Josh0 Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Erm..... Yeah. NOT!!! http://forums.mtbr.c...9er-894136.html Heckler 2009, 222mm DHX 5, 1 X 9, Boxxer forks with the brace chopped out (dropped crown),.... tyres do not contact the seat tube or fork bottom crowni fell in love with it on the first ride http://ficdn.mtbr.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif... no more pedal strikes for me! http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/santa-cruz/860547d1389048427t-heckler-26-now-29er-santacruz29er.jpg...Not for the squeamish!!20mm bolt through and dual crown keeps it stiff ... http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/santa-cruz/860585d1389054581t-heckler-26-now-29er-69er9.jpg http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/santa-cruz/860586d1389054654t-heckler-26-now-29er-69er12x4.jpg AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! Make it STOP!!! Scariest sh!ze I have seen in years. Hope that guy has life insurance......he's gonna need it!
Skott5 Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 That must be one karking scary bike to ride .. never mind the fork flex, but that BB height will make you feel like you riding a uni cycle !
missionS Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 But, but having the BB so high enables him to lift the front wheel with ease
Iwan Kemp Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 But, but having the BB so high enables him to lift the front wheel with ease Churp of the day:"I did a conversion similar to this one time(but without the hacksaw). The BB was so high it was like I looking at the trail from Google Earth." missionS 1
Guest Omega Man Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Churp of the day:"I did a conversion similar to this one time(but without the hacksaw). The BB was so high it was like I looking at the trail from Google Earth."LMAO. I read that too. had me gagging on my coffee.
DJR Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Scariest sh!ze I have seen in years. Hope that guy has life insurance......he's gonna need it! he should have just bent the thing to get the head angle right - and he would have had a cool chopper to show for his efforts. Josh0 1
Brian Fantana Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Nicolai Catalogue: http://issuu.com/why_gbr/docs/n-katalog-2014-web# By looking at the level of detail and photography, it is easy to see that these guys are very passionate. ThePubSA 1
ThePubSA Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 I want to bloody build this peaty's is kiff Hairy and hayleyearth 2
missionS Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 he should have just bent the thing to get the head angle right - and he would have had a cool chopper to show for his efforts. Or he could just go moto on it and stick a 26 inch wheel in the rear
hayleyearth Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 I want to bloody build this peaty's is kiff I think there is space for this in my collection! Nice! ThePubSA 1
braailegend Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 SuperBike Double the trouble - the world’s first 650b enduro tandemNicolai Bikes Helius AC 650 tandemTotally custom, totally bling, totally unique –this is the world’s first 650b enduro tandem read what MountainBiking-UK says about it:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B__wT1IfSm0EUmRUMW5LRjVLZkVtX05HZ1VfTkZZVE03bE8w/edit IF YOU’VE BEEN riding the world’s best (and worst) mountain bikes as your day job for 17 years, then it’s always temptingto get something distinctly different for your spare time. Especially if it’s something you can take anyone down super-techy trails on. Our northern tested Guy Kesteven talks us through his new two-seater trail terrorist. Tailor-made twinThere are a few ready-made MTB tandems available for perverted pairs of riders but ‘off the peg’ just wasn’t going to cut it for thisproject. Having absolutely loved my utterly bombproof, never-missed-a-beat Nicolai Helius AM long-termer, I had no doubt aboutthe ultimate chassis creators either. Nicolai have built a few 26in-wheeled twins (one was used to race World Cup downhills with a blind stoker) and a couple of 29er hardtail tandems, but 650b wheels seemed the obvious choice – smoother rolling for stuff you can’t wheelie over, but still tough enough to take the huge stresses of turning, braking and ploughing though rocks under 150kg