[Closed] Ragley Bigwig - Yes or No?

It would be nice if they could be bothered to update their website...

Hmmm. I love my BluePig X but wouldn't fancy losing any handling/manouvrability for throwing into corners and such, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Bigwig climbed better (HA, tyre contact patch etc).

I'm not enthused about the standard QR dropout or the bridged seatstay but a longer tube needs a bit more support.

I'd be keen to try one but imagine it to be more trail than the hooligan my BPX feels like; which is exactly what a lot of people are after! I reckon it'll be popular as long as Ragley doesn't drop the ball with quality control.

Real reviews and tests needed!

What are the odds it's bolted together right? My experience of far eastern Ragley QC/manufacturing was that it's awful, only 1 out of 3 was fit for sale and even it wasn't perfect. My american Ragley otoh is incredibly awesome 😉

Is there a Linsk where your Ragl should be Northwind?

I'm picking mine up on Monday so I'll post some pics when it's done & let you know, most importantly how it rides 🙂

Got two wigs, a pig and a piglet to build next week, initial impressions is that the frames are much nicer finished than last year. As a cheaper alternative to a TransAm29 or a Buzzard it looks like a winner.

initial thoughts:
http://plushhillcycles.co.uk/mtb-news/179-2013-ragley-first-thoughts.html

Ragley Bigwig, no.

Tamiya Bigwig on the other hand...

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I would love to see your bike shinsplints , and thanks guys, I've heard it's stupidly fast downhill and isn't bad at climbing so it seems like a win win

Will do mate will post when done

Sounds great, tell me how it rides

What spec have you got on it?

2 x 10 SLX/XT drivetrain
Reba RL Ti 120mm 20mm axle
Flows on Pro 2 Evos
KS dropper post
Sunline 762 bars, 50mm race face stem etc

Great spec

What tyres for wigs

Mr Hans Dampf on the front , Mr Nobby Nic on the back
Ennit

Si, Have you checked that a Hans Dampf will fit on the front?

The Reba's are not the most spacious fork and the Hans tyres are meant to be ma-hoosive?

A 2.4 Ardent wouldn't fit on my Reba teams. The new Revs have a few mm's extra clearance so everything fits a bit better.

Steve, yes mate it fits in fine, not acres of room but it will be ok

What time will you post the pictures?

Have you got any pics of your bigwig yet?

I can't link to them from this tablet but I've just posted some on my Flickr account if you search for shropshiresi you should find them 🙂

First impressions are its a nicely finished frame, paint seems good quality, only ridden it around the carpark so far as not had chance to get out so will post back when I've done so. I'll see how the 120mm fork goes for a while but will consider getting a set of the Crc Revs whilst they are cheap to keep as spares, then unspace (new word !) them to 140 😀

Hope this is ok shinsplints?

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What does it ride like?

No problem Clink, rubbish iPhone pics but at least we are keeping the world updated (unlike Ragley ) 🙄
Can you link to the one of the Headtube badge, it's nice 🙂

Pleasure.
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Cheers Clink, we should work for ragleys web department 🙄

😀

Between the three of us we are better than ragleys PR team, website and general advertising.

That's actually nice! Is that kinked top tube achieving anything? Looks like it gains you .001mm of top tube clearance in return for a wee bit of added ugly.

Lovely head badge! It is a badge, not just a sticker?

Kinked top tube is just radsik, no other reason.
Proper metal Headtube badge, adds to front end stability 😆

I like that.

I think I will have one coming my way very soon

Where could I order one online if I found it way too nice to resist? Purely hypothetically of course...

Plush Hill Cycles, Church Stretton. Tell them Simon sent you

Yep northwind it is a proper metal badge - got one on my American built Ragley (and no other badges/stickers) looks great. You can buy the badge from CRC.

Edit: you can't buy them from CRC - out of stock 🙁

I would not want to add the grams to my titanium ego-chariot But it is a lovely badge.

Good point - but then my ti ego chariot needed a couple of grams extra on the frame to balance its big tyres and dustbin lid size rotors 😀

Bigwig looks great to me (for a clown bike) 🙂

Clown Bikes do not exist anymore, the bike that dont look normal are 26"

shinsplints, guessing your Wig is the size 20"?

Has anyone built the 18" and have profile pictures in hand?

Whats with the bent chainstays? Ragley really know how to design an ugly looking frame.

Yes, mines a 20"
Pics show with a 120mm fork but just pulled the trigger on a 130mm Rev 🙂

Let me guess Tom, you ride an orange 5 ? 😆
Anyway, if anyone is actually interested in how it rides, it's superb. I expected it to be great downhill but it really surprised me on the climbs, goes uphill better than any other hard tail or full suss I've ridden. V pleased.

Had chance to ride it yet? What's it like? 😆

Look up there 😛

Wow, is weight an issue?

Me or the bike ? 😆
The bike, no. It flies. Weighs in at just under 30 lbs with pedals, not a mega lightweight but the wheels & tubeless set up spin up to speed nicely. Point it down anything & it comes alive.

shinsplints_thank you for your reply. Great to hear the Wig rides well for you. Good shot with those cheap 130mm RVL's 🙂
I'm 5'10" (178cm) and hesitating between getting 18" or waiting for the re-stock of 16". Owned the Blue Pig MK1 in 16 and the bike was great. However I just googled the picture of a fully build 16" and it looks silly small... perhaps I should go with 18", 50mm stem and I should be fine (?)
Any views or advice appreciated.

Thanks for the info

where are you based koval? If your in South Wales you can come and try my 16" out for size, i'm 5'9" but have short torso long legs so always get caught out on sizing, went 16" in the end , slightly short in the tt at 23" effective but it suits me

Shinsplints what does it climb like?

