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Hi all,
Considering buying a frame and building one up here in Malaysia, does anyone have one and how is it? Any issues?
Cheers
Shiny
Well, Mick Hall won the Tour Divide on one. 🙂
But, some of those Chinese carbon frames look remarkably similar.
But a lot cheaper... 😉
^^^ go on
I tried one out in the summer courtesy of Upgrade bikes demo day.
It simply blew me away and I want one (with a dropper). One bike to rule them all? This would be my choice.
I believe it's a sub kilo frame and is massive in the downtube/BB area to minimise flex under peddling load.
I leaned the bike over and bounced on a peddle. Christ! It really was incredibly stiff.
Most importantly though it was orange. 🙂
Had a look at some at 24/12 this year. They're lovely looking bikes and from what a few riders were saying there're great frames.
I'll be seriously considering one when I decide to upgrade the HT frame.
Thanks all, it does seem well built and very solid. I have had a inner air 9c and that was not so good, quite poor quality. The solar orange is very nice. I have also seen the new 27.5 frame but have a Bronson for that..
Maybe time to bit the bullet. Out here it cost about £1200.
Decisions decisions...
It simply blew me away and I want one (with a dropper). One bike to rule them all? This would be my choice.
If you run a 1x drivetrain, then you can run a stealth post with routing through a gear cable port.
Really incredible bike, uphill and down.
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Out here it cost about £1200.
If they were that price here in the UK I'd have had one in the garage by now 😀
some of those Chinese carbon frames look remarkably similar.
Can't say I've seen any with the rear stays like those in the picture above. Any links?
I bought mine as a team race bike at the start of last year. My original intention was to run it alongside the anthem that I had at the time as a race day bike and maybe a rigid SS over the winter. However it turned out to be so much fun to ride that I ended up doing all my riding on it and selling the anthem...
As Matt suggests above I set mine up 1x10 and am running a stealth reverb. I can't recommend this set-up enough. Most of my riding is xc/endurance but I've also taken it to trail centres and to the Pyrenees and it's always been great!
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Superb, Cheers all, much appreciated.
Have ordered the orange frame! Cannot wait!
Cheers
Shiny