[Closed] Launch - Singular Pegasus Titanium

as always (but more so this time) very very nice sam 🙂

Sam thats lovely, might want a bit of sus for the forks around the Summit series though! You going to let your mate ride one or are you out to beat him NEXT year?

That looks fantastic, especially with the niner forks.

Anyone know the going rate for a kidney these days 😆

FAIL - Pedals not level and grass needs raking, other than that, not bad

Lovely pics Sam, lovely bikes too.

I kind of wish I needed a bike you make...

normally can't bear 29rs but that one in SS mode is lovely - if I had the ££ I'd be sorely tempted!

has the ss got carbon rims with dugast cx tubs on?

lovely right up to the niner forks which look awful, niner forks only on niners bikes please they just don't seem to fit any other

hmmm lynsky cotic or singular for £1500 i know which i'd go for!

I agree...beautiful frame..... forks on the Air9 Carbon only please! 🙂

I think those forks go quite well, actually. Nice bike, shame I'm too much of a shortarse to fit one....

Which would you go for, Rocketdog?

Lush, ss for me please santa.

Sam thats lovely, might want a bit of sus for the forks around the Summit series though! You going to let your mate ride one or are you out to beat him NEXT year?

It'll take a 100mm fork no problem, just wanted to have a rigid on fore the winter. Steve has one as well, waiting on a couple of bits to get it built.

has the ss got carbon rims with dugast cx tubs on?

Yes and no - they are carbon rims and Dugast tubs, just not cx ones, they are 700x45.

The Cotics are made by Merlin not Lynskey - saw it at the London Show and it looked amazing. Thankfully they are a bit different from one another thanks to the wheelsize.

shame I'm too much of a shortarse to fit one....

Can do custom sizing for a small upcharge... 😉

Sam

A Singular frame box appeared in our office this morning. Same Christian name as me as well. Not mine though and will be too big. WIll try to get a look when purchaser returns.

Always liked the Singular frames but have to many others to get another one.

Stunning as ever Sam, there is no other choice when it come to Ti bikes in that price catogory imo.

Oooooooo Oooooo

I really like the Niner forks. Must be a Marmite thing.

Sam, Merlin faffed and faffed, and then offered an alternative, ask Cy about it privately. Soda is now being made by Lynskey instead as they have a serious approach to doing the building, and are nice and communicative to boot.

Still loving the copper effect downtube logo. Sweet as!

mike, i've had a Soul and i've still got a Swift, i think that's answer enough*

*i've also still got a MKI P.A. too 😉

Soda is now being made by Lynskey instead...

Sorry, behind the times as always!

I prefer the term "classic timeless styling" over "behind the times" = ;87)

I feel sorry for the bloke taking the picture, huddled in the argon chamber when that welding was going on.

how strong is that bottom bracket area?. Two bolts holding it together after some time will surely weaken under tha load meaning a cracked frame??. Cant also be good for bottom bracket longevity which in the your pics doesn't seem to be sitting properly

A nice frame but i have my reservations

oh nurse! I've made another mess!

damn it Sam, thats bloody lovely!!

Sam, how close is the rear wheel to the front Mech?

how strong is that bottom bracket area?. Two bolts holding it together after some time will surely weaken under tha load meaning a cracked frame??. Cant also be good for bottom bracket longevity which in the your pics doesn't seem to be sitting properly

The bb is plenty strong for purpose. The shell clamps the eccentric solidly and the BB is housed within that. In any case you can choose a standard bb shell if you wish. Don't know what you mean about the bb 'not sitting properly'?

how close is the rear wheel to the front Mech?

Don't know what you mean about the bb 'not sitting properly'?

At a guess, a combination of the fifth photo and not understanding what the E in EBB stands for 😉

that's lovely... really lovely. maybe a birthday present for myself next year, we shall see 🙂

That welding photo is ace.

😀

Sam, where did you get the Niner forks from?

At a guess, a combination of the fifth photo and not understanding what the E in EBB stands for

Just googled bottom bracket EBB and now understand better what EBB means ( although dont understand fully, way to technical for me/ time consuming to understand )

In that case, nice frame!!

wouldn't normally comment on things like this (whether its ragley, on one etc), but i have to say, that is pretty darn stunning - not even a particular fan of the swifts tbh (purely on aesthetics).
it looks classy, well made, a bit different and (if that figure is correct) a blummin good price all things considered. if i had £1500 i'd be saying good bye to my scandium kula 29 frame, and whacking my rohloff in one of those.

oh, and that photo from inside the argon welder - awesome! never realised thats how its done!

