 | Jean Charles from France Owner 11 December 2009 16:39 |
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| Super cadre, trés polivalent. On peut aussi monter avec mais quand ça descend il est super stable un vrai rail, en l'air aussi. Je suis trés content de mon choix. Je le conseille |
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| 7 People out of 11 Found this review useful. |
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| | mike from United States Of America Owner 25 December 2009 18:30 |
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| I just got the frame and just wanted to let others know about the build quality. Unlike former reviews, my welds look 100% perfect. Smooth, no gaps, no burs, no blems as far as I can see. I'll give a ride review as soon as I get some saddle time. Ragley must have made some changes/had the factory make changes to improve the build/weld qualit. |
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| | Anonymous from United Kingdom 30 December 2009 01:34 |
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| just picked on up for £245 and well worth every penny! the welding on my frame is clean and tidy (18" skwoosh) and the ride quality is exellent with the fabled steel spring and compliance adding to a more comfortable ride over alu,cable routing looks trick and makes shifting quality last longer due to full enclosed cable routing.if your looking for a trick steel trail bike this is more than up to the job and perfect! buy now! |
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| | Jason from United Kingdom Owner 14 January 2010 19:34 |
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| This frame has really put the grin factor back into my mountain biking, i can't recommend it enough. It is really confidence inspiring. I have ridden steeper things than i wouldn't have even tried before. |
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| 5 People out of 6 Found this review useful. |
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| | BuddhaSupreme from France Owner 18 January 2010 10:04 |
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| Magnifique cadre ! Je l'ai pris en noir et je le trouve superbe. Il est très fonctionnel aussi avec ses passages de gaines si bien étudiés et la fixation du frein arrière à l'intérieur du cadre ... Je ne ressent plus les vibrations : merci les bases bien étudiées (divisées en trois parties au niveau du boitier de pédalier). En plus, le tarif est génial ... que demander de plus ? Je ne le changerai pour rien au monde (sauf pour le Ragley TI évidemment, mais là, c'est un autre budget). |
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| 3 People out of 5 Found this review useful. |
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| | gryffx23x from United Kingdom Owner 21 January 2010 14:00 |
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| Finally built my bike. Feels very responsive and looks the business and am genuinely well pleased.
Only quibbles with quality were with the thread for the hanger bolt appears to have been cut badly as it took a bit more effort to tighten the bolt than I expected. This may have been due to paint egress also the screws heads for the cabling system 'rounded'so will need to be replaced at some point, preferable for something a little sturdier. For the price tho, these are minor niggles. Absolutely love the bike |
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| | TRISTAN from United Kingdom Owner 22 January 2010 21:21 |
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| GREAT FRAME FOR MOST UK RIDING SPOTS, CAN FEEL STRANGE TO RIDE AT FIRST AS BB IS QUITE HIGH- EVEN WITH 140MM REVS, MAYBE JUST ME- BUT OTHERWISE A GREAT RIDE FROM TRAIL CENTRE TO LOCAL DH LOOP- WOULD BE NICE TO SEE BOLT ON MECH HANGER- OR MAYBE AS THINGS ARE GOING THAT WAY ANYWAY, A MAXLE REAR END- OTHER THAN THAT IF YOU RIDE A BIT OF EVERYTHING- THE BLUEPIG IS EVERYTHING YOU NEED....10/10 |
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| | Duncan from United Kingdom Owner 24 January 2010 21:17 |
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| Just built myself one of these this weekend, very easy to fit chain device, huge mud clearance neat cable routing and rides well. Everything i could have wanted. |
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| | David from United Kingdom Owner 28 January 2010 16:41 |
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| Got my Blue Pig in October 2009, having become tired of lugging around a 5" full suss bike and it's put in some tough winter miles since then. This frame does exactly what I wanted from a modern hardcore steel hardtail. The steep seat tube angle helps to ease the climbs considerably, but that slack head angle really lets you rip on the downs. First ride out I was passing full suss bikes on the fast downs of Cwm Carn. The mud clearance is enormous, even with my current 2.35 tyres. The bike is so stable, it allows you to really get to grips with tough technical terrain without needing to dab. This frame is simply superb value and just what a long fork modern hardtail should be. And, of course, you get that great steel ride thrown in as well. Can't recommend it enough. |
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| | mick from United Kingdom Owner 03 February 2010 14:27 |
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| this frame is fantastic. it goes down faster than a $50 ho and it also climbs like alan hinkes ;-) with neat detailing and well thought out design this is a great frame. the cable clips work a treat too. loads of mud clearance and chainring clearance is massive too. my turner doesnt get a look in now. buy one you wont regret it |
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| | Nick from United States Of America Owner 15 February 2010 16:16 |
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| I bought the blue pig before xmas and built it up with a 4 year old 130mm fox float and some decent components. I was really getting the bike as a spare because I had just bought a new fork for my turner 5 spot. I've taken it out 4 or 5 times, and I have been really, really pleased so far; it climbs like a goat, is very responsive, very comfortable for a hard tail, and surprisingly confidence inspiring on downhills and hucks. I've been launching 2-4 footers with no concern and no problem. The primary thing about this bike is that it is really, really fun to ride. |
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| | phil from Ireland 19 February 2010 19:38 |
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| just built my bike and what can i say! with tora 318's and juicy threes,shes the perfect all rounder! thanks to the seat post angle she climbs like a home sick angel and goes down like a cold beer on a hot day! couldnt reccomend it more, super bike and great price. |
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| | Alex from United Kingdom Owner 20 March 2010 18:54 |
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| Just pulled it out the box and wow. no problems with welds (my dad who is an ex-tool maker, injection moulds and precision stuff commented on how the clean the welds were). Stickers are a great idea, can't recommend it highly enough. |
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| | Federico from Italy Owner 13 June 2010 22:39 |
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| I'm the guy who wrote the first review and I just wanted to give some other, more mature impressions. After roughly 9 months I can confirm all the positive impressions!! It's really comfortable for an hardtail (I don't notice this while on pavement but it's really effective on small bumps - for instance rough cobbled paving, as found in many trails in my region) and the geometry works perfect. With 140mm Pike fitted the front wheel stays glued to the ground in all the steeps but the steepest ones (> 20-25%); I am convinced that it would handle very well also with a 160mm fork if you don't do many steep climbs.
