Recommend a carbon 29er frame

[whitestone]

Hmm, <fast show>nice</fast show>. That continuous curved top tube/seat stay makes it look somewhat hipster.

[Karl]

Ian, I like the look of that. Plenty of room for a frame bag as well

Any experience, or just like the looks?

[FLV]

Just been looking at the pivot les. I like.

[Karl]

FLV, fancy doing a group buy on the Pivot Les

[whonickedmename]

If you'd like another Ramin I have a silly cheap nearly unused frame - Large but more like a Medium in other brands....see classifieds

[Karl]

Can you shrink it to a medium? Then I would, large is too big for me

[Justchris]

Can you shrink it to a medium? Then I would, large is too big for me

Put a slightly shorter stem and push your saddle forward a cm.

[FLV]

FLV, fancy doing a group buy on the Pivot Les

Mebbe. Cheaper than £1300 that they have a free born?

Large for moi

[Wotsits]

Just been looking at the pivot les. I like.

Really regret dithering over one of these when Wiggle were selling them off 'really cheap' a few months ago..

There was a full bike in large flavour on Pinkbike recently...

[MidgeMagnet]

The cube reaction gtc can be had frame only for €499, available in all sizes...

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/cube ... /wg_id-254

Think that'd work out at £370 for a carbon 1200 gram frame. No idea if they are any good like, but just stood out as I was browsing.

[Ian]

Ian, I like the look of that. Plenty of room for a frame bag as well

Any experience, or just like the looks?

None whatsoever, but if I was buying a carbon hard tail, it would be one of those. If it looks right, it probably is right

[Zippy]

The cube reaction gtc can be had frame only for €499, available in all sizes...

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/cube ... /wg_id-254

Think that'd work out at £370 for a carbon 1200 gram frame. No idea if they are any good like, but just stood out as I was browsing.

I had (well still have actually, but it's in frame only form right now) a 26er cube reaction gtc sl. First one in the country actually (2010)...

Anyway, it was blood lovely in terms of ride, geometry and a well built frame.

Thing is, it was/is carbon, and had/has super tight tolerances. I managed to wear through the frame riding bonty torchbearer 12 - just coz the crank iss so tight against the frame (this was back when triples were all the rage). Anyway, not necessarily a fault of the bike and not really a problem these days with double and single ring being the way most people go today, and in general a lovely bike. Just remember, carbon fibre is not well known for it's abrasion resistance! Anyway, it was a race bike with racing lightweightness... I still did the BB200 in 2013 on it though.


BB200 Setup by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

And in it's more natural environment:

Dalby (2011) by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

And this was how ended up protecting round by the BB/Crank...the factory protector plates weren't enough, and I wore through copter tape quite easily! Already been repaired once before that too...


FrameProtector by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

Yes slightly off topic due to wheel size, but the rest of the information is relevant

[Wotsits]

In medium-

http://www.wheelbase.co.uk/brands/inten ... -blue.html

[padonbike]

Chris Reeves, fascinating stuff with the Cube Reaction. I have one too and the stuck on OEM "protector" behind the chainrings on Drive chainstay fell off. I zipped tied a piece of rubber tube around the area but this wasn't totally satisfactory either. You're not commercialising your home made protection are you?
Notice you have aluminium outer cable housing for rear mech. What is the advantage of this over conventional cable, or is it just aesthetic?
Cheers

Philip

[Zippy]

Chris Reeves, fascinating stuff with the Cube Reaction. I have one too and the stuck on OEM "protector" behind the chainrings on Drive chainstay fell off. I zipped tied a piece of rubber tube around the area but this wasn't totally satisfactory either. You're not commercialising your home made protection are you?
Notice you have aluminium outer cable housing for rear mech. What is the advantage of this over conventional cable, or is it just aesthetic?
Cheers

Philip

No way I'd commercialise that frame protector! Far too time consuming....

Aluminium outer cable doo dah - just purchased because they are reasonable quality, full length inner which I like and makes threading through the inside of a frame quite easy, the modular length is easy and saves constant chopping of cables when fettling, and they're quite light + they do also look quite good! They do take a few goes to index though as each of the outer links has to compress up properly....