Big Bike Thread

[SgtTupac]

Try Don Skenes, heres the website LINK. If you find something your after tell them Extreme Culture sent ya Might knock some ££ off the price. They post to

 

[Slinky1989]

Try Don Skenes, heres the website LINK. If you find something your after tell them Extreme Culture sent ya Might knock some ££ off the price. They post to

Awesome, thanks v.much

 

[dunker]

my new Merlin Malt 4 pics are up here

 

[DanF]

BikeScene usually have some good deals, £1800 for a 2006 Enduro expert, but then £2k get's you the 2007 version with the fancy new frame/suspension, almost bought one myself.

Few others with good deals:

Rutlands
PaulsCycles
Winstanley
LeisureLakes
CycleSurgery

 

[Leigh]

my new Merlin Malt 4 pics are up here

Give us the low down then!!!?!?

 

[dunker]

the low-down, apart from being totally chuffed with it? hehe well the forks are brilliant with the adjustable poploc is very handy. brakes are great from the first day. gears are slick n quick. wheels are about as perfect a set of wheels i've ever seen. the pedals are good even only using the short pins (long pins also supplied). the frame is gorgeous and no photo is really going to do it justice. the ride feels comfy not too racey, tight, light and responsive. very happy with her

 

[weescott]

Bah!!! My Shermans are needing a service badly, the travel adjust doesn’t work anymore. I was told that Madison (the UK distributor) don’t have any spare parts in yet! Oh well, I might as well ride them to destruction!

 

[Raymond Lin]

Bah!!! My Shermans are needing a service badly, the travel adjust doesn’t work anymore. I was told that Madison (the UK distributor) don’t have any spare parts in yet! Oh well, I might as well ride them to destruction!

Did you only just got that a few months ago ?

 

[weescott]

It's been about 6 months. They have seen a reasonable amount of abuse and they were second hand so I can't complain too much.

 

[Jonny ///M]

Haha shermans + broken travel adjust.....where have i saw that again??? OH AYE my own forks.

Its meant to be an absolute PITA trying to get it set properly. I took mine apart and didnt mark where it was locked and unlocked so when i screwed it all back together it was fooked.

 

[Leigh]

the low-down, apart from being totally chuffed with it? hehe well the forks are brilliant with the adjustable poploc is very handy. brakes are great from the first day. gears are slick n quick. wheels are about as perfect a set of wheels i've ever seen. the pedals are good even only using the short pins (long pins also supplied). the frame is gorgeous and no photo is really going to do it justice. the ride feels comfy not too racey, tight, light and responsive. very happy with her

So hows the riding position, as im curious since you ordered blind

Glad your chuffed with it, looks absolutely gorgeous.

 

[dunker]

with this setup, the fsa os stem (fsa riser bars and stem, kit) and medium? riser bars it feels perfect for my 5'9" size, how it looks in the pics is how i'm riding it. you could take the fork-head-shims? off and lower the bars and/or get it with flat bars for a more racey feel i guess. it's not too upright it's just right heh. moving the saddle back/forward an inch makes a big difference i found, i started out with it in the middle but that felt too far back for me so i moved it 1/2" forward and now it feels spot on for me.

first ride it was suprising how light and responsive she was, hardly any effort peddling on the flat just, wow riding along with a wide cheesy grin on my face hehehe rebound on the fork was a bit too quick for me but that's an easy fix and the compression lock-out needed a bit of tweaking for my 9st weight, just a few knobs to turn so now it will give when something medium-big hits it.

i had to move all the bar levers in a bit as they were setup for someone with smaller hands but i guess that's to be expected. the front wheel qr was'nt quite tight enough for my liking so i tightened that just enough so my thumb turns a bit white when pushing it in, rear was spot on and all other bolts were good.

the lx brakes are good, not harsh but very modulated? and they've set them up with different pads for front and rear, pads at the front are black and the pads in the rear are gold, i guess one is resin? and one is metal? no squeel just a quiet sshhhhhhhhht.

bike weighs 27lbs (bathroom scales 2 weighs first 28lbs second 26lbs) prolly not accurate at all.

whatever bike you order i think you're covered by that 7 day distant selling act? but sending something that size back is gonna cost i bet!

 

[Jonny ///M]

Try Don Skenes, heres the website LINK. If you find something your after tell them Extreme Culture sent ya Might knock some ££ off the price. They post to

You only just got the frame and that and your selling already?

 

[SgtTupac]

You only just got the frame and that and your selling already?

I got my frame from Don Skenes. But yea im selling the Frame/Forks/Wheels.. Well.. unless what i need to be sorted by the end of the week is sorted..

 

[Leigh]

with this setup, the fsa os stem (fsa riser bars and stem, kit) and medium? riser bars it feels perfect for my 5'9" size, how it looks in the pics is how i'm riding it. you could take the fork-head-shims? off and lower the bars and/or get it with flat bars for a more racey feel i guess. it's not too upright it's just right heh. moving the saddle back/forward an inch makes a big difference i found, i started out with it in the middle but that felt too far back for me so i moved it 1/2" forward and now it feels spot on for me.

first ride it was suprising how light and responsive she was, hardly any effort peddling on the flat just, wow riding along with a wide cheesy grin on my face hehehe rebound on the fork was a bit too quick for me but that's an easy fix and the compression lock-out needed a bit of tweaking for my 9st weight, just a few knobs to turn so now it will give when something medium-big hits it.

i had to move all the bar levers in a bit as they were setup for someone with smaller hands but i guess that's to be expected. the front wheel qr was'nt quite tight enough for my liking so i tightened that just enough so my thumb turns a bit white when pushing it in, rear was spot on and all other bolts were good.

the lx brakes are good, not harsh but very modulated? and they've set them up with different pads for front and rear, pads at the front are black and the pads in the rear are gold, i guess one is resin? and one is metal? no squeel just a quiet sshhhhhhhhht.

bike weighs 27lbs (bathroom scales 2 weighs first 28lbs second 26lbs) prolly not accurate at all.

whatever bike you order i think you're covered by that 7 day distant selling act? but sending something that size back is gonna cost i bet!

Thanks for that, sounds like a real winner!

 

[SgtTupac]

Some updated pictures of my Big Hit.
Heres my 888r's with my new Halo SAS Wheel. 2.5 Inch Tyre baby!

Heres a piccy of my lovely Hope M4 Monos 203mm Floating Rotors

 

[SgtTupac]

Heres a picture of said Hope Brakes on the rear with a 24inch Halo SAS rear wheel with a 2.7! Tyre

And how it stands at the moment. Waiting for the chain device then its all good to go

Total cost is around the £1300 mark.. Which aint bad considering the spec of it!

 

[nemtizz]

That's a real nice bike, not to sure about the flames though, but who cares?

 

[weescott]

Thats a lovely looking bike. I like the flames. The handlebars look a little out of place though.

 

[benjo plz.]

It's a nice bike, but a Truvativ Holzfeller DH riser bar wouldn't go amiss .