Sanderson Soloist

teacherman
teacherman Posts: 454
edited July 2010 in Your mountain bikes
Just built this today - first ride tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it or not :?

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I hate it when people say David Beckham's stupid...its not like anyone ever says: 'Stephen Hawking - he's s**t at football.' Paul Calf

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  • Torres
    Torres Posts: 1,266
    Very nice sir! :D
    My first singlespeed ride was a bit of a culture shock, you learn to love it though :wink:
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  • Mark_K
    Mark_K Posts: 666
    I do like Sanderson frames and thats a nice build enjoy :)
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  • Tolk
    Tolk Posts: 775
    Very nice, was looking at one of those on Merlin the other day.
  • teacherman
    teacherman Posts: 454
    First ride this morning - I kept reaching for the shifters :lol:

    Got into it after a while - 2 hours on steep fire roads with some tight singletrack bombing - the bike comes to life downhill and eats up the twisty stuff.

    Could be a long term relationship this - well happy :D
    I hate it when people say David Beckham's stupid...its not like anyone ever says: 'Stephen Hawking - he's s**t at football.' Paul Calf
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    oooohh sanderson. lovely frames and end up being lovely rides. good looking bike (despite the obvious deficiency). i very nearly ended up with a breath / life
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    my LBS is currently building me a Sanderson Breath with a rigid cro-mo fork and old bits from previous bike upgrades etc. so it'll have slx transmission, looking at that i fancy SS , trouble is i need to carry a baby in a seat on the back of this bike. hmmmm
  • jairaj
    jairaj Posts: 3,009
    That's a lovely looking frame, very nice and slender. I ride a rigid but Im not sure I could handle a single speed even in the flat area I live in, but it does give it some clean lines.
  • ravey1981
    ravey1981 Posts: 1,111
    really nice :)

    get those hoses sorted pronto! :wink:
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    I have to admit, I've been toying with the idea of a SS for a while, but I think I live in an area where the hills are just too steep!

    Nice bike you've got there though matey!
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  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    thekickingmule wrote:
    I have to admit, I've been toying with the idea of a SS for a while, but I think I live in an area where the hills are just too steep!
    :?

    I might have to retract this statement, I thought I would test out my theory and prove that I live in too steep an area. However, I have just commuted all the way home in one gear! What gear ratio are you using Paul?
    It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
    Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    what did the frame weigh?

    looks good :)
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