Have been waiting for 5 years now for this project to come to life. Soon.....
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A 29"er for sure and FS also, but the custom part is kind of vague in regards to the fact that this frame was built following a set of comprehensive plans that were drawn in 2001 by an engineer with a background in designing FS frames, although this differs from any of his other designs.MMcG said:Custom 29er Full Susser??
This particular bike was a platform, a prototype I think they call it in the industry, if it does work as good as it looks after tweaking others will follow. Thus the steel front triangle from tubes on hand which would make for easier mods if necessary to it and the stays were what were speced on the original drawings and are subject to change if necessary. A bit of thrashing on it here soon should tell the tale. There is also a Leviathan at Q's right now to be able to ride side by side to see how it stacks up against a really good current FS bike.Pretty cool! After five years it looks like you are pretty close to riding it!
Those rear stays look pretty slender. Odd to see that on a full susser. Hopefully it rides as well as it looks.
Actually, yes.That's really cool! Did you use the 5th element because that's what you had laying around?
Can't wait to see it fully built and then a ride report. Also do you plan on riding it with a conventional suspension fork up front as well??
Keep us updated.
There are plenty of me too bikes out there in FS and more on the way. I don't think these frames will ever make it to the mass market and there are enough of the P forks to supply the expected demand for at least a while. And with another 20 thousand lines of code perhaps a permanent replacement?thanks. I realize that is your fork of preference, but those aren't readily available to the masses for any real good price so it would be great to hear how the bike rides with a Reba or a White Brothers up front.
What do you mean by lines of code???There are plenty of me too bikes out there in FS and more on the way. I don't think these frames will ever make it to the mass market and there are enough of the P forks to supply the expected demand for at least a while. And with another 20 thousand lines of code perhaps a permanent replacement?
I guess what I am saying is that if you can't afford the fork you probably won't be able to afford the frame. I am not trying to sound like an elitist here and neither is the builder who has a darn nice lowcost option available in the Qball and will custom build in any material pretty much for a more than fair price. Some things cost more to produce by one person, but at least the results are usually worth it.
I am sure someone at some point will mount a tele fork on there and say something about it though and you will probably read it here first on ride
In order to setup a CNC mill you need to write the code for each individual part of the operation based on an x y z axis. It took 20,000 lines for the frame parts alone. In order for the fork to be fully replicated probably about that same amount will be necessary.What do you mean by lines of code???
nice, i like the colors!