of bike and riders.Most tandems have short wheelbases for sharper turning, but that means they’re unstable and tuck-prone on steep descents or in loose corners. Instead, I wanted the maximum grip and stability of full on, 66.5-degree head angle enduro bike geometry. That meant working with Nicolai’s chief designer Moritz to create a unique custom frameset. Details were sorted, drawings signed off, the deposit paid and 10 weeks later – bang on time – the biggest frame box ever arrived. The sculpted head tube, outrageous keel gussets either side of the front bottom bracket, huge roof-tile welds and immaculate machining were stunning to look at, but reality didn’t start to hit until the build-up began. TandemaniaThe result is nothing short of incredible. A bare frame weight of 6.6kg (14.5lb) has translated into a 19.3kg (42.5lb) completebike. That’s less than 10kg per rider and even with two kilos of tyre, the carbon wheels mean this beast accelerates and climbs like it’s possessed. Given what a gruesome, grinding mess shifting two often unsynchronised engines can be, the X01 has been incredible too – silk smooth despite a 2m-long gear cable and effortlessly accurate even under serious twin turbo torque.The slack front end and relatively low BBs have created handling that’s far better balanced and more stable than I’d dared hope. Fast and Furious power slides and drifted corners are the default setting for singletrack, and it bunnyhops and drops pretty well too. The massive difference between unsprung (wheels, fork lowers, rear end, brakes) and sprung (front end, cranks, cockpits, riders) weight makes it slack-jaw smooth through seriously rough terrain. In fact, only the danger of sumping out stops this pedalled Panzer in its tracks. It popped its downhill singletrack Strava KOM cherry on its second serious ride, and with brakes burning and shocks bottoming regularly, it’s already the best testing tool and fundoubling freak machine I’ve ever ridden. c THE ESSENTIALS CNC’ED DETAILSNicolai’s detailing is outstanding. The deep-set head tube logo, drilled gussets, linkages, dropouts, eccentric front BB, chainstay yoke and cable guides are all made in-house RAW POWERNobody produces monster strength, monster sized welds like Nicolai and a raw, unpainted finish is the best way to properly showcase them. It takes away any worries about paint scratching too Mountain Biking PERFECT PIVOTSNicolai’s unique custom-machined synthetic bushings run on ceramic coated axles for maximum filth resistance and wobble free lifespan DOWNHILL DAMPERA RockShox Vivid Air DH shock with a monster 70mm stroke provides the control needed to float 150kg of rider and bike down the most radical trails. Twin shock positions deliver 128mm (5in) or 140mm (5.5in) of rear wheel travel SRAMtasticSRAM had been in on the project from the start, but herding two of every wishlist component on to this crazy all-mountain ark wasn’t simple and the last crate of cranks and chainrings arrived the day before this photoshoot. The kitlist is a proper abuse of power though. SRAM’s carbon ROAM 60 wheels are driven by a unique twin X01 drive system and stopped with Avid X9 Trail brakes. Power-assisted control comes from a 750mm Truvativ Jerome Clementz BlackBox bar and AKA stem. Twin RockShox Reverb Stealth posts hold Charge saddles with Hope seat collars, and a RockShox Vivid Air shock and Revelation fork (until a Pike arrives) give 150mm (5.9in) of front and 140mm (5.5in) of rear travel. Shimano pedals and Mavic’s new Crossmax Charge and Roam XL tyres complete the double Helius DNA. ONE BY 11, TIMES TWOTwin SRAM X01 chainrings on an X0 triple spider mean no grinding, chain-destroying front mech changes or special crossover cranksets. The X-Sync chainrings won’t let the chain drop, however rowdy the riding gets BEEFED UP BRAKESThe sculpted 142x12mm dropouts are configured for a 180mm rotor directmount brake to give serious stopping power. Replaceable inserts remove any worries about stripping the threads CUTTINGEDGE TECHIt says something about how tough SRAM reckon their new ROAM 60 carbon wheels and 11-speed drivetrains are that they didn’t hesitate to include them in their ultimate tandem
braailegend Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 No. Just. No. Lol, nicolai dont listen to comments, haha
ThePubSA Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p5pb10414287/p5pb10414287.jpg
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