On-One Rango - It was just a matter of time.

[Bearbonesnorm]

I suppose this was always on the cards, although it happened a little sooner than I imagined. Only full bikes listed so far but I'm sure frames will be along some time.

[johnnystorm]

They had one marked "prototype" at one of the bike expos. More of a surprise they took this long to get it to market.

*edit* 10 months ago! Perhaps this will have the correct size seatpost!

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic ... -prototype

[jam bo]

Did they steal that from shand...

[johnnystorm]

Did they steal that from shand...

But hard to steal something that they showed off first!

Anyway, similar, but not the same:

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[mountainbaker]

Gonna buy one, then send it to shand for a respray in "guacamole vomit green".

[Mariner]

Stealth dropper routeing

Thats a very good description of what the Gulls do in 'substandard ally' here in Sidmouth.
And thats their spelling not mine.

[johnnystorm]

Stealth dropper routeing

Thats a very good description of what the Gulls do in 'substandard ally' here in Sidmouth.
And thats their spelling not mine.

You can pinch their spare "e" and pop in in your ally

[GregMay]

Have a full stop Nigel _._ you missed yours.

[mountainbaker]

chainstays aren't that short considering that's the whole pint of e-stays on this design?

Also, the chainstays vary in length by 100mm between small and large. Seems weird.

[Mariner]

[quote="mountainbaker"]chainstays aren't that short considering that's the whole pint of e-stays on this design?

Have you been drinking?

[mountainbaker]

Short for 29+ yes. Sorry.

[padonbike]

I remember Mike Kloser's Alpine Stars bike debuting that raised chainstay design at Aviemore 1989. The first time around ....

[fatbikephil]

Them were days....Oval rings, e-stays, rigid bikes.... folks will be wearing fluoro coloured lycra any day now

[jay91]

folks will be wearing fluoro coloured fox kit at any trail centre:mrgreen:

[DrMekon]

"Our bikes are designed, tested and assembled in Yorkshire. Every model is put through its paces across the toughest road or off-road routes that the Peak District has to offer. Just like us, they are Yorkshire Born and Bred" seems a stretch. Designed in Wisconsin, copied in Shenzen, assembled in Yorkshire would seem closer to the mark.

Of the clones, I think the Workswell is the most interesting, given the two position rear end, the option of a front mech, and the BB options.

http://www.workswellbikes.com/web/view/161.html

I've got ICAN forks on my Stache, because it was the first copy out, and I wanted some rigid carbon boost forks for last year's BB200. I don't think their clone is the ugliest

[Pyro]

I remember Mike Kloser's Alpine Stars bike debuting that raised chainstay design at Aviemore 1989. The first time around ....

I shared a room with him in Alaska last year. He snores.

All of these variants - Trek, On-One, Shand etc - all look a bit 'meh' to me.

[mountainbaker]

Just ended up here http://www.shandcycles.com/bikes/oykel/

Interesting that they have removed some text that was along the lines of "We had extended input in the design of the frame with our manufacturing parters" or something like that.

a grand for an ebay frame. muppet tax.

* posting here as the mods have closed the original thread.

[Pyro]

Just realised, looking closer at these, there's no way to run a front mech?

I'm definitely oot then. (Not that I was ever really 'in' in the first place...)

[Bearbonesnorm]

a grand for an ebay frame. muppet tax.

Tax? Wouldn't that imply that it's something imposed rather than an independent decision as to whether or not to spend the money?

[mountainbaker]

Tax? Wouldn't that imply that it's something imposed rather than an independent decision as to whether or not to spend the money?

Ha! Tho anyone who buys that has money to burn, clearly.

[JohnClimber]

Not a new idea though.

[ton]

got to be honest.........it is bloody horrible. i really dont understand the elevated on one side thing. and having the chainset hung on a stump makes the build pretty flexy....imho
i rode a trek stache, when stood riding out of the saddle, the flex caused the tyre to rub the frame each pedal stroke. and i wont mention the shand monstrosity.
not for me i am afraid.

[Dan_K]

got to be honest.........it is bloody horrible. i really dont understand the elevated on one side thing. and having the chainset hung on a stump makes the build pretty flexy....imho
i rode a trek stache, when stood riding out of the saddle, the flex caused the tyre to rub the frame each pedal stroke. and i wont mention the shand monstrosity.
not for me i am afraid.

How you getting on with your Jones Ton?

[ton]

How you getting on with your Jones Ton?

ahah, you mean my own monstrosity. i was getting on fantastically with it. if you listen to Jeff talking about it, it does what he say's. and 29+ is a obvious benefit for really big blokes.
but i wont be on it for 10 or so weeks.

2016-08-17_08-57-23 by 20ston, on Flickr


got a fused ankle as my lastest health problem, i think my body wants me to stop using it for sport/excercise............

[fatbikephil]

Not a new idea though.

And there were plenty of similar monstrosities around at the time. I seem too remember the problems with them were many and varied and after a brief period of the rags expounding the virtues they suddenly dropped them like the dead donkeys they were.... Which makes it somewhat baffling that they've made an appearance again. Lack of stiffness, structural discontinuity, pointlessness - all for the sake of slightly shorter chainstays despite the fact that longer chainstays aren't actually a problem....