Tripster ATR finally built up - lush!

Hmm, "buy now" may have just been clicked...
Wine and stress are a terrible combination!

Oh wells.....

DrP

Hmm, "buy now" may have just been clicked...
Wine and stress are a terrible combination!

Oh wells.....

DrP

Money well spent.. you wont be sorry

DrP - you will [b]NOT[/b] regret it. I headed out for a couple of hours on mine this afternoon, managing to dodge the rain. Batted along on some supersmooth new tarmac on an A road, then took to the lanes, flew (relatively speaking for me) up a few sharp hills, mega stable on some long, loose descents... Put a grin on my face - and that counts for [b]a lot[/b].

The type of ride it seems most suited to is a 'follow your nose' ride, taking you where you fancy.

looking forward to our new office move - i've been lucky to work on my doorstep for the last 4 years but a move means a nice 25km commute on the bike each way in a months time mixed with fire road and forest....... hence the Tripster ATR 🙂

Most folk complain about an increased commuting distance but i guess your commute will be kinda different to the normal stuck in traffic commute that so many sad folk put up with 😀

[i]The type of ride it seems most suited to is a 'follow your nose' ride, taking you where you fancy.[/i]

Absolutely spot on (as has already been said)

Some folk may recognise this trail, the descent down to An Lochan Uaine (the green loch) nr to the Ryvoan Pass up in the cairngorms, i didn't make it all the way down on the bike but i made a damn good attempt with my arse firmly planted on the rear rack, i did end up in the heather at multiple points 😀

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Heads off to google what chapeau is in Scottish... 😉

Just to add an extra option on the tyre front. I've found the Landcruisers 40mm a really good choice for mixed road and South Downs type terrain. Bit heavier than most but excellent traction, fast and puncture resistant. Cheap also.
Ridden the ATR round Stanmer on these, though was pushing my luck on a couple of occasions!

i've ordered a pair of Gravel King 28c to commute on - i'll attempt the fire roads through the forests on the way home once it arrives.

all i have to do now is design some extended commutes home through forest and back roads 🙂

#gettingexcited !

I wish people would stop bringing this thread back to the top. I'm struggling to ignore it. My pro6 has been great, but the ATR is so tempting.

lol - i'm really looking forward to getting it - a superb replacement for my venerable tricross comp.

Righto....
12th July...big ride ahoy....

Come on, let's have a proper tripster love in!
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DrP

So you don't need to try mine for size tomorrow night then DrP!

Arrrghh just seen this thread reprised 🙁 Have fancied a Tripster ever since this thread was opened. So currently ride a 60cm Croix de Fer.

My Cdf is 60cm CTT Seat tube 57.5cm CTC ETT. If any thing with an inline seatpost and 70mm stem I find it a bit long but that might just be my mtb attuned, un stretched old back. Still have a fair bit of seatpost showing though

ATR is
60cm CTT Seat & 58.5 CTC ETT
57cm CTT Seat & 57 CTC ETT

Decisions decisions 😕 Thoughts anyone please?

Thoughts anyone please?

Sell the cdf.. buy the tripster.

Yup got that - good advice. Now....about the size thing 😀

Jim, I still do please! After 6 you say?
Will need to call them to 100% confirm which size they should order!

DrP

I finish at six, but won't be back till seven, but we've booked in at the gym till nine.

If you come round for seven you can take it out for a couple of hours, I'll be home just after nine.

Any more pics available to help us through this week before delivery please folks ???

Here you go, TLR - seeing as it's a Monday: Tripster ATR in 'light touring' mode. The Topeak seatclamp rack is a hangover from an old bike that didn't have rack mounts, but it actually works very well for that type of riding. This was last summer's two dayer around the Cheshire Cycleway loop (Route 70). A fantastic 180 mile mix of quiet lanes and a few gravel sections out on the Wirral and near Alsager.

Bike shown with the old wheels (Halo Aerotracks on Novatec hubs) running 28mm Conti 4 Seasons tyres.