Radoggair - This picture allows you to see a EBB a bit better, the actual BBB (HT1 in this case) doesn't sit in the centre of the circle made by the frame, but offset. This means that you can twist the BB around which increases or decreases the distance between the rear axel in the wheel and the front axel in the BB.

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Sorry sam if I've hijacked.

I do love that downtube, very understated, very sexy.

Daffy

Sam, where did you get the Niner forks from?

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Two bolts holding it together after some time will surely weaken under tha load meaning a cracked frame??.

M6 bolts have a very high load rating - they seem to quite cope well with the shear force loadings caused by disc brakes on IS mounts.

Also, the EBB "split shell" design is perhaps the oldest system in use, having been used very successfully on tandems and single bikes for many many years.

Good sized bolt bosses and nice welds on there would give me no worries.

They are M8 so plenty strong enough.

The shell is also internally butted and super stiff

M8's? Even better.

I remember one of my lecturers telling me an M8 bolt will hold 3 tons in tension (like that).

flipping hell.... that is simply divine! ooohhhh baby, the sort of bike that needs to be loved, and taken into the bedroom in place of the missus... sorry love, you'll need to sleep in the spare room

The half link eccentric rules it out for me-I swap between 17-18-19t on the back pretty regularly depending on where/what I'm doing (should just get gears I guess).Definately not enough adjustment without changing chain length-hmmmpfff.Keep saving pennies for the Potts.....

why isnt there enough adjustment? have i missed something? i changed my cog on the back of my swift without changing chain length. same ebb isnt it?

apologies if im being thick :-/

same ebb isnt it?

dont think so

looks like you could be right. i just assumed phil wood ebb's were all the same. i stand corrected 🙂

Was thinking bushnell not woods aswell-not too keen on the bolts thing.That said,just been looking at the 2010 Lynskey Pro 29....oooohhh twisty tubes.

i think its more like an eccentricker ebb than a 'proper' ebb hence needing a half link chain, could be wrong though

i think its more like an eccentricker ebb than a 'proper' ebb

I think you are! 😀

As someone else has said, split shell ebb's are an old and tested design

That one has Phil Wood half link EBB. It's smaller then a normal EBB so has less "throw" but weighs less. I don't change gear often so quite like the idea. You can have a normal bb or a larger EBB as well.

Sam - Member

Daffy

Sam, where did you get the Niner forks from?

singlespeed.nl

I got my kermit green Niner fork from Chevin Cyles at Otley.

brant - Member

M8's? Even better.

I remember one of my lecturers telling me an M8 bolt will hold 3 tons in tension (like that).

shaggy - Member

That one has Phil Wood half link EBB. It's smaller then a normal EBB so has less "throw" but weighs less. I don't change gear often so quite like the idea. You can have a normal bb or a larger EBB as well.

Thanks Shaggy, couldn't have put it better myself 😉

Nice frame but not sure about the Marmite forks.

🙂

shame I'm too much of a shortarse to fit one....

Can do custom sizing for a small upcharge...

Actually, I'm rather taken with the proto Ti Hummingbird in the window of Head For The Hills - makes much more sense for someone my size. Will Nevi be making some of those in the future, too?

Actually, I'm rather taken with the proto Ti Hummingbird in the window of Head For The Hills - makes much more sense for someone my size. Will Nevi be making some of those in the future, too?

Dan has decided now that he's seen the Italian ones he doesn't want the one he has in the window. So I will be doing a Nevi one for him. If you'd like to get on that boat as well drop me a line.

Sam

Just to add my two peneth first ride on my lovely Pegasus 😀 😀 😀
Very very nice (just waiting on the headbadge cos i am was so impatient to get the first pegasus)
And yes i know the seat is about the same hieght as the bars becuse i have shortish legs !!!!!!
Although a little positioning adjustment will take place over time.
What i can say is its light,nimble and just bloomin brill
Thanks Sam

I think the old swift may well sit and gather dust for quite some time.............and no its not for sale

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Niiice Jase, glad you like it! Probably worth a thread of its own rather than being tagged on here 🙂

Typical, innit? Just when you've given the missus the OK for new furniture, decorating and carpets, some bugger comes along with this sort of Ti loveliness. VERY nice. 🙁

what's the waiting time on these frames?

Edit, just re read the thread-February (which is ny birthday month!)

You'd need to get a deposit in shortly though RD.

Sam i have to say your bikes don't normally "do it" for me, but this looks great

That. Is. Bloody. Lovely. I really like the 9iner carbon forks, too. One of those, with a 650B wheelset, would be just about my perfect SS. All I need now is the money... 😥

what rims are they on the first picture (carbon ones)
I'm very interesed.
thanks
Bruce