nicolai lambda DH frame

ChrisRobin · Jul 11, 2006

Awesome frame... never owned one but people here over there years have had them. I think you can build one up to be in the low 40s. I don't see why they can't run 5ths (5ths are going to be out of production), Swingers or DHXs. Avy shocks and Romics are bigger than these. I'd avoid using a Romic shock since their eye to eye length in relation to their stroke is different from other manufacturers. Stick with a DHX. One guy here had a Lambda with a Push'd RC and that worked really well. These frames have been made for years and always get tweeked the following year.

edit... not sure about the weight. Probably more than low 40s

dropmachine · Jul 11, 2006

I got to see one up close, seemed pretty neat, but its one heavy bastard of a frame. I'd guess at least 13, probably more. I found it sat really high too, but thats just me. Felt much more like a hucker bike then anything fast and smooth, geometry wise. Can't comment on it, we weren't allowed to steal it away for a week.

Seems like it would take all the abuse you could dish at it, and then some. Its a tank, and should hold up.

bballe336 · Jul 11, 2006

I have seen one in real life. The owner set it up really poorly (as a huck bike) so I couldn't tell you about weight with a good build. His is at least 50 pounds. It seems pretty burly and looks like it is built to survive a nuclear holocaust. It wouldn't be my first choice as a race bike but I'm sure it is race-able.

Zark · Jul 11, 2006

It is heavy, no doubt. 13-14 pound frame. Geometry felt OK to me, nothing to rave about. Scary scrotum scissor linkage would have me second guessing the deisgn personally.

OrvAn had one for a while, maybe he'll see this and chime in.

Shyrmp · Jul 11, 2006

Zark said:
It is heavy, no doubt. 13-14 pound frame. Geometry felt OK to me, nothing to rave about. Scary scrotum scissor linkage would have me second guessing the deisgn personally.

OrvAn had one for a while, maybe he'll see this and chime in.

He still wants his custom-built Lambda team frame back.
I think Don sold it to a dude in Belgium.
Ola Belgium dude, that frame sucks (frame #619) and it's outdated so you should sell it asap.

This was the pre-production Lambda ridden by The Bhag -circa 2002?

ChrisRobin · Jul 11, 2006

It was Curb Hucker that had a Lambda with a Push'd RC and Ti spring. He liked it and I remember Orven wanted his original one back.

ChrisRobin · Jul 11, 2006

crazydaveydave said:
hi thanks for all ur help
i think the wieght and the fact the shock has to be an RC as far as i can find out will be my limiting factors.
also the one i have been offered is a 2001 one. so its quite old.
thanks

Don't worry about the Fox RC... you can put Swingers in there as well as DHXs. The weight...well, don't worry about it! Build light wheels and get a bunch of Easton parts.

If you can, get a pic of the frame you're looking at and post it here. From there we can see the differences between it and the newer frames. The linkage design should not be different really. If the one you're looking at has horizontal dropouts, I'd say forget it but otherwise it might still be a nice frame to have.

dropmachine · Jul 11, 2006

ChrisRobin said:
...The weight...well, don't worry about it! Build light wheels and get a bunch of Easton parts.

Riiiiiiight. Cause that worked so well on your nucleon right? Thats why theres a post every two weeks asking what crazy light part you can gamble with putting on there?

A heavy frame means a heavy bike. Thats pretty much it. You can make it lighter of course, but you start with a 14 pound frame, and itsgonna be chunky.

ChrisRobin · Jul 11, 2006

dropmachine.com said:
Riiiiiiight. Cause that worked so well on your nucleon right? Thats why theres a post every two weeks asking what crazy light part you can gamble with putting on there?

A heavy frame means a heavy bike. Thats pretty much it. You can make it lighter of course, but you start with a 14 pound frame, and itsgonna be chunky.

We don't even know the ****ing weight of this bike. It might be reasonable. I don't know and I'm sure as hell you don't either.

dropmachine · Jul 11, 2006

We don't have to really know the weight, a bike that starts out witha 14 pound frame ain't gonna be a 35 pound all day bike. Just common sense really.

I'd guess that, done up light, you can hit 42, maybe a bit lighter if you gamble with a few things. definitely not unreasonable, but not a feather either.

MaxDamageDA · Jul 11, 2006

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/620834/

One of my older bikes, sold already, but was a great downhill machine

It was really plush with avy, so i will recomend using one

The only thing u need to get used to are those plates moving right behing your legs, it can be annoying in few first days

Also the frame is really ugly

Shyrmp · Jul 11, 2006

ChrisRobin said:
It was Curb Hucker that had a Lambda with a Push'd RC and Ti spring. He liked it and I remember Orven wanted his original one back.

Yup, and Don sold it to a dude in Belgium. The Belgian knows it's an old frame, right? He should sell it back.

OH, and it had a Swinger 4 Way on it when we had it. It wasn't all that heavy. As a race bike, it weighed in at an honest 45 lbs and that's with nothing light or especially light components on.

vitox · Jul 11, 2006

i got to hold one of those, probably from 2001 or 2000 in my hands when i was in mexico, some guy was peddling it on the race course for a stupid amount of money. bottom line is that is is actually really heavy, and also, its clearly built like a tank, but in a good way, meaning it might be heavy but the heft isnt pure gimmick.

atrokz · Jul 11, 2006

49.5lbs

42.5lbs

All in all a good all round 'big bike'. The older ones had a steepish head angle that wasnt prime for ultra fast DH but was perfect for skinny to drop, jumps, and local DH races. Works best with a tallish fork, and with a smart parts build (meaning, you dont need cromo cranks).

ChrisRobin · Jul 12, 2006

Yeah that looks like the more current ones.

Rik · Jul 12, 2006

Could they have made an uglier bike if they tried? The entire top half looks like a disaster!

Evil plug · Jul 12, 2006

Theres one of those living at the Jiminy Peak bike shop, i always stop and look at it lustfully, its just cool looking

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