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how do the 28c tyres cope with fire road style surfaces GTTH ?

It would appear that via great friends in the know, and a well resourced local bike shop, I have some titanium loveliness in a work stand being gently stroked into a full bike build as we speak.....

DrP am excite....

Great news! I am in no rush for mine just yet, still need to get some bits for it. Trying to decide if i can justify the Ti Tubus Fly rack...

DrP - what's the spec ?

Arrrrgh...... must resist :o(

This is the one bike I really want, I'm never going to race, it`ll keep up on a sunday club run and be all day comfortable and that freeborn deal is superb

I`d need to sell my Full Carbon Cube first to get it though, and probably a few others to justify it too

Drp what size did you go for? I am 5ft10 but torn between the 54 and 57. Freeborn suggest the 54 but size guide puts me on a 57 just. My thought is to go for 54 as can always get a lay back post and longer stem if needed. It's going to be used primarily as a commuter through forest on track and road and touring on longer rides (3hrs plus).

Hmmmm any thoughts anyone? Does anyone happen to have one near swinley forest that would not mind me swinging a leg over?

Cheers!

Buzz : The tubus fly rack is a thing of beauty and it's a perfect match for the tripster, forgive my bad analogy but the Tripster to me sums up the Idea of [i]Fast & Light over any terrain"[/i] and the Tubus Fly rack with a set of Ortelib Front Roller panniers is a perfect combination.

I can carry enough kit in the front roller panniers to do a 3 or 4 day camping tour, my [url= http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/shelters-1/WF113.html ]Lunar Solo[/url] tent fits on the top of the rack along with my [url= http://www.columbia.com/Moonstone™-32-Goose-Down-Mummy-Sleeping-Bag-(Regular)/UU9870_R,default,pd.html ]Columbus Moonstone [/url] sleeping bag which packs down teeny, leaves plenty of room in the Panniers for my other kit, Ti stove/pans of course 😉

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I wouldn't go much bigger than the Front rollers on the tubus fly.

TLR... I went for the standard build (as per kinesis website). Got the 54 and seems to be a great fit. Haven't been out properly yet, buy can tell it fits well. Will need to cut the steerer and drop the bars as I like it to have quite a drop, but will get a few 00 miles in first!

It from South Downs Bikes in the end as they did me a great deal, and the owner drove to upgrade to get the kit for me today!

Also, built up by hummerlicious' fair hand too!

Though he did put the left bar tape on the right...

DrP

Now somafunk, I believe there is another bike of yours you've not mentioned. Recently fixed up by a good gentleman in Glasgow, blue in colour. What the hell has happened to the SoulCraft god damn it.

DrP.. you need a hand cutting that steerer? Im pretty quick with a saw and why bother with a tape 😆

*see my steerer cutting balls up thread

The Soulcraft is currently hanging on the bedroom wall as it's gonna cost me a couple of thousand to build it up so it's on the back burner for now, all my cash this year has been thrown towards my Mk2 Golf, it's just had new inner sills/outer sills both sides, door skins both sides, 4 inner and outer arches, full rear panel round light cluster, rear valence, front valence and new bumpers and plastics all round - at some point this week i'll get to work with body filler on the various joins etc then it's off to paint followed by even more cash thrown at it for all new window and door seals - the 16v cylinder head is getting ported/flowed at the moment and i have a new clutch and Quaife diff to fit along with an overhaul of the gearbox.

I managed to source all genuine VW panels for it but they came from all over Europe at significant expense so you can imagine i have been living off scavenged food all this year, and will be for the foreseeable future.

I'm afraid the Soulcraft is gonna have to wait till i can save the cash to do it justice, i thought about swapping all the stuff from my Cove Hummer over but i don't want to go down the road of cannibalising bikes for parts as that will upset the Cove, she'd go into a permanent huff 😀

TLR - sorry for the delay - work got in the way... but it's commute day tomorrow, so all good 🙂 Anyway - the 28s are fine on fireroads, even at a relatively high pressure (95-100psi). I really should get some proper cross tyres on it and have a decent play offroad... I've got 25c Gatorskins on there at the moment and I think I'm going to push the button on some new 28c 4 Seasons.

