[Closed] For all my 29r bretheren.

have a look here :#

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=678646

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=682665

edge carbon rims
chub hubs (from the Hive)

yeah - that helius AM 29'r has edge rims.....

TLR, fantastic looking bike the grey one.
but i dont want a susser to be honest, more than happy with my big old ventana gate thing.

i dinnae like the grey one - but Whafe's blue ane is growing on me.

bling - you need full carbon finishing kit and wheels.... simple as.....and a titanium bolt kit where appropriate....

Float F29 Terralogic Qr15...or Ragley carbon rigid Qr15.

I've just had an indi fab ti 29r made for me, its packed with Phil woods, pauls comp and white industries gear it cost me far too much but I gotta say its the Bollox and can't see me wanting another bike for a long time

Oh it will also be belt drive in about two weeks time 🙂

belt drive....nice.....stealthy 🙂

You've had a Swift before haven't you ? Pegasus is the way forward, can run rigid with Niner or sus (using 20mm axle Minutes) easy to swap between geared and SS. 4 bikes in one.

Your not that far away from me if you fancy a looksee, mines a large. Was using at HTN this year.

Glad to hear you've kept the Ventana big man! 😀

EDIT: Boutique 1 x 9; Pedalhead's pegasus.

A crank like this tony
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had a swift it was fantastic.
had a dark moment and sold it....**** knows why. 😡

mick, fancy some white indusries cranks and some woods stuff maybe.
never tried any proper bling stuff............does it work any better than shimano/hope type normal stuff?
i know it certainly looks nicer.

Erm no it doesn't.....no no it does it does lol

29ers you say? You mean hybrids of course.

No hybrid would be complete without a rack for carrying shopping and books and stuff:

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Tubus Titanium rack. One hundred and fifty pounds to you sir.

And how about some nice wooden mudguards?

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And to top it all off, a lovely brass bell:

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Bulbend I have one like this on my hybrid / 29er 😉
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one of these please

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with ENVE wheels and rotor cranks

weight weenie wet dream, just needs riders under 85kg or it'll explode and kill you so no gentlemen of a more rotund nature need apply

taz, that is horroble.

no plastic on this build..............or very light stuff either come to think of it.

I9 wheel set is a must IMO.

Saw the demo set the rep bought in to my LBS before xmas and they are awesome & can be pimped out to match the frame & finishing kit 😛

so what you want is some "boutique" gas pipe or ti welded in a shed by a bloke wiv a beard with fat boy components on? may as well save some money then and just buy an on-one 😆

You are a bugger Ton; I am humming and hawing about buying a CHEAP 29 and you post a thread about pimping them out.

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i designed this an it's currently being built,, somewhere far far away, due to arrive in 4 weeks

Is the FRM written upside down for when you stack it?

basing it on ragley geometry then ade? 😉

it's like a td-1 except it is setup for 470mm forks 80mm stroke, shorter chainstays , swapout dropouts and estays

just like a td-1 it's a 29er

It's about time brant got his finger out and sorted a steel td1.

wors
+1

i did think about going for the non suspension corrected bike like the td-1 but i think it limits peoples choices too much,,
i'm sure Brant has something 29er up his sleeves ,but he is a very busy boy,, and has lots of hats to wear( Ragley nukeproof, etc etc),, he just might have mislaid his 29er hat at the moment , or maybe his kids have got it

Aren't 29ers crap though?

ton - Member

29rs cos i thought with being big these bike would suit me and my build more, kidding myself that they rode better...........what a lot of old balls that idea is.

I honestly can't keep up.

scxc
i started this post to see what people would suggest as boutique.

nowhere in the thread have i said i am buying or planning to buy a new 29r.

OK mate, I love your bonkers approach to buying bikes...I'd be the same if I could afford it!

Ton thats the nature of forums especialy those with 29er in the title

Boutique to me is a bit dull these days - you have to make it beautiful as well as expensive. Expensive and boutique isn't always beautiful (Merida's green XC race bikes...).

Boutique? El Mariachi Ti, Black Sheep, Eriksen etc etc. King wheels, XTR..

GB

That brass bell is a beaut

i would love a hardtail version of my ventana el capitan
is it the el comandante?

actually I'd have the special order Ti salsa selma, it looks lovely

Yeah that's a nice frame Tazz - specially enlarged diameter tubes for SS use. Gorgeous. Personally I prefer the 2010 Salsa ti frames to the 2011 as they took a proper headset rather than these stupid internal jobbies...

GB

gee I love the older selmas with the carbon bottom as well but trying to find one is bloomin difficult

I would suggest a Lynskey Rohloff, but the more people who buy one, the less niche mine becomes, so I won't.

I really thought you had worked out that spunking vast sums of cash didn't make a difference.

I guess we'll go around one more time then. Ho hum.

those wooden mudguards look fab

Aren't they just, though? 🙂

There's a thing on here about how to make your own.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laminated-Wood-Bicycle-Mudguards/

Moots YBB in 29er flavour ?

Tootall....................i wont be spending any money on a new bike mate.
just enquiring on what people would buy to make a bike bling.

Slight aside, sounds like your Ventana fits nicely, why not a steel frame with same geometry...
Couldnt something like an Inbred make a cheap donor for a frame builder to hack about ?
Ventana don't do steel do they ?

I would give the nod to Steve Stickle of the ByStickle fame (or not so famous)

My experience with him on a custom build has been in a different league to any other builder I've used. The guy leaves NO stone unturned

Wolfhounds are nice and bling, pricey and difficult to get hold of, plus the whole process can be wearisome...

Haha Bonesetter.

I've been thinking about this thread this weekend and decided that if i was going for 'that special build' I'd be speaking to this guy as well. I just love the care he seems to take over each build.

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i wish genesis made a steel 29r in 853.
that would be nice.
i do like genesis bikes.

i wish genesis made a steel 29r in 853.
that would be nice.
i do like genesis bikes.

Ton. Perhaps the Cotic one will be 853 ?!?!

Bystickle's got blackcat swinger dropouts ,nice.And offset seat tube like vertigo.Also nice.

Riden with a guy that had a 29er Ventana and boy was it nice.Typical V quality with there great welds and attention to detail.Got one on my wish list after having owned an El Salty think the big V are just the best bikes.