With regards to the downhill, well it's really able to reach scaring speeds. It begs to be ridden hard and wild and it's immensely fun to ride!! A real fun machine, can not find any fault apart from the pretty heavy weight (but then it's cheap and indestructible so it's a minor flaw =)!!!) |
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| | Grant from United States Of America Owner 18 June 2010 17:38 |
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| I bought this to replace my 6" AM frame. The slack geometry is so much fun descending, now that I'm used to the frame I'm just as fast as when I had rear suspension. I run tubeless (highly recommended for the rear at least) and am often worried how smooth rock gardens are. After checking my tires after every rocky section I've learned to just accept the surprisingly buttery ride of this hard tail. Having said that it will definitely punish you more for losing your line, but that is part of the fun of riding a hard tail. Cornering, the bike feels very neutral and has awesome snap out of corners. Climbing it feels great too because all of your power gets transferred to the ground. Overall I love the frame, everything felt right from the first day I rode it and now it feels like an extension of my body. This frame is dialed I highly recommend it (and look at the freakin price)! |
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| | cube from United Kingdom Owner 10 July 2010 19:17 |
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| love it made it up as a spare bike but ride as my first bike now good cable runs nice build quality rides like a dream climbs well and decends realy well love it |
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| | Anonyme from France Owner 20 September 2009 12:45 |
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| I just bought it and it's incredible !! whit that 67.5° head angle super good finish , best price you would ever get BUY IT!!! |
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| | Chris B from New Zealand Owner 11 October 2009 00:31 |
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| I bought this mainly because of the great geometry and friends who are hardcore steel guys. It is true, steel does feel much more compliant (after a Cove Stiffee!) and this thing is bang on for all trail riding - who needs full sus anyway? Love the little details that you can point out to the guys on £4000 Ibis's etc and they still go 'ahh', like the chainstay caliper and funky cable clamps. On the downside, the welding on the gusseted head tube is rubbish, and the gusset itself has jagged edges visible like it was a waste piece that somebody bent to shape and stuck in anyway. Even if this is to increase weld contact area or whatever it shouldn't be visible! Also there are suspicious large gaps filled by weld material on the chainstay/dropout join and on the three-finger chainstay/BB shell join, about 5mm on my frame. I'm sure it's perfectly strong, but it don't look good! To sum up, rides like a dream, but if you want a work of art, buy a Sovereign or a Trans-am (or even a Trailstar!) |
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| | Federico from Italy Owner 08 November 2009 00:50 |
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| I've tried this frame for only one ride but I can already assure you that is amazing! For the last 3 years I had an aluminium hardtail (Commençal Absolut AL '05) which was a sort of compromise between a street hardtail and an AM one... I got to know it perfectly, since I knew how it reacted in almost every situation (well after 3 years I think it's normal!) and loved it. But on the steeps uphill, the front whell always pulled up really easily, while on the long and rootd downhills the aluminium was not compliant at all and at high speeds it was reeeeally nervous (but then it is part of the fun of riding hardtails!)
The Blue Pig is a different thing. The steep seat angle keeps the front wheel down in even the steepest climbs (and in the Alps "steepest" means really realy really steep) and the slack head angle keeps the bike stable at high (really high) speeds. It remains an hardtail, so it still fills you with andrenaline and I'm-a-riding-god feeling, but it's somehow much stabler and more predictable than my previous hardtail. Steel is definitely more compliant than aluminium, I was comfortable all the way down with the rear tire inflated to the max just as I was with the aluminium frame with flat rear tire (at first I thought I really had a flat!!)
It's not all gold, of course. Weldings are poor and aestethically speaking it's not beautiful (at least the black one). Cable clips are a great idea but the screws provided to fix them are rubbish, the worst I've ever used (pay attention when screwing them up), really disappointing since I'll need to take them out to change cable routing and some of them are already ruined!! but after all, at this price it's impossible to have everything... and the fantastic handling is really worth every single penny! |
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