New Winter bike: Enigma Etape.

hopper1
hopper1 Posts: 4,389
edited October 2012 in Your road bikes
Just built it up.
The Enigma Etape frame replaces the VN Yukon I was using. Stripped all the kit of my VN and transferred it all across.
The ride is great, very smooth, and very stable too.
Not happy with the clearance of the SKS chromo road 'guards, they touch the rear tyre under power, but that's not a fault of the bike. :D
Need to find a narrower mudguard...

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  • the_fuggler
    the_fuggler Posts: 1,228
    I do love Engimas. Lovely frames. More pics of it if you get time please!
    FCN 3 / 4
  • ianbar
    ianbar Posts: 1,354
    yes looks ace, need more pics! i went to my most local enigma stockist today to look at the exact same bike. i had been toying between etape or a vn mistral but its got to be enigma for me. more update and pics very welcome :-)
    enigma esprit
    cannondale caad8 tiagra 2012
  • exlaser
    exlaser Posts: 268
    lovely bike!

    i have also been toying between the etape or vn mistral. would love the etape, but could not justify the cost, so am going for the mistal. am a little gutted.
    Van Nicholas Ventus
    Rose Xeon RS
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    More pictures in a couple of weeks...
    Will use a proper camera, too :wink:
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • Iamnot Wiggins
    Iamnot Wiggins Posts: 685
    Random question but does the rear triangle flex when you put the power down? Not just a quck blast but a sustained sprint?

    I once rode a Litespeed Ghisalo and when I sprinted on it, it would flex so much that the rear tyre would brush the frame!
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Iamnot Wiggins wrote:
    Random question but does the rear triangle flex when you put the power down? Not just a quck blast but a sustained sprint?

    I once rode a Litespeed Ghisalo and when I sprinted on it, it would flex so much that the rear tyre would brush the frame!

    Not noticed rear triangle flexing, but I'd have thought a rear wheel flexing would be more likely.
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  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    On an Echo which has the same curved seat stays there is no noticeable flex, the bike is plenty stiff enough all round.

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