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Buzzinonbikes

Senior Member
Location
Manchester
Nice bike but I hate to say, it's way too small for you. You should never have that many spacers below the stem and especially with the stem 'flipped' like that. You still have a massive 'drop' from saddle to bars even with this set-up. You needed at least one size, maybe two sizes bigger frame. I'm guessing you must at least
6' 5" tall, maybe even taller if you can ride that!!

Long since sold. Was a tad small. Being all legs though presents challenges with needed seat tube length but not top tube.
 

biggs682

Touch it up and ride it
Location
Northamptonshire
View attachment 106099 For what it's worth, here's mine.
that looks fantastic

This is my commuter for the next few days

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Dibs

Veteran
Location
West Lothian
I have been commuting on either my nice Defy 1 or an older GT MTB.

Although I am now picking on of these up next week...
 

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jowwy

Can't spell, Can't Punctuate....Sue Me
Oooh more pic whorage:rolleyes:^_^;

Planet X XLS in latest full commute mode.

1 X 10 set up with 105 levers and XT mech,TRP Spyre SLC cable discs,Archetypes on Novarec hubs with new Hutchinson Sector 28's.Exposure,Cat-eye and Alpkit Tau lights,Alpkit Koala pack,Deda stem,post and bars topped with Charge spoon saddle and Fizik tape.

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do you have any shifting issues with the 105 levers and XT mech?

i was informed that road levers wouldnt work with the MTB mech........so ended switched to flatbar with mtb levers
 
It's by no means perfect but it works well enough.It's the 10 spd mtb mechs that don't work,mines a 9-speed one;I think the reason mine's not quite right is the cable routing,from what I can make out it's got to be just right to work.It's ok 90% of the time ,just have to give the lever a nudge a second time sometimes.

In the near(more likely far) future I'll give the Sram X-11 a try,but at the moment I'll stick to this;I suppose I could try a longer caged road mech and I see there are more firms making specialist single speed rings so could give one of those a go too.
 
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jowwy

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It's by no means perfect but it works well enough.It's the 10 spd mtb mechs that don't work,mines a 9-speed one;I think the reason mine's not quite right is the cable routing,from what I can make out it's got to be just right to work.It's ok 90% of the time ,just have to give the lever a nudge a second time sometimes.

In the near(more likely far) future I'll give the Sram X-11 a try,but at the moment I'll stick to this;I suppose I could try a longer caged road mech and I see there are more firms making specialist single speed rings so could give one of those a go too.
yeh i went flatbar mtb shifters and xt mech in the end - with a race face narrow wide 40t chainring..........i do prefer to commute on a flatbar on the cycle tracks with dog walkers etc about, so no big issue really
 

Parakeetsteve

New Member
It's definitely not anything special, but it's mine :smile: side note, what color would look good on this? Getting it powder coated soon and want opinions
 

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Tin Pot

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Oooh more pic whorage:rolleyes:^_^;

Planet X XLS in latest full commute mode.

1 X 10 set up with 105 levers and XT mech,TRP Spyre SLC cable discs,Archetypes on Novarec hubs with new Hutchinson Sector 28's.Exposure,Cat-eye and Alpkit Tau lights,Alpkit Koala pack,Deda stem,post and bars topped with Charge spoon saddle and Fizik tape.

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Your bike seems to have some sort of parasitic infection, or growth there!
 
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