Bish Bash Bosh
flashgorman
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It's a lot more orange than it looks in the photo..........
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And it looks VERY orange!My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
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Now with added mudguards, Still very orange.
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Horrible. But I'm sure you love it.0
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I assuming you're thinking it needs more orange?0
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Not enough seat post showing0
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True enough but that's a function of me not having enough leg showing. And that's on the small frame. I suspect I could stand underneath the bottom bracket of the extra large.
Complaints about the orangeness aside I do like the bike.
Have been commuting for years on a 23mm tyre carbon bike with rim brakes and it is a whole different ballgame.
You no longer worry the state of the roads in the road, you can stop quickly in the wet and the mudguards have more than a rizla paper of clearance. I have also replaced the busiest bit of my commute with a cheeky dash along a bridleway.
I have another set of wheels with ice spikes and these will be fitted with 28mm slicks for the summer trip to the Alps where I am expecting the disk brakes to once again prove useful.
Other than perhaps getting it resprayed a brighter shade of orange I am very happy with it.0 -
Looks great. I almost bought one of these (well the Tomac version) a few weeks ago...0
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Those rims are tubeless ready aren't they?0
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Hmm, dunno about disc brakes for long Alpine descents...flashgorman wrote:I have another set of wheels with ice spikes and these will be fitted with 28mm slicks for the summer trip to the Alps where I am expecting the disk brakes to once again prove useful.0 -
Wheels are tubeless ready.
Will take the risk of boiling the fluid on long descents against last years near death experience encountering a quarry truck in the wet whilst descending the Emmerson Dam road. Rim brakes don't work well downhill in the wet. There is a lot of both in the Alps and indeed on my commute to work. I am also tired of wearing out rims at least once a year.
Bike is an extra small, not a small.0 -
If you are that size you won't boil the brake fluid, no worries... unless you are that size and weigh 120 Kgleft the forum March 20230
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Gethinceri wrote:Horrible. But I'm sure you love it.
At least he hasn't gone for orange bar tape, stem, post, handlebars, saddle and bottle cage
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Don't give him ideas!
I am partial to orange bikes, so this bike is all fine by me!0 -
marcusjb wrote:Don't give him ideas!
I am partial to orange bikes, so this bike is all fine by me!
Me too. It was more a reference to the white out bike of the other chap. We all like different stuff.My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
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I wouldn't say that the orange was first choice but in my frame size it was the only choice.
It does give a certain hi vis aspect to the bike and probably means I could hide it in the fruit and veg aisle whilst at the supermarket.0 -
Saw this at the NEC back in September and it is more orange in the flesh.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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That's a lovely bike, it looks great with those mudguards too. Nice to see something different. Enjoy!0
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Cheers.
Mudguards are the enigmatically named Flinger F50 deluxe.
They are shaped for disk brakes and fitted without any hackery.
Top tip is that you do need this part to fit them to the frame :
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FSOOBBBMGM/on-one-bish-bash-bosh-rear-mudguard-mount-adapter-bolt
so if you are buying the bike, it's worth suggesting to the sales team that they throw them in for free.0 -
I kind of like it in ridiculous orange, but then my bike is stupidly green. I don't think I could ever get one as Bish Bash Bosh is a name we use for our daughter.0
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One of my other bikes is a Baby Fun Fatty. Is that anyone's pet name for a family member?0
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Not me, but I can see someone getting in to trouble if they do use that.flashgorman wrote:One of my other bikes is a Baby Fun Fatty. Is that anyone's pet name for a family member?0 -
Get her one perhaps?Veronese68 wrote:I kind of like it in ridiculous orange, but then my bike is stupidly green. I don't think I could ever get one as Bish Bash Bosh is a name we use for our daughter.0 -
Been mooching to work on this for a bit so time for a bit of an update.
Bike is a good bike. Fast and comfortable and shrugs off bumps. I have to ride over a level crossing twice a day and this is now a non issue. Previously I had to slow down and clench my fillings, now I barely notice it.
Gentle off road is doable and it opens up a lot of options to stitch road and bridleways together. I sometimes commute cross country on my Fat Bike and is great off road but a slow plod on the road. The new bike is almost the opposite. You take it slower off road and then blast the road bits. On a 20 mile commute it is half an hour quicker than the fat bike.
Frame feels plenty stiff thanks to the enormous down tube but I have noticed it picks up crosswinds a lot more than my other bikes. There is also some toe overlap despite my delicate size sixes.
It is still very orange.
In summary, am very happy with it and will be consolidating my road bike and cross bike into this one bike.0 -
I love the look of this & the orange is great! I've just bought a cube cross race and agree with you regarding having the ability to commute both on &I off road especially coming from a main love of mtb.0
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Needs more orange! Orange bar tape, saddle and pedals, the unholy trinity of orange0
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Paul 8v wrote:Needs more orange! Orange bar tape, saddle and pedals, the unholy trinity of orange
http://www.hopetech.com/orange/
I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
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Update : Back from the Alps and still loving the bike.
Rim brake acolytes will be delighted to hear I didn't plunge over a cliff when my brake field boiled over.
Pretty much perfect for the trip really. Plenty of brakes for the downhills and big tyres to cope with the often bumpy alpine roads. Bit more weight to drag up the hills but hit 56mph on one of the descents which is a new pb.
I note they are now selling for £300 less than I paid, Ho,hum.
Few pictures below:
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