Commencal Ramones 2013 UPDATED 29.05.15

Hi all, just thought I would share my new bike with you. It is a Commencal Ramone Cromo 2013 model. I had it delivered yesterday and built it up. Overall I am very happy with the bike. The spec for the drivtrain parts is a tad lower than I would have liked but the bike was well below budget and I will upgrade as much as possible. I think it look fantastic.



FRAME - New Ramones Crmo
FORK - Fox Float 32 CTD O/C 150 mm
HEADSET - Neco Integrated Campy Style
STEM - Commençal OS 50mm
BARS - Commençal Ramones 1"OS 6061, 730mm
GRIPS - New Commençal Lock on
BRAKES - Formula RX12 180/160
SHIFTERS - Sram X5 10spd
CHAIN DEVICE - Sram X5
REAR MECH - SRAM X7 10s
BOTTOM BRACKET - Truvativ powerspline
CRANKS - Truvativ Blaze 24/36/Bashguard
CHAIN - Yaban 10s
CASSETTE Sram PG1030 10s 11-36
RIMS - Jalco light double wall for Commençal
HUBS - Commençal disc 15mm front, sealed bearings
TIRES - Onza Ibex 2,25 front, Onza Canis 2,25 Rear, skinwall
SEATPOST - Commençal no offset
SADDLE - Commençal Ramones by Velo
BIKE WEIGHT 28LBS
What would you upgrade with £600??



FRAME - New Ramones Crmo
FORK - Fox Float 32 CTD O/C 150 mm
HEADSET - Neco Integrated Campy Style
STEM - Commençal OS 50mm
BARS - Commençal Ramones 1"OS 6061, 730mm
GRIPS - New Commençal Lock on
BRAKES - Formula RX12 180/160
SHIFTERS - Sram X5 10spd
CHAIN DEVICE - Sram X5
REAR MECH - SRAM X7 10s
BOTTOM BRACKET - Truvativ powerspline
CRANKS - Truvativ Blaze 24/36/Bashguard
CHAIN - Yaban 10s
CASSETTE Sram PG1030 10s 11-36
RIMS - Jalco light double wall for Commençal
HUBS - Commençal disc 15mm front, sealed bearings
TIRES - Onza Ibex 2,25 front, Onza Canis 2,25 Rear, skinwall
SEATPOST - Commençal no offset
SADDLE - Commençal Ramones by Velo
BIKE WEIGHT 28LBS
What would you upgrade with £600??
Commencal Ramones Cromo 13 - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=12926938
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Pesky Jones, I have already got two bikes, this one is the main bike but I have a Carrera Subway just to commute on, I set a budget of 2k and this one came in at £1400 so the rest is to upgrade. Another bike is not really an option. I mainly ride trial centres but just didnt like riding my Cannondale Rize. I am involved in a local MTB Team, they maily ride DH and have built some really cool DH runs at some local trails. This bike was purchased with a view to withstand some of that abuse. haha
Maybe save that £600 - and replace components when they break
As you can see I have made a few upgrades:
Seat - Madison Flux £22.99
Grips - Superstar - £12.00
Rotor Bolts £5.00
Stans Flows/Switch hubs £160.00
Tubless Conversion Kit £25.00
SLX 10 speed cassette £50.00
Pedals Euxstar - £49.00
Watch this space for more upgrades, next up is 1x10 conversion all SLX and a dropper post.
Yeah, just had the dropper last week. Makes all the difference. Just a few little things left to do, mainly 1x10 conversion, just need to spec the parts first.
Put some pics up on the forum knobfer
Thinking of getting one of these (its this or the 456 evo) What size did you get and how tall are you?
Cheers
...the frame! With one of these bad boys. All the parts should swap over with no issues at all (The 120mm Reba would be perfect I reckon), slack geo - much more suited to 'round these parts. Chromoly tubes, which would take me back nicely to my early 90's first MTB life...and looks awesome! And for £300 atm seems like a bit of a bargain to me
Do you know how much the frames weigh?
Votec V.SX Enduro 'Alpine Thug' 2012/2013 build
Trek Session 8
Votec V.SX Enduro 'Alpine Thug' 2012/2013 build
Trek Session 8
An alloy rockhopper frame would be sub 2kg I think, so you're looking at a good 7-800g added at least. Just from moving from the 456c to the Stanton, all other things being equal I added a KG easily, so about 2lb just in the frame. Ideally you'd have titanium for a HT frame, but alas it's pretty damn expensive these days!
Back to the OP's bike though, seriously every time I look at it I wish more people did skinwall tyres, they really do look flippin' awesome!
Thanks lawman, out of all the bikes I was looking at (456c, Cotic soul, etc) I just kept going back to this one, then as soon as I saw the price drop I couldnt resist.
Felix, one thing I have noticed since owning the bike is they seem to be ultra rare, I have never seen anyone else out and about on one of these and I have only ever spoken to one othe owner (above). Not sure whether its a good or a bad thing but I like the exclusiveness.
Sorry appy, didnt see your post there. I am 6,3" and ride a large and i just about get away with it. I think I would just about get away with an xl also
http://www.ridefox.com/content.php?c=recall#recallinfo
I was contacted last night from free flow bikes on the matter. (good customer service in my opinion)
They say not to ride the bike until you have checked..
Just checked my forks for the recall and luckily for me they are not effected! Thanks for letting me know knobfer
Cheers mate
Zee clutch 10sp derailier
Zee 10sp shifter
Raceface narrow wide 34t
SLX 10sp cassette 11-36
Stans Tubless kit
Renthal fatbar light
Pics will follow once the work is all done, the parts will be upto a weeks delivery and wait till the next weekend to carry out the work. May change the crank arms and BB but not sure yet.
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Changes are:
RS Revelations 150mm
Reverb
Full Zee transmission (Standard crank on 1x10 RFace N/W 34t)
Sram Guide RS 180mm F/R
Fatbar Lite 740mm 20mm rise
Stans Flow/Superstar Switch evo (Fat Albert FR 2.4Tstar/Nobby Nic 2.25Pcstar) tubeless
Superstar Delta Mag pedals (not pictured)
As you can see there has been some progression over the standard spec. Ive been doing everything on it upto the reds at BPW and still it hasn't got out of its depth (Rim Dinger etc at BPW would of been quicker on a 160mm FS
I´ve following your posts, and to be honest... I love your bike. I´m a big fun of hardtails, some people might say I´m old school, but I love them.
What are your thoughts about the frame now that you´ve ridden it all this time, any drawbacks?
I know Commencal is not making this bike anymore and I have not been able to find it anywhere. By any chance, do have any idea where I might be able to find this frame?
I live in Chile, but I´m lucky to have friends all around.
Congratulations for you bike.
You should be able to keep up with enduro bikes down rim dinger on this bike. Talent will make you fast down that trail, suspension won't. Give Zut Alores a try, it's graded black and looks intimidating but there's a smoother line through thr middle which is easier than rim dinger.
Thanks for the comments. It's a great frame, it's direct, tough and looks good. I like the simplicity of riding it.
I don't know anywhere that would have this frame however Commencal do sell this year's bike on their website and I think they ship worldwide. It's 650b for this year too. http://www.commencal-store.co.uk/Mobile/MBSCProduct.asp?pdtid=14499063
Thanks RMSC, I did actually want a Hand's Dampf for the front but no lbs had them, I had to have the Fat Albert for the trail centre I had planned the next day, it's actually a decent tyre grip wise, just draggy.
I'll have a look at zut alores next time we are there, I still haven't done all the reds yet so deffo need to head back.