Volcan who?

[The Ouzo]

19 minutes ago, dasilvarsa said:

Bikes Seem to be all 17 inch The Salesman was not very Sharp

Disks are 160 mm, It's a 10 Speed High Range Could not find a Label on the Cassette.

Air Fork With Multi Click up to Full Lock, 

I think it's Worth the 10 G's

Plenty stock According to the Salesman

 

 

did you manage to pick the bike up at all ? whats the weight like ?

[dasilvarsa]

4 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

did you manage to pick the bike up at all ? whats the weight like ?

It Felt Light Compared to my Big Nine (Did Not Have a Scale)

Fork Could be Manitou but not 100% sure.

 

[Danger Dassie]

3 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

did you manage to pick the bike up at all ? whats the weight like ?

Anchor, 13kg about

[dasilvarsa]

3 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Anchor, 13kg about

Not Really ! It's Alloy small Pipe Construction.

Someone Needs to Go to Makro with a Scale. 

I might go back to buy another Stand Soon but the Scale I don't have.

[Danger Dassie]

23 hours ago, splat said:From the grainy picture, I see that Fox Factory forks are included (Kashima)
🤣

Nope, white label air fork. Almost identical to what is specced on the Marvel hardtails through MoreCorp/CycleLab.

[Danger Dassie]

1 minute ago, dasilvarsa said:

Not Really ! It's Alloy small Pipe Construction.

Someone Needs to Go to Makro with a Scale. 

I might go back to buy another Stand Soon but the Scale I don't have.

Ok

[Jono]

3 minutes ago, dasilvarsa said:

Not Really ! It's Alloy small Pipe Construction.

Someone Needs to Go to Makro with a Scale. 

I might go back to buy another Stand Soon but the Scale I don't have.

makro sells scales

[dasilvarsa]

4 minutes ago, Jono said:

makro sells scales

There's A Plan

The Stand Works Lekker for Cleaning Chain and is quite Sturdy for the ZAR's My Merida 120 is Sleeping on it Now.

[Jono]

I can't imagine someone buying this bike is too fussed about weight

[BaGearA]

15 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Anchor, 13kg about

Makes me fell very .... about my 16.2 kg full carbon bike

[dasilvarsa]

It's QR of Course. Non Boost I guess.

Like to Know What Cassette is That.

When Playing with the Bike I felt that I would not be Scared of buying it.

Wheels Spin Nicely FREE with a Nice Click on the Rear.

Gear Change was Smooth as Far As I could Check with Limited exposure.

[Danger Dassie]

Some historical context and random info; Volcan were launched as a ‘Swiss’ (Saffer) brand under Evolution Cycles. Who were also the Cervelo agents at the time. CycleLab/McClean were one of the primary marketing platforms. 
There were carbon hardtails and eventually a few frameset designs. A bit hit and miss but actually put some good models into the market. 

There was some alignment with Mass Mart as Evolution had an injection of investment, zany offices on Rivonia and gained the license rights for Raleigh, which was under Probike. A shame because locally the Raleigh brand had really value through knowledgable in house designers, who can forget the RM8 for example. Consequently Probike came under pressure, but given their internal knowledge base in that particular supply chain they launched Axis with good success. Coincidentally a follow through from that is Sign Bikes, but that’s a different story.
Evolution imported Raleigh models directly from the UK/US. They were also agents at some point for Michelin, LaPierre bikes and others alongside their Volcan brand stable. 

From this it seems they’ve revived the brand name, in an incredibly competitive segment to boot. And arguably an already saturated segment. Think Signal, Axis, Apex, Titan, Zini, Marvel, Avalanche.. Everyone has stock.

Still, if it means Makro are making a better product and spec out to a broader market and brings bikes closer to none core ‘cyclists’, good for cycling. Hopefully in-house assembly has improved as well. 
On this model, it’s not bad and well worth the price considering the spec level on balance.  
However, you can find similar or better at just about any LBS, and very likely built up properly by someone who appreciates bikes. I know that’s not the decider for everyone, just my personal take. 

[Danger Dassie]

28 minutes ago, Jono said:

makro sells scales

Indeed they do, they were nice enough to let me use one. Woodmead. 🤓

[The Ouzo]

7 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Some historical context and random info; Volcan were launched as a ‘Swiss’ (Saffer) brand under Evolution Cycles. Who were also the Cervelo agents at the time. CycleLab/McClean were one of the primary marketing platforms. 
There were carbon hardtails and eventually a few frameset designs. A bit hit and miss but actually put some good models into the market. 

There was some alignment with Mass Mart as Evolution had an injection of investment, zany offices on Rivonia and gained the license rights for Raleigh, which was under Probike. A shame because locally the Raleigh brand had really value through knowledgable in house designers, who can forget the RM8 for example. Consequently Probike came under pressure, but given their internal knowledge base in that particular supply chain they launched Axis with good success. Coincidentally a follow through from that is Sign Bikes, but that’s a different story.
Evolution imported Raleigh models directly from the UK/US. They were also agents at some point for Michelin, LaPierre bikes and others alongside their Volcan brand stable. 

From this it seems they’ve revived the brand name, in an incredibly competitive segment to boot. And arguably an already saturated segment. Think Signal, Axis, Apex, Titan, Zini, Marvel, Avalanche.. Everyone has stock.

Still, if it means Makro are making a better product and spec out to a broader market and brings bikes closer to none core ‘cyclists’, good for cycling. Hopefully in-house assembly has improved as well. 
On this model, it’s not bad and well worth the price considering the spec level on balance.  
However, you can find similar or better at just about any LBS, and very likely built up properly by someone who appreciates bikes. I know that’s not the decider for everyone, just my personal take. 

yeah look if i had 10k to drop on a bike right now I'd be looking at the classifieds or visiting my LBS.

But this does look like a something thats not to terrible. 

[Danger Dassie]

Just now, The Ouzo said:

yeah look if i had 10k to drop on a bike right now I'd be looking at the classifieds or visiting my LBS.

But this does look like a something thats not to terrible. 

For sure, and for a newbie starting out who is already in that Makro segment, it’s a familiar environment and a lot less intimidating an experience than going into a dedicated bike shop. 
Hopefully there’s someone in their circle that can then introduce them to an LBS in their community.

[Jewbacca]

I'd definitely ride Epic on it as a marketing campaign if they paid for me... just saying