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frame only it's a bit cheaper than a SIR 9 so 'a bit cheaper than a SIR 9' would be my guess.

I do like that blue 🙂

Straight in a number 1 on my want list. FF29 anyone?

Get a ritchey p-29er instead. Failing that you wont be disapointed with an inbred at 100 quid. Minimal difference other than price.

That [b]is[/b] nice.

forexpipz - Member
you wont be disapointed with an inbred at 100 quid. Minimal difference other than price.

How can you possibly say?

Get a ritchey p-29er instead.

Completely different type of bike? am/trail v xc

Ooops. dint read it properly. Nikolai it is then. You can whack 800's on a 50mm with an inbred. Put some x-king 2.4 protections on and you have a beast.

As well as being a different type of bike entirely those P-29ers are, imho obviously, hideous.

tattoos = instant gnar to the power of psickness.
and they even say "sh!t" on their website.

must be a seriously bada$$ bike....however, like the mighty bikesnob of the bike apple, i must admit i am most certainly nonplussed.

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I like it, looks lush, but would rather have a singular buzzard or if i wanted proper mental a 2souls quaterhorse

Yelli Screamy geometry in proper steel and with an EBB ... what's not to like? (CEN exempt too, perhaps, so are they allowed to make a steel bike feel like steel?)

I'll take the grey.

It's nothing like the Ritchey .... which is also nice, but very different.

Taz, price aside, why do you prefer the Buzzard?

ridden niners and ridden singulars....both are ace, but i like the feel of Sams stuff that little bit more, just seems to work better for me. I certainly wouldn't be upset to have a niner, but for the cost give me a singular and I'll use the extra few hundred quid I've saved to get my pimp on

I'll use the extra few hundred quid I've saved to get my pimp on

because you know me clinky darling 😀

I'll stick with my QH ta.

Anyone noticed the XO1 groupset,now thats interesting!

Anyone noticed the XO1 groupset,now thats interesting!

Yes - [url= http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/06/03/niner-outs-sram-x01/ ]Bikerumor[/url] spotted a few X01 builds on Niner's website recently.

Shame it's quoting plain 4130 chro-mo instead of some posh Reynolds stuff, like the Sir 9. Not convinced personally.

Looks lovely but only obvious advantage over a Buzzard is easy SS-ability so I'm out

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can someone explain what "built tight" means?

What does this do that the Buzzard, Yelli, Honza and QH can't?
Big price tag with cheap tubing. Not interested.

Edit: The pictures of the riding are boring too. Looks like he's destroying a berm above.

Sam's Ti buzzard looked lush at mayhem at the weekend

Sam's Ti buzzard looked lush at mayhem at the weekend

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What does this do that the Buzzard, Yelli, Honza and QH can't?

You can get colour-matched forks.

* likes.

But then I'm a Ninerfanbouy.

There's also a new alloy Jet 9:

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ska-49 - Member
What does this do that the Buzzard, Yelli, Honza and QH can't?
Big price tag with cheap tubing. Not interested.

Edit: The pictures of the riding are boring too. Looks like he's destroying a berm above.

Take an EBB for one thing.

I'm sure it's nice and that but having recently tried to get hold of a Niner frame, it'll probably be some time next year before they're available over here. That seems to be the case with most Niner stuff from what I've found so far!

You can get colour-matched forks.

You can get the QH frame colour matched to your fork. 😆

I'll stick with my QH ta.

Considering one of these myself, how much did it cost inc. shipping & did u buy direct?

Regards,

Alan.

Oh, Ti Buzzard sounds interesting!

EBB? There's other ways of setting a frame up SS without the huge cost.

Alan.

You buy direct from the QH boys.
Price is on the website and delivery's around 20 or so euros.
Nice lads to deal with too.

Sure but EBB is nice and 'integrated'. But I find a tensioner works fine too.

I suspect Niner aren't expecting to sell too many over here, but had to do something about Canfield, Kona etc muscling in on their turf 'over there'.

Would quite like a go on one of those QHs, any mediums knocking about near Surrey, with an owner prepared to swap for a ride?

ska-49 - Member
Oh, Ti Buzzard sounds interesting!

EBB? There's other ways of setting a frame up SS without the huge cost.

There are. And in my experience they either look shit or actually are shit. An EBB is the only method I've tried which both looks ok and stops the wheel sliding forward under pressure.

I have and have had quite a few different sliders and EBB's and the sliders on the QH are by far the most secure method i've seen.
Every EBB i've had has creaked at some point. Though Jones has a good setup with the inside of the EBB shell machined out so the EBB unit only contacts the ends of the shell and doesn't "rock" as much.
These sliders have been solid so far.

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mattjg - Member

Sam's Ti buzzard looked lush at mayhem at the weekend

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prototype IIRC

Yeah, not really a fan of the look of that style of dropout, I looked quite closely at the QH's a while ago but they were what put me off. Same goes for the Honzo dropouts.

I also looked at the Buzzard but the geometry seems odd and without a test-ride I wouldn't like to risk it.

I did fancy a HX2 but couldn't get hold of one at the time due to progressive/chumba supply problems.

Yeah, not really a fan of the look of that style of dropout,

I have in the past been so enraged by creaky EBB's that the "style" of a dropout/slider doesn't even come into it as long as it doesn't creak. 😆

Technically it's not a ti buzzard, nor is it a Ti swift, it's somewhere between the two. It's got a shorter arse than the swift but much slacker angles. I think there are 3 protos in existence, I own one, its ace, no two ways about it. If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to have people ride it. We've also got a large buzzard demo for a direct comparison.

Horses for courses innit, I have to strip my niner down about once every 4 months to carbo-grip it and then it stays quiet for another 4 months but I'd have to see those dropouts every day!

Plus if I go to a 2 Niner "fleet" (sorry) I can then buy the niner branded riding clothing and not have to worry about making sure I'm riding the right bike for the shirts... 😉

Technically it's not a ti buzzard, nor is it a Ti swift, it's somewhere between the two.

Does it have an EBB like the Swift?

Looked great, Sam was motoring on it!

QH dropouts are a non-issue. They don't move or make any noise. Equally I have used On-one horizontal drop-outs for years with 1 drive-side chain tug - don't move at all.

Niner EBB on the other hand had a plethora of issues - it has whole threads on mtbr devoted to solutions (I know this is the new version).

Uh-oh thread descends into compare and contrast of SS chain tensioning techniques.

Mods!

Forget the Niner, I want a Ti Buzzard

Niner Schminer, buy a Swift and a Buzzard and still have change.