Unless anyone's got any alternatives? 28 - 32c, light, longlasting, grippy, puncture resistant. Unicorn tears?

Doncorleoni - have a look at the pics of my 54cm, set up for me at 5' 11" and a 31" leg. There's a 90mm stem on it and it's great for everything from batting around for an hour or all day runs. I too 'should' be on a 57 according to the size chart, but am very glad I'm on the 54.

Boooooooo 🙁

I can donate a silver hope headset to a good cause.

puncture resistant. Unicorn tears

They're a bit like flint, are unicorns.

Hit them at the wrong angle and even with the toughest sidewall, you're probably going to be walking home.

😆

I very much like the idea of puncture resistant unicorn tears. Maybe we can take the idea to Continental? Suspect they'd look similar to a GP4000S but be gossamer light and probably only available in pearlescent white.

I've ordered some gravel king 28c from panaracer as a substitute for the wtb cross wolfs.

Why did people mention Freeborn? I really didn't to see those prices!

@somafunk This is my equilibrium with a tortec velocity rack and front rollers, would like a better rack than the velocity, will go with a tubus fly but not sure i can afford the Ti version yet.

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I have some 28c GP 4Seasons on it now which will be going on the tripster. Need to buy some new guards, chromoplastics are the obvious but does anyone else have any suggestions?

Also did anyone get this mount with theirs? Ive seen it in a few reviews:

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Dr P, the tape was the only thing I didn't do!

Now, get out on it, that was a stressful afternoon 😉

I love the fact this thread is still going! Going to post another picture for the hell of it cause I just got in from another great ride.

Size-wise at 5'10 the 54 fits really well with a 90mm stem and slight lay back post.

Would be really interested to know if anyone has an ice tech rotor/ TRP spyre combination? Still some weird slight judder going on with the braking that I haven't been able to sort out.

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Arg. How is it I now "need" one of these? 😀

I have said for a while that the only thing that would have me selling the Peregrine is a more refined version of the same thing. This is close...

Jim - Took it for a quick 4 mile sprint along the Ilex and coastal paths!!!
'twas nice!

Just a bit of shifting 'this' a few mm up, and 'that' a few mm down, and I'll be done.

Might give couldnine a shout to cut my steerer - he seems to know what he's up to.....

DrP

I'll badger Napalm to post a pic of his.

It's jaw droppingly pretty!

nedrapier I thought the same thing about my Peregrine and sold it when I got the ATR. Haven't regretted it for a second!

Rusty Mac : I've got as far as buying a King TI headset for it (gotta feed my Ti fetish) , next item that'll be purchased is a set of [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ritchey-pro-mountain-3k-carbon-mtb-fork-2014/rp-prod54964 ]Ritchey Pro rigid forks[/url] or maybe i'll ask Sean @ soulcraft to build me a set of forks for it, then a suitable set of carbon wheels etc…bit by bit/part by part it will come alive 😀

Terry didn't want the headset either, he has gone all 44mm semi-integrated for his latest creation.

Just ride it around for a month, then decide where you want the stem and we can cut it down when we do the first service

Oh yeah... saves me getting the steerer cutting tools out..
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DrP

c'mon drp - pics and opinion ? ! ?

nedrapier I thought the same thing about my Peregrine and sold it when I got the ATR. Haven't regretted it for a second!

Really?! Arg again...

What are the biggest tyres you can get in there?

Pfff.

I don't need one of these! I never think "I wish I was on something slightly more refined" when I'm riding it. Just when I'm sat on my computer, looking at pretty pictures.

"I don't need one of these..."

