Bionicon Edison

Thewaylander

Cheer Cwnt,

The one my mate used to ride never seemed to stop his chain coming off, just stoped his cahin being put back on lol.

sheepsteeth

hmm, that bike is looking more and more familiar

cat_with_no_tail

Hahaha, I just searched back and found yours (Sheepsteeths Edison). I knew mine was similar, didn't realize it was THAT similar though .

You clearly have exceptional taste sir.

pastey_boy

someone is owed royalties.

pastey_boy

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/ ... LUK&cc=GBP

cat_with_no_tail

Meh.

and almost 2.5kg for the set too :shock:

pastey_boy

nice colour though and the extra weight may come in handy if your bike decends as well as you say.

cat_with_no_tail

Not after another shouty bike though. For that reason, I'm out.

If I was to get another wheelset, it'd most likely involve some DT Swiss and some Stans Flow. If I reeeealy felt the urge for more colour, it'd be superstar hubs with Stans Flow.

It's a bit early to say, but so far, the wheels are doing well. They feel nice and solid. Not sure of the weight exactly, somewhere around 2kg I think.

pastey_boy

i actually like alex rims. built some road wheels with them and had a heavy duty set on my old giant faith. they make some quality wheelsets but you dont see many of them about. as for your bike i think you should trash them wheels then buy a set of the superstar lime green hubs on flows, not too shouty and sub 2kilo. im thinking of a set of red superstar hubs with some stans arch rims with some tubeless ready nobby nics. after slating full suss ive got to admit i flew round llandegla much much fast and didnt feel half as beat up as usual. if the weather hold may do whinlatter this weekend.

cat_with_no_tail

Might come over for a ride soon actually. Wouldn't mind trying the new bits at Llandegla.

andy46

another cracking bike CWNT very different to the last one.

i like this alot 8)

cat_with_no_tail

Cheers, me too

cat_with_no_tail

Curse you pastey_boy!!!!!!

Just ordered:

Custom Wheelset Generator - Pair of Wheels
- Adaptor Included F - SWITCH HUBS 9mm Adaptor
- Adaptor Included R - SWITCH HUBS 10mm Thru Axle Adaptor
- Hub Type Front Switch EVO Front Hub - Techno Lime
- Hub Type Rear Switch EVO Rear Hub - Techno Lime
- Nipples Brass
- Rim Stans Flow Disc Black - INSTOCK
- Rimtape Included Free of Charge
- Spokes Black Double Butted SAPIM Race Spokes

9mm QR Techno Lime
10mm QR Techno Lime

joshtp

nice!

pastey_boy

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Curse you pastey_boy!!!!!!

Just ordered:

Custom Wheelset Generator - Pair of Wheels
- Adaptor Included F - SWITCH HUBS 9mm Adaptor
- Adaptor Included R - SWITCH HUBS 10mm Thru Axle Adaptor
- Hub Type Front Switch EVO Front Hub - Techno Lime
- Hub Type Rear Switch EVO Rear Hub - Techno Lime
- Nipples Brass
- Rim Stans Flow Disc Black - INSTOCK
- Rimtape Included Free of Charge
- Spokes Black Double Butted SAPIM Race Spokes

9mm QR Techno Lime
10mm QR Techno Lime

ha ha ha i see my powers are still strong. should finish the bike off a treat. on the verge of ordering some myself so let me know how nicely they are built.i know i just said that the wheels would be the finishing touch but i lied :twisted:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=62072
abuse the visa, tis the only way.

pastey_boy

cat_with_no_tail

Hehe, wrong type of green (luckily for my visa).

Just changed the pads in the Oros over to SS Kevlar ones and that's PLENTY of power for me. Although I may look into getting some straitline levers in the future and having them anodized green (unless they start offering green ones), I really liked the ones I had on my old Codes, very comfy.

pastey_boy

give these fellas a ring they might have some left. also the lime green hose from ss looks sweet.
http://www.balfa.co.uk/catalog/product_ ... cts_id=148

pastey_boy

also these
http://www.flidistribution.co.uk/cgi-bi ... 0403135446

cat_with_no_tail

Checked there already, again, wrong shade of green

cat_with_no_tail

pastey_boy wrote:

also these
http://www.flidistribution.co.uk/cgi-bi ... 0403135446

Oooo, they're nice.

pastey_boy

cant find any, looks like they dont make them anymore and the uk importer doesnt stock them.

cat_with_no_tail

Pics from tonights ride:

VWsurfbum

I like the front guard!
Wish I was out night riding now instead of being couped up!

Xgreygoose

Wow! looks great.8) Looks like a tank compare with your last bike. Colour scheme looks prefect. BTW how stiff is the frame. Do you feel any flex?

cat_with_no_tail

As for flex, no, none at all. I'd not expect there to be either on a frame of this kind made for hitting fairly big stuff when the mood takes.

I get a little pedal bob when climbing, maybe 10% of travel at the back (nothing at the front). Nothing major, certainly well withing what I'd deem to be acceptable on a longish travel FS frame anyway. I put that down to me being a fat bastard though and nothing to do with the frame or shock.
I sadly put on a lot of weight in the 4 months I spent away from bikes. I am in the process of losing a couple of stone now to get back to where I want to be. I imagine it will improve as the weight comes off.

andyrm

I was going to say you'd struggle to make that rear triangle flex! I rode an Anthem last week while a mate rode my Edison, back end felt like spaghetti in comparison.

cat_with_no_tail

andyrm wrote:

I was going to say you'd struggle to make that rear triangle flex! I rode an Anthem last week while a mate rode my Edison, back end felt like spaghetti in comparison.

Quite.

I find it quite amazing that with my new wheels, this bike will be only 28lbs or so. A bike this strong and this stiff should not be this light.

cat_with_no_tail

New wheels and tyres fitted.

Bit heavier than I thought. Wheels come in at 1920g which is about 100g heavier than I thought they'd be, plus the new stiffer skewers are fairly weighty too (10mm rear, 9mm front).

Still, coupled with the tubeless setup, it's a combined loss of just over 2lb.

New weight 28.4lb

Hubs are pretty much silent, and have a nice feel to them, nice quick engagement, very solid feeling. Wheels in general feel very stiff and well made.

Had a quick blast round the street and the 2lb loss at the wheels makes a remarkable difference to acceleration.

Having never used tubeless before I wasn't sure quite what to expect. It was actually very easy to do. The tape was fairly easy to apply, tyres took a little persuasion to get on then poured the sealant in (used 120ml per wheel to be safe). Once they were seated they inflated first time, no problems. I'll have to see how well they hold air, but they seem ok.

Couple of pics to be going on with, will try and get some better ones when it's light.

pastey_boy

superstar quoted the weight as 1900grams so not bad. do you know if the decals on the hubs are easy to remove ? how are the nobby nics on the wide rims ?nice looking wheels by the way