Voodoo Bizango

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Considered "bargain bike of the century" by both bikeradar and MBR*, due to this they are almost impossible to get hold of, so mine is now made entirely from unobtainium and win. Reviews and spec here and here

Purchased for Lycra clad XC mile munching and commuting, she's currently weighing in at a slightly portly 14kg dead with m520's fitted. When I start messing about I'll weigh a few of the usual parts to see where some lard can be shed.



Curved seat tube, with just enough room for the front mech





Adjustable rear drops out for single speed shenanigans



*well, they quite like it.

97th choice

Dammit, took the thing out for a test run this evening and got two PBs including a third best time overall on a technical climb on strava. On blue runs it's faster than my trance x. Slower on tight reds and black runs.....so far :oops:

Cracking bike to ride, really, really impressed with it for a 600 quid bit of kit. The raidon fork is brilliant.

Hate to say it but I'm coming round to the idea of 29ers.

stubs

Thats a tasty looking bike. How did Halfords make any money out of them with that spec.

DanDax1990

Voodoo are hitting all of the right spots!

I wanna see them bring out a higher spec bike though.

And the Zobop need's to come back.

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stubs wrote:

Thats a tasty looking bike. How did Halfords make any money out of them with that spec.

Apart from the suntour fork, (which is a budget offering but certainly works very well, if a little heavy) it's fairly cheap shimano running gear, but as it's shimano it just works.

I'll have to see how the unbranded stuff holds up over time.

Uli

it's fairly cheap shimano running gear, but as it's shimano

and compare the spec on some bikes that cost £200 more. You may find even cheaper gear compared to voodoo.

buddy_club

Hi i have one of these and i absolutely love it, my first 29er and its great!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lego-creation/9590291236/
I have a new bar and stem on the way so i will post a picture up soon.

*edit* cannot work out how to post up a picture from flickr :shock:

stubs

On flickr you need to make sure its viewable by everyone when you upload the photo. Underneath the photo is some icons and one of them looks like an arrow coming out of a box. Click this and a window will come up click the size you want from the drop down menu click BB code and copy the code by right clicking and copying. Then paste it into your reply without using url tags


snowy 2 by fastmongrel, on Flickr

stubs

Voodoo Bizango by Buddy_Club, on Flickr

stuisnew

That's really nice, this or the Canyon Yellowstone could tempt me to get a 29er.
I have a Raidon fork on my 26' genesis, must say I was pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly plush and plenty stiff for a QR, much more so than my Rebas (although they were more plush and coped with smaller bumps better). Weight is on the high side but for the price can't argue.

I didn't realise these were hard to get hold of, but having said that the large Halfords near me doesn't have any in stock that I have noticed.

The Rookie

stubs wrote:

Thats a tasty looking bike. How did Halfords make any money out of them with that spec.

How did Voodoo make any money out of it I think you mean!

stubs

The Rookie wrote:

stubs wrote:

Thats a tasty looking bike. How did Halfords make any money out of them with that spec.

How did Voodoo make any money out of it I think you mean!

From what I can gather Halfords have exclusive rights to the name in Britain and spec the bikes exclusively for Britain. Joe Murray does the frame design but probably has little to do with the actual assembly just lets the license fees roll in.

The Rookie

I think you'll find that's wrong, the same Voodoo's are available across Europe....Halfords have UK exclusivity, much lke the Boardman sales model AIUI.