Dammit CRC..

Tolk
Tolk Posts: 775
edited August 2010 in The Crudcatcher
I'm so tempted to by an Mmmbop frame at that price. Could probs sell the Bfe on and get some more shiney bits with the money I'd have left over...

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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    Is the Bfe not VERY similar geometry wise though?

    What dont you like about the Bfe?
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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    Tolk wrote:
    I'm so tempted to by an Mmmbop frame at that price. Could probs sell the Bfe on and get some more shiney bits with the money I'd have left over...

    Are you mental!?!?!?!?!?!? :shock:
  • Tolk
    Tolk Posts: 775
    Nowt wrong with the BFe, you know when you're just bored and looking at bike websites, and your brain tells you to buy stuff?
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    Tolk wrote:
    Nowt wrong with the BFe, you know when you're just bored and looking at bike websites, and your brain tells you to buy stuff?

    I wouldnt swap that frame for any other LT hardtail.

    Its the funnest bike I have ever ridden (and gawd have ridden a few)

    If you want to buy stuff - buy stuff for the BFe :wink:
  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    That frame brings nothing to my mind but 'meh'.

    Meh.
    Looks like a Kona
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    They have some superb Vitus road frames going for next to nothing. I've been biting my credit card finger since I saw them to stop myself...
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    Tartanyak wrote:
    That frame brings nothing to my mind but 'meh'.

    Meh.

    What frame?
  • Mynameisdann
    Mynameisdann Posts: 665
    Even though i have no money and cant build a bike i still keep looking at the ragley :X
  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    I'd take the Bfe over the Mmmbop every time. The Mmmbop is very Meh to me too.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Tolk wrote:
    I'm so tempted to by an Mmmbop frame at that price. Could probs sell the Bfe on and get some more shiney bits with the money I'd have left over...

    Exactly my thinking only with a Soul. Not sure if it's going to work, but even though the Soul's the "better" frame and, well, RRP is over 3 times as much as these Mmmbops, they do different jobs. I reckon the Mmmbop might just be more suited for my normal riding. And I ought to be able to sell the Soul, even though it's had a pretty hard year, and its 130mm Revelation for enough to fund the brand new Mmmbop and a 140mm fork of some sort, if I decide to go that route.

    Not really understanding the "meh" comments, the Mmmbop stands out from a crowd more than the fairly conventional BFe. It's ugly mind but I don't see it as meh. Quite the opposite.
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  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    It was the Mmmbop that provoked the meh. Can something provoke a meh? Provokes seems too emphatic... Spawned a meh? Coagulated into a meh? Maybe that's better...

    Saying that, it is cheap.

    I need no special frame to stand out in a crowd. My bad riding does that for me!
    Looks like a Kona
  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    yeah, also got the email from CRC and was tempted by the mmbop at that price. planning a 456 build the autumn. the 456 is better right?
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    kona_matt wrote:
    yeah, also got the email from CRC and was tempted by the mmbop at that price. planning a 456 build the autumn. the 456 is better right?

    Well, I just sold my 456 to be replaced by the Mmmbop.

    It's personal preference really.

    The Mmmbop is slacker, and a LOT lighter than the 456, but it's also lots stiffer.
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  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    kona_matt wrote:
    yeah, also got the email from CRC and was tempted by the mmbop at that price. planning a 456 build the autumn. the 456 is better right?

    Well, I just sold my 456 to be replaced by the Mmmbop.

    It's personal preference really.

    The Mmmbop is slacker, and a LOT lighter than the 456, but it's also lots stiffer.

    ah, yeah, the mmbop is alloy isn't it, would make it lighter and stiffer than the 456. i'll stick with a 456 and see how i get on, have wanted one for ages.
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    kona_matt wrote:
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    kona_matt wrote:
    yeah, also got the email from CRC and was tempted by the mmbop at that price. planning a 456 build the autumn. the 456 is better right?

    Well, I just sold my 456 to be replaced by the Mmmbop.

    It's personal preference really.

    The Mmmbop is slacker, and a LOT lighter than the 456, but it's also lots stiffer.

    ah, yeah, the mmbop is alloy isn't it, would make it lighter and stiffer than the 456. i'll stick with a 456 and see how i get on, have wanted one for ages.

    You missed out. Just sold my old frame with FSA orbit MX headset, Gravity GAP seatpost, clamp, and RaceFace BB for £70 posted.
    :wink:
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  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    kona_matt wrote:
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    kona_matt wrote:
    yeah, also got the email from CRC and was tempted by the mmbop at that price. planning a 456 build the autumn. the 456 is better right?

    Well, I just sold my 456 to be replaced by the Mmmbop.

    It's personal preference really.

    The Mmmbop is slacker, and a LOT lighter than the 456, but it's also lots stiffer.

    ah, yeah, the mmbop is alloy isn't it, would make it lighter and stiffer than the 456. i'll stick with a 456 and see how i get on, have wanted one for ages.

    You missed out. Just sold my old frame with FSA orbit MX headset, Gravity GAP seatpost, clamp, and RaceFace BB for £70 posted.
    :wink:

    dammit CWNT! actually it was your 456 that was my inspiration in the first place. choc orange looks great but preferred the choc gold :wink:
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    It was up on classifieds (for about 10mins). If you're not fast, you're last :wink:
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  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    It was up on classifieds (for about 10mins). If you're not fast, you're last :wink:

    yeah, project is on the back burner anyway so haven't been looking. funds (shares payout from takeover at work) due some time in september when I will start ordereding lots of nice new shiney stuff. :D

    how are you building up the mmbop? decided on a colour scheme?
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    kona_matt wrote:
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    It was up on classifieds (for about 10mins). If you're not fast, you're last :wink:

    yeah, project is on the back burner anyway so haven't been looking. funds (shares payout from takeover at work) due some time in september when I will start ordereding lots of nice new shiney stuff. :D

    how are you building up the mmbop? decided on a colour scheme?

    Mmmbop is having all the stuff off the 456 frame put on it.

    WIP thread in the Your MTB section. If I'm lucky, will be complete by tonight.
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