On-One Scandal 26"

donnie murdo

My Scandal





On-One Scandal 26"
On-One Carbon Fork
Hayes Stroker Carbon V6 brakes
Thomson Elite X4 Stem and Thomson Elite Seatpost
Ritchey WCS wet-black flat bar
ODI Ruffian grips
Hope 2009 headset
Hope seatclamp
SDG Bel Air RL saddle
Shimano XT gear-set
Shimano XT chainset
Shimano XTR pedals
Hope Pro II hubs with DT Swiss XR 4.2D rims, 2009 Hope QR skewers
Schwalbe Nobby Nic 2.1's
(Not Pictured) back-up forks Magura Durin Race for really bumpy times.
Edited pics as they were huuuge!!!!!

adb1006

Very nice mate.

donnie murdo

Thanks very much,

I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out.

jamesst

it looks the dogs bud! the black, gold combi works a treat, what hubs r they?

donnie murdo

Cheers Jamesst

The hubs are Hope Po II Disc Hubs

I was thinking of Getting a gold Hope stem but I'm not sure if that would be gold overkill??

BlackSpur

donnie murdo wrote:

Cheers Jamesst

The hubs are Hope Po II Disc Hubs

I was thinking of Getting a gold Hope stem but I'm not sure if that would be gold overkill??

Yes. A silver Thomson would look great though.

donnie murdo

I think that you may well be right Black Spur.
Thomson stems are very nice in silver too, mmmm????

Anonymous

i normally think all ht look like the same old nine pipes bonded together but that is lovely, leave the stem black and my suggestion would be to get a black seat post if you were going to change anything at all.

jamesst

good shout about the seat post, thompson one would be so good but just too damn sexy

BlackSpur

sheepsteeth wrote:

i normally think all ht look like the same old nine pipes bonded together but that is lovely, leave the stem black and my suggestion would be to get a black seat post if you were going to change anything at all.

Usually I say stems and posts should be black but here the silver looks great and complimets the fork.

mongoosed

Thats a cracking looking bike there,love the gold parts,

Robert.

donnie murdo

Thanks for all the positive comments much appreciated. Especially from sheepsteeth as I know how you feel about the HT variety.

Not sure about the stem change and I like the seatpost in silver harks back to my 95 Gary Fisher Montare. I also remember from doing Art at school many moons ago about creating triangles of colour (or something!) and I think that it kind of works the way it is at the moment (silver bits on fork, sliver cranks, silver post join the dots and you have a triangle or maybe I'm nuts!?.

May be time to leave alone now and move onto the next build..Feel something Salsa and loving the Chris King rootbeer colour silly expensive though!>!?

Cheers,

Anonymous

if i didnt hate riding hardtails so much, i would love to build one just like that.








but i would have a black post

donnie murdo

..but I just wanted to add a couple more images:

Out and about doin it's thang:-



Having a shower:-

bomberesque

how's it ride?
Total weight close to 20lbs?

the slot drop out scanal was my 2nd choice when I did my weight weenie SS buildlast month but I was worried that the back end would be very harsh, being a race-y bike and I couldn't get a test ride (the internet not haveing a shop you can visit :roll:

donnie murdo

Hi Bomberesque,

Your Ibis is very nice by the way and I am impressed with the Nuke Proof range. I may even resurrect my Merlin Malt 4 from keeping the ironing board company and stick a set of those forks on it.

I have no idea how much it weighs as I do not own any scales to weigh it (more than my road bikes and a lot less than my Orange P7). I never built it as a light weight machine to be honest, I would have used more carbon parts for that and not used Thomson. I built it as a long haul XC bike suited for solo excursions into the Scottish wilderness. I went more for reliability (based on my own experiences and not magazine reviews) I also wanted it to cover ground quickly and climb well which the Scandal does in spades. To make it faster I could do with narrower tires but I wanted wider ones to combat all sorts of Scottish terrain. Also SS would be a lot lighter but for long distance rides in Scotland it would not very practical or energy conserving.

As for the ride, I find it very comfortable (although I would like the new swept back riser bar by Ritchey) but I did start out in 1994 with a rigid Alu frame Gary Fisher Montare so I am used to feeling the ground beneath my wheels which is something I like. Also as a keen road cyclist these days I am used to feedback and a harsh ride especiallly on some of the roads round where I live. So I may not be the best person to judge. But it really is a quick machine and a joy to ride over many miles and in all conditions IMO.

Clivee

I like the clever touch of it matching the draw handles

bomberesque

donnie murdo wrote:

I did start out in 1994 with a rigid Alu frame Gary Fisher Montare so I am used to feeling the ground beneath my wheels which is something I like.

I know what you mean, My first alu MTB was a 1991 Cannondal M800. I still have it and feeling the ground under my wheels I would describe more as feeling the ground up my @rse. Glad the Scandal is working out for you, I still may consider one if the Ibis confirms my fears about making bikes out of stuff that isn't metal