the front wheel touching the down tube.

I replaced it with another, such a fun bike to ride. Incredibly flexy and nimble. My first 'proper' bike so fond memories.

The 2nd one got thrashed and thrashed until one day I discovered a crack 3/4 the way round the top tube in the thinnest section. 😯

Love that Librarian !! 😆

Added an Works angleset before Christmas and I am enjoying it even more.

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Are there any images knocking around the internet, can't seem to find any?

I'm waiting for them to release a bike with a white Jones esque handlebar. Naturally, it would be called a Pearl Necklace. 😆

Loved mine. I owned 3 over the years. Be great to see some new bikes from them. Chaz is the man!

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