On-One Ti Pickenflick Sram Rival

philwint

Standard build.

Ti frame
SRAM Rival with Avid BB7 brakes and a CX specific chainset.











More pics here http://www.philwinterbourne.co.uk/onone

I'll think about shortening the steerer if I've got the bars in the right place (I've set it up with the same measurements as my road bike)

The tyre clearance is huge, so looking forward to getting it muddy (though it will be a winter road bike as well, probs with 28mm conti 4 seasons on it in that mode)

Garry H

What size is the inner chainring?Looks tiny.

Good photos,again.

canny_lad

Very nice

42T on the big ring on the road - thought you may have gone 46 for a bit of CX?

bendertherobot

Not sure you can, as I understand it

philwint

Yup. This is the standard build and I'm interested to see how the chair rings work out. The inner is only 28. And its a 11-32 cassette. More like my MTB gearing that the road bike. I'm planning to use it for mountain bike orienteering as well as a winter hack. Time will tell.

philwint

bendertherobot wrote:

Not sure you can, as I understand it

I think you might be right - the frame takes MTB cranksets and I might struggle to find one with a 46 ring.

RideOnTime

smart...
like it... :shock:

boydster76

That bar/hoods angle looks all wrong but I guess it could be the angle of the photo.

Nice looking bike though!

philwint

Quick review after a short (20mile) shake down ride. About 1/3 on road, 1/3 on hard packed bridleways, and 1/3 very muddy woodland trails:

It's brilliant - just what I was hoping for. It does give up some speed on the roads of course, but is even better than expected off road. It isn't as comfy as the full sus MTB, but it seems to muffle the lumps enough that they are not unpleasant. That's probably a combination of tires, frame and carbon fork - but it works very well together

The gearing is about perfect for this sort of ride - I ended up using the full range available to me, and didn't feel under geared on the road. It was very windy though 20+mph winds in Yorkshire today according to the BBC, so it's impossible to judge what it would have been like if I wasn't battling those!

But it is in the mud that it really excels, cutting through the sludge to find firm footing underneath, even better than mud tires on the MTB

Cable disks are about half way between road brakes and hydraulic discs, still powerful enough to lock the wheels till I got used to them, but not as finessed as hydraulic ones. The SRAM double tap shifters are very nice, took no getting used to at all.

The only down side is that its a bit skittish on rocks and wet roots, but then so is the MTB. Possibly dropping the tire pressure would sort that, but at the expense of more road speed.

IrishMac

oohh, shiny

philwint

IrishMac wrote:

oohh, shiny

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