Thread: If Giant doesn't announce 650 carbon Reign soon, here is my new bike....

A bit of drift here but was talking to my shop buddy yesterday and I am thinking about putting my Haro Beasley, geared, up for sale to fund another project. If anyone has interest I can post up pictures and stats in another thread.


9K for the Scott, be a tad rich for my blood.

The Zeus is out finally, atleast pictures of frames are. Looking pretty good.

650b compatible Spitfire coming for next year.

Originally Posted by scottyb

The Zeus is out finally, atleast pictures of frames are. Looking pretty good.

I went down to the Ventana factory yesterday to check out some Zeus frames before they got boxed and shipped out to some customers....looks awesome, beautiful frame, all hand crafted / welded in NorCal

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

I went down to the Ventana factory yesterday to check out some Zeus frames before they got boxed and shipped out to some customers....looks awesome, beautiful frame, all hand crafted / welded in NorCal

You would not happen to know frame weight for a large?

Originally Posted by scottyb

You would not happen to know frame weight for a large?

no sorry, didn't weigh anything or talk weights. If you call and talk to Theresa (the office manager who generally handles all incoming 'sales' calls) she should be able to tell you.

Originally Posted by scrublover

(duck) I will say this: the majority of 29er riders I see around me can't pick decent lines or ride technical stuff worth a crap. That said, their are quite a few who kill everything on their 29ers. This just drives home to me that it really is the rider, not the bike. A good rider is going to kick ass no matter the platform.

Ha! Good thing you ducked.

That's funny to me. For me there's a challenge to being on a 29er SS HT and finding the smoothest line as possible. It makes me think more about the actual riding and all that does is make me a better rider. It might just be the times that I am riding and where but I see very few folks on 29ers. The folks that I do see are squirrelly as all hell which is part of the reason I've become a solo roadie. People scare me.

I don't think I'll fall into the 650 wagon. Might not be an accurate comparison but I used to have a 650 time trial bike and didn't like the feel of it. Wifey's road bike is a 650 though because of the frame size. I'll stick with 700 on the road and 26/29 in the dirt.

Talked to Theresa today, $2295 frame/shock, 7.42 lbs for a large. Add $150 for the 142x12 drop outs. Starting to finger that trigger.

BTW they have some El Bastardo frames on closeout, $1495 frame/shock.

Anyone seen one of these, or know much about them?
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/ar...e-dhuez-34831/

I know they are too rich for my blood, 3000 pounds sterling for the cheapest version.

I saw two Turner Burner prototype 650b's in Downieville this weekend. They were camped across from us at the race (the Downieville Classic). They looked pretty damn hot.

Looking hard at the Turner, myself.

Originally Posted by rideit

Anyone seen one of these, or know much about them?
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/ar...e-dhuez-34831/

I see Cubes in Switzerland / Germany when I'm over there, but I don't think they have a NA distributor do they? Nothing special from what I've seen anyway.

Yeah, just looks like a 'classic' walking beam design. like early Norco.