Bionicon Edison

Anonymous

wheels: roval traversee
brakes: juicy seven
cranks: slx, 22t 36t
chain device: stinger bb mount
mechs: x9
shifters: x9 + matchmakers
grips: cheapo lock ons
saddle: specialized henge
tyres: sworks eskar
tubes: none.
post: gravity obvious remote

DownHill



UpHill



AlongHill?

andyrm

You’ve done a lovely job there sir!! Looking fantastic but then the Edison is (IMO) one of the best platforms to build an all round MTB on. Enjoy it – you back mobile again yet then?

MountainMonster

Glad to see you have finally gotten her up and running. She's a gorgeus girl

How's it ride?

The Northern Monkey

Nice.

What year is the frame?

Bouncy bouncy.

Anonymous

its an 09 i think.

joshtp

very,very nice that

Anonymous

very cool. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the rear end is more extended in the "uphill" setting?
Why would you need more travel for going up?

Beardface

Looks really nice Sheeps, I imagine it rides rather nicely!!

Just out of interest, what kind of weight does that build come to?

Any other planned changes, or are you happy how it is now?

alexj2233

yeehaamcgee wrote:

very cool. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the rear end is more extended in the "uphill" setting?
Why would you need more travel for going up?

I thought it was just so that you were sitting in a more upright position, above the pedals and got a steeper head angle. ?

Anonymous

still, more travel at the rear for going up? odd.

Anonymous

allow me to explain:

shock extended


shock retracted


the travel actually remains constant, the line you can see on the shock shaft isnt part of the available travel, it is purely for changing the frame geo.

so when climbing the rear stays at 140mm but the seat angle is steeper meaning you are closer to the verticle line running through the bb and it feels easier to cycle up hill

clever thing about the travel change is that although the front drops from 150 to 70mm, the bottom bracket doesnt get any lower, it moves backwards instead and remains at the same height meaning you can carry on pedalling normally.

it is dead easy to do and can be done on the fly, weight the front, press the button and the front drops, unweight the front and pres the button and the fork extends. the trvel adjust takes about a second from min to max and is infinitely adjustable, no steps and best of all, no stopping to do it.

Anonymous

Stav83 wrote:

Looks really nice Sheeps, I imagine it rides rather nicely!!

Just out of interest, what kind of weight does that build come to?

Any other planned changes, or are you happy how it is now?

weight is 30lbs which i am pretty happy with. im leaving it as is for now, no immediate plans to make any changes.

cat_with_no_tail

I really want one of those.

They are such a great design. It amazes me how they are so relatively unknown.

Anonymous

Ah, that makes sense. cool.

alexj2233

It's amazingly clever. I'd love to have a go on one to see what it's like.

Anyway, that looks properly sweet. Loving the subtle green bits.

Whytepeak

Very nice, though is the rear suspension a single pivot design?

Anonymous

Whytepeak wrote:

Very nice, though is the rear suspension a single pivot design?

yup.

Whytepeak

sheepsteeth wrote:

Whytepeak wrote:

Very nice, though is the rear suspension a single pivot design?

yup.

Nice.

ropey

sheepsteeth,whats it like for XC?
I've been looking at single pivot rigs but really wouldn't want any more than 120mm up front for my regular trails,really like the idea of adjustable geometry 8)

joshtp

ropey wrote:

sheepsteeth,whats it like for XC?
I've been looking at single pivot rigs but really wouldn't want any more than 120mm up front for my regular trails,really like the idea of adjustable geometry 8)

they do other frames.... including a 120mm one. Called the willow or something I think.

getonyourbike

Very nice bike that, looks diferent but very nice. I bet it rides lovely.

Anonymous

How's your arm anyway, can you ride again, yet?

Anonymous

not yet really, ive got most of my movement back and can physically get on the bike and some weight on my arm but if i ride off road its too sore to take any impacts. im back n the gym this week to buid some strength back up so i should be out and about properly in a couple of weeks i reckon.

ive got a torch on order for a visit up north in a few weeks time if you are about.

Anonymous

Definitely up for some winter riding, I reckon I NEED it!
Don't expect much in the way of fitness though, I've been lagging a lot due to work.

Anonymous

aah, well having seen me ride you know we might be in a simialr condition

milfredo

So many cables! This bike needs internal cable routing.

sheepsteeth

put my old gnarly saddle on the old girl so thought it would be a nice excuse to show a new picture.

fixed the GD too, no more wobbling or shaking and although the fitting of new shims was not a particularly scientific affair, it is done and successfully so.



i fancy somenew and green for it so might get a new clamp for the seat post but apart from that, im still very happy with it indeed, i cant believe these arent more popular!

jay12

nice picture!

it's looking good. a green seatclamp and green top cap or spacers would look great

angry_bird

Looks lovely. I'm massively jealous :evil:

Nearly in a financial position to buy a decent full suss, seriously considering one of these, or a Marin, or maybe even an Orange (only because I could make it look cosmetically identical to the hardtail though).

How massively would you recommend them? How does it compare to other bikes you've ridden?

sheepsteeth

thanks Jay, it doesnt have spacers around the headset and i think the top cap is speciic to the way the fork preloads but i am pretty much decided on a superstar green clamp.

angry bird: i love this bike, it is as good as any i have ridden and i like it so much that i sold my stumpjumper and enduro as they were completely un necessary once i had decided to buy this.

i would recommend giving them a test to be honest as the reviews say it isnt as good as its competition and my opinion may well be very different from yours.

the travel and geo adjust is such a good feature and is so usefull and makes such a difference to a ride that i dont think i could be without it. i always regretted se;;ing my bionicon golden willow and was never completely satisfied with its replacements,

being without that orange button is a real disadvantage to me personally and the only thing i dont like about this bike is the fact i dont need anything else anymore (i like to own and buy bikes you see)

cat_with_no_tail

Looking good.

What do you mean about the shim btw?

For my GD I just bought a 27.2-30.0 shim from Superstar. You'd never know it was there.

Also, are you running fully sealed cables on that? That is an addition I absolutely MUST make when I get around to it. Never had a bike with cable routed under the downtube like this, and if I'm honest it's a bit of a webbo place to put them.