Great looking bike....that freeborn price seems a steal! I'm loving my 931 Croix de Fer, which I was comparing to the Tripster and it was a heads or tails thing, though I couldn't find any little ones around in the ATR and the only CdF's in 931 were the little uns....52cm, yes please, decision made (oh, that and a £250 trade in for a rusty framed thing with Evans, sealed the deal,)....and Like the OP, I think these bikes are the best of a 'type' so practical, so much fun and just beg to be ridden....who needs paint on a frame....;)?

Red

Must post up pics!

Did the c2c sportive on mine at the weekend on 28c contis. It flew!

Just put the 32c small blocks back on this evening to do the Dorset gravel dash route. Still looks better with the small blocks in my opinion.

Can't rate this bike highly enough.

So....

Took it for a brief 4 mile spin the day I got it - kind of 'road bike fast' over, erm, road, and gravel... Seems oddly comfortable over the slightly rough stuff - fire tracks etc. you wouldn't think a skinny tired rigid should be this comfortable - certainly more so than my other similar bike made of alu (though that has carbon forks too....)

Went for a 35 miler last night - 'twas lovely! Great mix of road, hills, fire track, and dirt track.
This thing just FLIES over the fire track stuff...literally noon along the Tarmac at 20mph....then simply divert onto the dirt and keep up the speed!

I did get my teeth shaken out taking a rooty steep descent - it's completely possible to ride this everywhere, though don't forget it's NOT a fat tyre mtb....!!

I'm nursing a back/chest injury, so did end up getting an achey torso - not the bike, just injury!

I'll stick up some pictures of the lovely sussex countryside - I just felt like a kid again last night...racing up the road, along the dirt, through the grass!!

Lovely bike!

DrP

This is a great thread. I'll look out for you when I'm back in Shoreham next week visiting my folks.

Some brief pics..
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Fresh from South Downs Bikes

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Last night's ride!!

Lovely jubbly!

DrP

Stunning looking bike, that deserves two Ti King cages 🙂 I pinched the idea from @SouthDownsMTB for my Sync. Kinesis really are producing some awesome bikes, more to come.

Hmm..though Ti cages look lovely and are 'reet bling', I'm not sure the 12gm weight saving can really justify the 1000% price increase over alu!
We'll see though!

DrP

drp - how do the WTB Crosswolfs perfom on road - super draggy ?

how do the WTB Crosswolfs perfom on road - super draggy ?

Not as fast as 25 conti gatorskins, but seem fast enough I suppose.
it's a halfway house - great on road will be naff off, etc etc.
They're good enough!

DrP

Well I seem to have sold my carbon road bike and a langster, so I better get on the phone tomorrow and order one of these 😀

Would be really interested to know if anyone has an ice tech rotor/ TRP spyre combination? Still some weird slight judder going on with the braking that I haven't been able to sort out.

FWIW. I had judder on my Spyres on a CdF. Bit of copper grease on the back of the pads sorted it.

Tom at Feeborn is finalising my build - Top man and top service from Freeborn 🙂

Should be mine tomorrow 🙂

the_lecht_rocks - Member

Tom at Feeborn is finalising my build - Top man and top service from Freeborn

Should be mine tomorrow

What was the turnaround time on that then ? from order to delivery ?
(Just trying to get an Idea that's all)

What wheels are you guys running on yours?? Im looking for a new wheelset to upgrade my open pros on hope hubs. Not sure whether to buy a carbon set for the road and the kinesis cx set for off..

To all Tripster ATR riders and potential Tripster ATR riders who have posted here, THANKS!

I can't tell you how fantastic it is to hear feedback like this and see your rides and builds.

When I came up with the concept for this bike, I really didn't want it to be seen as a 'posh CX bike', I REALLY wanted people to understand the spirit of the design and I was hoping it would inspire you into planning new adventures and getting excited about building your perfect bike which could change and evolve with new idea's, seasons and journeys.

This comment from DrP sums it up perfectly > [i]"I just felt like a kid again last night...racing up the road, along the dirt, through the grass!!

