Ragley mmmBop (updated 6 June) TARTY OPINIONS NEEDED!

yoohoo999

EDIT: OK, bought some new grips, a new saddle and rerouted the rear brake hose.

But........I need some help to decide whether or not to sticker the frame, and if so, how much and where?

I'm really in two minds whether to do it or not. Any opinions?




Woohoo, just picked up my newest bike today!

It's a hardtail hooligan for when my legs are too tired for the Bullit.

Massive thanks to Mike, Mark and James at Big Bear Bikes in Pickering for a bloody brilliant build and being so patient!

Full spec below.









Ragely mmmBop frame -16"
Fox 36 Vans
Easton EA70 Monkeybars
Hope DH 50mm stem
Hope onepointfive downsize headset
Superstar grips

Hope Tech M4 brakes with braided hoses
Hope floating rotors (203mm and 185mm)

XT shifters
XT front mech
XT rear mech
e.thirteen DRS chainguide and bash

Charge Spoon Titanium
Thomson Elite seatpost
Hope seatpost clamp

SLX double cranks
XT chainrings
SRAM 991 chain
XT cassette
XT bottom bracket

DT Swiss EX500 wheels (running tubeless)
Maxxis Highroller LUST 2.35"

Anonymous

thats a pair of corkers.

cat_with_no_tail

REALLY nice, simple colour scheme works really well. Great choice of kit too.

mrfmilo

VWsurfbum

mrfmilo wrote:

yep this

Cferg

Nice to see selling your cleats bought you a nice wee pressie

Awesome looking bike mate, love the colour scheme.

D-Cyph3r

Gorgeous.



Gah, seeing all this simple hardcore hardtails is making me want one BAD.

snotty badger

I was just looking at the mmmBop frame last night and thought it would make a nice bike.. looks even better than I pictured in my noggin' 8)

Zaskar20

Looking good yoohoo.

Get the blue bore caps.

phoenixliston

OMG that is a hot bike. love the blue and the white colour scheme..almost a shame to use it! haha.

jay12

soooo nice. looks great. what are the wheels like? i'm getting the same front wheel soon

BlackSpur

Looks excellent!

ThanksBye

Really nice, only thing id change would be to put the white decals on

Steve_b77

Looking good, thought I recognised the location on STW

Tolk

Omnomnomnomnom! That is all.

max丨mo

Best. Bike. Ever. Seriously that is one awesome build.

Stoo61

Very very nice

yoohoo999

jay12 wrote:

soooo nice. looks great. what are the wheels like? i'm getting the same front wheel soon

They are essentially the 2010 version of the 5.1d.

I've run 5.1d's on FR bikes before without any trouble so I'm hoping they hold up just as well on the Ragley.

However, I think that the EX500 has a proper welded joint, as opposed to the pinned joints on the 5.1d. Which means it's better set up for tubeless.

I'm running tubeless at the moment so time will tell...........

Cferg

Out of interest Yoohoo, how come the frame dosen't have the usual stickers / Ragley branding on it, do they come with the frame as an option to put them on? Thinking about building a frame up, Ragley certainly looks like a possibility, what made you choose the Alu over Steel?

Torres

That looks lethal Yoohoo! Love it 8)

chris_sw

Stunning bike! Hopefully I shall get around to building something similar before the summer is over

yoohoo999

Cferg wrote:

Out of interest Yoohoo, how come the frame dosen't have the usual stickers / Ragley branding on it, do they come with the frame as an option to put them on? Thinking about building a frame up, Ragley certainly looks like a possibility, what made you choose the Alu over Steel?

You get a full sticker pack with the frame, but i quite like the clean lines at the moment so leaving them off for now.

Main reason I went for the alu is because of weight, this was never going to be particularly light build because of the kit i put on it, so wanted to still try to keep it down wherever possible.

aslo, i'm not a massive fan of the gas pipe look.

reevie25

Lovely Bikes!, Loving the clean looking colour schemes on both bikes , I dream of building a Hardtail like that one day

coxy17

love the bike mate i am hopefully getting one of thoose frames in the summer

blister pus

does look great and i think you're right to keep the stickers off it. but i hated the ride when i demo'd it. it was the sensible lightweight option too.

yoohoo999

updated the photos on the first page since I bought some new grips because they had matching blue collars 8)

also bought a Charge Spoon Titanium, again because it was white with a little bit of blue.

Rerouted the rear brake cable and it's much tidier now.


HOWEVER......I'm completely stumped as to whether to put any stickers on it?! Tart opinions required!!!

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cat_with_no_tail

No stickers. Looks really nice without.

When the 456 gets re-sprayed, it's going naked!

If you really want to put stickers on it, something like the smallish MmmBop sticker, near to where the top-tube joins the seat-tube might look ok.

Take some pics of the sticker pack you got with it, along with something we can use for size comparison, then we can see what options you've got

Torres

Looks perfect as is, maybe some bar end caps/plugs though?

alexj2233

Where did you get the headset from?

The oversize headtube is the only thing that is putting me off getting this frame. I reaaly dont want to pay the earth for a headset.

Looks amazing by the way. Definitely thing a MmmBop sticker should be put on though. Maybe even a Ragley sticker.

BlackSpur

Ragley sticker vertically on head tube, small mmmBop sticker at the bottom of the downtube

Anonymous

vertical ragley sticker, nothing else.