[Closed] Newness from Enigma

V nice!!

Bit confused by this though.....

clearance for 38c tyres

Its a new standard, haven't you heard? 😀

There seems to be something odd going on with the saddle angle vs bar height in that picture.

Not sure what, maybe it's that once the forks are sagged the saddle will be pointing down slightly? Or that the bars seem to be quite high?

Nit picking I know, on what is a lovely looking bike

fair amount of BB drop, too.

they do make a nice looking frame, though 🙂

There seems to be something odd [s]going on with the saddle angle vs bar height[/s] in that picture.

Doesn't strike me as being as good looking as their previous offerings. ❓

I think posting on here has squashed the horizontal slightly, it looks better on the site.

I'm a great fan of Enigma and I like the idea of a UK based (I didn't say built!) Ti frame but I wonder what level of ride testing etc went into it. I have this slight suspicion that there forte is road and the mtb is not their strength.

That is a very ordinary looking frame. It probably looks better in real life I imagine.

Hmm. No 26er listed on the website now. Does tha mean I own my first retrobike? 😀

I think posting on here has squashed the horizontal slightly, it looks better on the site.

Nah, reckon it's the wrong sized wheels 😉

Still looks 'odd' on their website too.

Agh, was expecting some french electronic music!

good to see a uk custom frame builder adopting a decent wheel size though

i approached a wellknown rohloff frame builder about building a 29er a few years back - 2008 infact- i wanted a carbon copy of my gary fisher with rohloff capibility

not interested as "29ers are a fad" depsite the fact id been riding one since 2004.

I'm building myself a 29er at the moment 😉

Inline seatpost and saddle shoved far forward on the rails even for publicity shots?

Saw it at the cycle show, truly stunning build quality.

Shame they didn't pay much attention to detail on things like tyre clearance (a 2" tyre had no mud room to speak of), the seat angle is a bit slack and the BB is probably a bit low even for a 29er.

That said, I suppose for a bit extra you can have totally custom geometry (and presumably some tyre clearance)...

EDIT: it just made me want a Kinesis Sync Ti even more to be fair!

it wasnt you ben - bit bigger than kinetics operation i think 😉

I went to the open day and saw it in the flesh, it's a lovely bike, faultless build quality, I went for the Kinesis Sync Ti, it ticked all the boxes and more to be honest, this book looks interesting [url= http://enigmabikes.myshopify.com/collections/misc/products/73-degrees-volume-one ]73 degrees[/url].

faultless build quality

What does that mean? Ti has a nasty habit of cracking at poor quality welds, but you'd never be able to whether they were dodgy by eye.

Must be Monday - so many people with their glasses half empty today 🙁

THAT. Is the first ever Enigma I can say I've ever truly liked.

Nice. 8)

The 26er wasn't bad, not that I'm biased....

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Oooohh... I hadn't seen that one before ^ 😆

I thought Enigma was all about noodly steel, fragile looking paint jobs and uber nicheness.

Didn't realise it was simply a case of pick two (the uber nicheness not being optional).

Edit: Having checked their website - I think I may be getting all mixed up with Singular 😳

Lol!

Although you do have a point, they are much more extensive in road frames/bikes than they are MTB.

faultless build quality
What does that mean? Ti has a nasty habit of cracking at poor quality welds, but you'd never be able to whether they were dodgy by eye.

Ok, but the welds were as good if not better than any I've seen before, and all the little details (cable stops, tube bends etc) were superb too. Just like I said, shame about lack of tyre clearance, on that note the Kinesis Sync has a big advantage!

Does it come in 650b 🙂

[quote=mboy ] Just like I said, shame about lack of tyre clearance,
So 38C might be accurate after all?

Does it come in 650b

Yep i'm a shorty. Currently got one of their Ego Ti's.