Lovely bike!"[/i]

Apologies for not replying to individual posts and thanks again for getting behind the brand. Big grin on my face here : D

i'm considering a pair of Reynolds Assualt SLG 41mm carbon discs for road and will use the Kinesis CX's through the winter.

turnaround was a week but only as the stock wasn't in the UK when I ordered. pretty good IMHO !

Working on a LTD edition #ClubATR T shirt for ATR owners. I'll post on here + @Kinesis_UK and site with instructions for getting hold of one.

hey Dom - the thanks lays at your doorstep. you created and birthed this machine.

i will still continue to use my carbon road machine on a weekend but for commuting, which includes road, gravel and forest trail, i couldn't find another machine that could do EVERYTHING I needed - the tripster does 🙂

whoop - email from Freeborn - It's shipped !!!!!!!!!!! 😛 😆

Hey the_lecht_rocks Great to hear, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Keep in touch.

[b][i]#Club ATR[/i][/b] shirt shirt sounds like a great idea Dom, make it a relaxed fit please and subtle colour schemes, i ain't no skinny racing snake anymore being on the wrong side of 40 and all that.

Looking forward to it, As the ATR is a do-it-all bike what additional features will the shirt have?, 😉

what additional features will the shirt have?

An integrated Ti moob bra and removable corset

My bank manager has kindly asked for this post to die please .....

An integrated Ti moob bra and removable corset

Ha..Ha... 😀 I'm not quite at that stage yet as i'm only 11.5 stone but i'd like to get back under 11stone, whether or not that will happen is another matter but vertical stripes (if any) on the jersey may fool me into believing i can still wear lycra.

Working on a LTD edition #ClubATR T shirt for ATR owners. I'll post on here + @Kinesis_UK and site with instructions for getting hold of one.

Excellent. I'll have to get one to go along with the Porsche keyring I have to make the laydeez thing I am not such a loser.

*clicks on freeborn site*

*counts pennies*

Hey Dom, can you work on a LTD edition #ClubSYNC T shirt too 😉

I'm kidding, more than happy with my mug 😀

Been looking at the Grandfondo Ti on freeborn's site, looks like just what I want (don't need disks or racks etc), just not sure about sizing, 6ft 1in (185cm) with short inseam (33in) puts me right on the boundary between the 57 and the 60cm. Tried emailing Kinesis for advice a few days ago... but no reply...

Anyone here tried one for size?

What a great thread as I've just been finalising my ATR build today with my local shop and now I can't wait to get out and ride it, but I still have a few weeks to wait....Arrrrrrr I've been waiting for the hubs to become available. I went for a full Ultegra 6800 build with spyre SLC and American Classic 130/225 hubs, son archetype (Grey) with 28h CX-Ray. It's being built for long Audax and gravel esc rides. My wife already knows I have my eyes on the Trans Iowa and the transcontinental. It's going to be a long few weeks. 🙄

DomMason - Member

To all Tripster ATR riders and potential Tripster ATR riders who have posted here, THANKS!

I can't tell you how fantastic it is to hear feedback like this and see your rides and builds.

When I came up with the concept for this bike, I really didn't want it to be seen as a 'posh CX bike', I REALLY wanted people to understand the spirit of the design and I was hoping it would inspire you into planning new adventures and getting excited about building your perfect bike which could change and evolve with new idea's, seasons and journeys.

I`ve always "Got it" from the time I first saw it, then I had the chance to see one and Chat to someone on the stand at the Bike weekend at Holkham Hall, which confirmed it would be my next bike.

Then I was given notice that I was being stood down from work for a bit (Last day tomorrow) this thread came up and I thought now is the time to sell the roadbike and buy / build the one of these to enjoy the time off work by riding and exploring on a new bike 😀

Not pushed the button with Freeborn yet as I want to see what my LBS can do when the boss is back in Tomorrow, but I am having one of these regardless !!!

I cant wait !!