Steel MTB 29er hardtail

[117]

Im toying with the idea of putting a rigid on the carbon frame. I'm not a thaba rider, but I do the odd single track from time to time. 

Hmm.... wonder if you'll let me lose on that ride of yours to check out the fork? 🤡

[Menno Schagen]

1 minute ago, 117 said:

Im toying with the idea of putting a rigid on the carbon frame. I'm not a thaba rider, but I do the odd single track from time to time. 

Hmm.... wonder if you'll let me lose on that ride of yours to check out the fork? 🤡

I'll hang onto your car keys whilst you go riding 😉 

[TheoG]

13 minutes ago, 117 said:

Im toying with the idea of putting a rigid on the carbon frame. I'm not a thaba rider, but I do the odd single track from time to time. 

Hmm.... wonder if you'll let me lose on that ride of yours to check out the fork? 🤡

Sure why not, we can arrange that.  Just a bit of a warning, it might be a bit more bumpy that you think, even on the gravel it can be bone shaking, but you used to hardtail, so maybe not so bad for you ...  .

[Super Sywurm]

Stanton has some nice specials at the moment.  Not sure about the importing cost.

https://www.stantonbikes.com

[MORNE]

7 minutes ago, Super Sywurm said:

Stanton has some nice specials at the moment.  Not sure about the importing cost.

https://www.stantonbikes.com

if they are similar to cotic...you can ballpark take the listed price in GBP as the total cost (shipping included) before local vat.

[Yusran]

Not really relative to the discussion at hand however, I don’t think I’ll be riding another bike for MANY years to come. 
 

Steel on the road, steel in the mountains. Steel all the way. It just works.

[Hairy]

2 minutes ago, Yusran said:

Not really relative to the discussion at hand however, I don’t think I’ll be riding another bike for MANY years to come. 
 

Steel on the road, steel in the mountains. Steel all the way. It just works.

some pitchas of the steel bike rack please?

[Yusran]

1 minute ago, Hairy said:

some pitchas of the steel bike rack please?

It’s a little DIY job that I made at 10pm the night I was supposed to leave, so I only have really poor pictures of it in the dark. I’ll take some on the weekend when it’s on the bike again! 
 

[Yusran]

Just now, Yusran said:

It’s a little DIY job that I made at 10pm the night I was supposed to leave, so I only have really poor pictures of it in the dark. I’ll take some on the weekend when it’s on the bike again! 
 

Clips onto my top box rack and rests ontop of the pannier racks, so once you strap the bike down in front it’s super stable.

Going to remake it at some point to hold the bike at the BB or pedal so I can take the back wheel off too.

 

[Hairy]

24 minutes ago, Yusran said:

It’s a little DIY job that I made at 10pm the night I was supposed to leave, so I only have really poor pictures of it in the dark. I’ll take some on the weekend when it’s on the bike again! 
 

That is awesome, and I particularly love the idea you made it at 10pm the night before you needed it!

Forces you to make decisions and not faff around, but just get the job done and not try to over engineer everything.

Looking forward to v2.0

[MORNE]

37 minutes ago, Yusran said:

Clips onto my top box rack and rests ontop of the pannier racks, so once you strap the bike down in front it’s super stable.

Going to remake it at some point to hold the bike at the BB or pedal so I can take the back wheel off too.

 

Patent it and sell it to Thule…like they bought out Imbi bike savers and are now selling them for 4x what they used to cost lol

Edited April 11, 2022 by MORNE

[Yusran]

1 minute ago, MORNE said:

Patent it and sell it to Thule…like they bought out Imbi bike savers and are now selling them for 4x what they used to cost lol

Hahaha yeah I totally should! That would fix many financial woes  

I do love riding my bikes though, super glad I can ride both the braap machine and the pedal machine on the same weekend’s away now.

 

[Hairy]

8 hours ago, MORNE said:

Patent it and sell it to Thule…like they bought out Imbi bike savers and are now selling them for 4x what they used to cost lol

Major failure, surely the Imbi was faster to fit as it came in red vs the slow black.

[Steady Spin]

 

https://www.chamberlains.co.za/quick-fist-original-rubber-clamps-25-57mm-2-pack-10010-1084349

Here is your solution at a fraction of the price. Fits a Fox 34 or Pike perfectly.  

Thule can go fly a kite in a thunderstorm. 

Edited April 12, 2022 by Steady Spin

[Super Sywurm]

11 hours ago, Yusran said:

Not really relative to the discussion at hand however, I don’t think I’ll be riding another bike for MANY years to come. 
 

Steel on the road, steel in the mountains. Steel all the way. It just works.

Same, I got a second wheel set with 29x1.5 slicks for my Rapide. I call it my new road bike

[MORNE]

2 hours ago, Hairy said:

Major failure, surely the Imbi was faster to fit as it came in red vs the slow black.

For sure, it's a scientific fact that red is faster.