And today I did......

[zigzag]

You got a pic of the sbike? Its the one bike i would consider getting again, didn't know they were prone to cracking :?:

No ano please

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 2885689339

I think that's the one... You had a silvery one, no?

 

[clockworkgazz]

Old Red Fat tyres look good and work much better than I thought though not in gloop as expected.They're big baloon jobs, low psi but big volume, very comfy, big footprint. They'll be fitted to my steed at the drum

Spot on velo, my big fat 29er tyres are great for that reason, low psi works really well.

 

[clockworkgazz]

You got a pic of the sbike? Its the one bike i would consider getting again, didn't know they were prone to cracking :?:

No ano please

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 2885689339

I think that's the one... You had a silvery one, no?

Black

 

[big.eck]

You got a pic of the sbike? Its the one bike i would consider getting again, didn't know they were prone to cracking :?:

No ano please

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 2885689339

I think that's the one... You had a silvery one, no?

thats the fellow Aaron

the alloy ones were bad for cracking but this one is steel

 

[velomaniac]

Its the alloy ones that break as indicated in the ebay advert description, that bikes a steel one. Mind you it could bend, it is a form over function design, cant possibly be as strong as the diamond frame classic without some serious overbuilding in certain areas. So in short Eck, ride light, dont jump it from any serious height.

Rather cool though

 

[RobMac]

well , today i bought a sbike

Oooh, looking forward to seeing what you do with that...

Break it!
Another design that didnt work, just dont try riding it out of the saddle.

.

 

[clockworkgazz]

Its the alloy ones that break as indicated in the ebay advert description, that bikes a steel one. Mind you it could bend, it is a form over function design, cant possibly be as strong as the diamond frame classic without some serious overbuilding in certain areas. So in short Eck, ride light, dont jump it from any serious height.

Rather cool though

so if it says it in an e-bay advert then it must be true? Given how few of these bikes there were even BITD it's no surprize you don't see that many and given the steel ones were at the cheaper end of the range it makes sense that you will see more of these types. Agree they cannot be as strong as the clasic frame diamond but I'm sure you will be safe eck

 

[mikee]

thats cool as f eck

nice buy

 

[velomaniac]

Gaz, I have heard that S-Bikes have a weakness and I said that the advert indicated this. I did not say that the advert was my soul point of info. Further at our Mugdock meet oh so long ago you were there on your S-Bike and we had this discussion further proving that the ebay ad is not my soul point of reference. Do not belittle what I said, I shared info I had aquired as we all do on this site. Many S-Bikes have not broken and this is good and I'm sure Eck will enjoy his bike. Warnings are useful though, it allows considered judgements to be made. Forewarned is forearmed

 

[mikee]

i would like to point out that eck had an alloy alpinestars
and DID'n T break it