It climbed great with the 120mm fork, really surprised me
Don't know about the 140 yet 😆

[b]spev[/b], thanks for the offer but I'm based in London. Have long legs are monkey-long arms and ordered the 18" in the end - awaiting it's arrival. BTW I'm building this bike to be permanently taken abroad and use as my holiday machine (my origins are Polish Beskidy Mountains). For the XC action I'm riding 17" El Mariachi - the 18" Big Wig going to be 5mm longer on the TT so I should be fine.
Can you guys confirm the Big Wig has lower BB height than the average 29er?
Ta!

I'll measure to the floor tomorrow and post again ok

thanks [b]spev[/b] - it will be interesting to see whether the 'trail' geometry chart, which is based on 530mm A2C, says the true 🙂
[b]shinsplints[/b] - have you found your 130mm RVL being actually a 140mm travel? - that's what my pair of RL's from CRC reads.

@kovaldesign - they only turned up last night & I didn't think to measure them 😀
Did you buy the cheap £250 quid ones ? Rl'S ?

Looks like mine are 140mm too, happy days 😆

Sorry the conversation goes OT. Looks like the 130mm stated is a mistake. I'm concerned this might be a bit too much for me but as long as the BB won't be higher than 310-315mm sagged I will be a happy man 🙂

I have an e mail from ragley saying how much fun their bike is at 140mm so I'm not worried, the BB on mine at 120 was low & I did get pedal strikes. Just plugged the rev into mine, looks a hoot ! Pm me & I'll mail you a phone pic

Here is shinsplints bike with the new Revs
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Thanks Clink
If anyone is interested it climbs perfectly with the longer fork & descends as you'd expect 🙂

I have to agree with [b]shinsplints[/b], the bike looks and behaves fantastic with 140mm forks. My frame finally arrived and the assembly took 2 evening. It's a heavy beast, but is not a racing bike.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kovaldesign/8731415976/in/photostream/

NICE Koval ! Glad you feel the same about the longer fork. Did a 48k event on mine yesterday with 4200 ft of climbing & the front end didn't wander once !
Love mine, dropper post recommended. With the seat slammed it feels like a massive bmx !

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Good look bike

[b]z1ppy[/b] thank you for the comment and showing my photo (I had no clue how to do so, hence just the www link). [b]shinsplints[/b] Your long weekend ride and no complaints proofs the guys at Ragley (wondering if Brant is still involved) did well. This is my 3rd Ragley frame - I have big sentiment to [url= http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/4855850/ ]Blue Pig mk1[/url] and mixed feelings about Piglet Ti (I owned the wrong size).

EDIT: [b]shinsplints[/b] i'm hesitating from dropper post - credit card says no and putting additional weight on top of this 13.5kg tank seems wrong to me 🙂

Koval - don't worry about the weight, these bikes need a dropper post ! So much fun with the seat slammed !

[b]shinsplints[/b] i'll re-consider the dropper post after this summer. for now the project is finished and needs me to ride it hard 🙂

Bringing an old thread back to life.

5,8" rider looking at a Bigwig, i seem to be inbetween small and medium.

I wont use a stem longer than 70mm (60 ideally) and dont want 3 feet of seat-post.

Any of you guys care to comment - Oh, and how do you like the bike?!

Kovaldesign what size is you bike? And how tall are you?
This pic has made me want one!

Apparently these frames are quite new according to the STW news... 😯

If the bike is so good, and according to shinsplints (above) it is - why is he already selling it on the classifieds?

is he?
Maybe it's suddenly become too mainstream, now it's actually listed on Ragleys site?

[b]Rob1mitch[/b], my Wig is 18", I'm 178cm tall (5'10"). Frame fits me really well (similar geo to my 17" El Mariachi).

[b]crankrider[/b], at 5'8" I would consider the 16" Wig. I have owned the 16" Blue Pig before, rode it with 70mm stem and the bike felt great.

Hey Kovaldesuign - would you help me with something ?

Which Revelations are you running ?

The RL or RCT3 and how are you finding them.
I have RLT 26" but am looking at the 29's on CRC and would be interested in you experiences.
The RL's are listed as 130mm, if you got those, is that what they actually were ??

Cheers 🙂

[b]steel4real[/b], the RVL's RL from CRC are in fact 140mm, at least in my case. Really happy with them and although I like a top shelf components, sometimes I stick with the basic model.

kovaldesign - cheers for that 🙂

Hello again!
Seems like the topic is almost dead and no one is interested in riding the Wig since it went on sale on CRC 😉
Well, I'm still very excited about this bike and recently have upgraded it with Reverb seatpost as some people have suggested. I must say it makes the bike even more versatile and on my last 2-days mountain trip I couldn't get enough of it.
Cheers!!!
Here's the link to the recently taken photo (I can not work out how to upload the pics into ST forum):
https://picasaweb.google.com/107396504948877159056/BIKES?authkey=Gv1sRgCIGOm7Kg_JrMvgE#6026035240555787490

Here you go 🙂

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I’m loving mine.

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Tasty beast indeed. Is that a short cage Saint and the F34 up front?
Cheers all!
PS. Yetiman, thanks for uploading the photo.

There was a CRC rider kicking some serious ass at a local enduro on one of these last weekend. I think he won the elite category.

Glad to see this thread going again - gives me the opportunity to say 'me too'
Picked up one of these frames on the forum here earlier in the year and it's been great, including 120mile cross country weekend a few weeks ago. Not the fastest for that kind of riding, but perfectly acceptable and makes it a pretty practical all round machine.
Just need to point it down some decent downhill now.

Yetiman

Where was that 2nd photo taken?

Always been interested in the bigwig, lovely looking bike.