I just took a grinder to a socket. Works fine, never leaves a mark. I also chamferred the outside edge. I painted a set of forks for the missus and the socket would scratch the paint without the extra adjustment.
So my build previously came out to £4810. It's now £5686 with the only difference being the fox 38 instead of the 36 and of course the new shimano bits.
Some of that could be exchange rate related too.
Yup, they're obviously not quite ready yet. I'm sure it wont be long. be interesting to see how the prices match up on the custom builder to what I was seeing before. Luckily I have my desired spec screenshotted for a price comparison.
Yup, although the 29er looks quite good apart from the price. Sat here with the credit card so will see if the propain goes live today. It was gonna be a toss up between that or the commencal.
Apparently commencals new bikes come out in September aswell and we already know they are going to have the new shimano bits. It seems pretty likely they're going to change as the ability to even order with a long lead time has gone which suggests price changes too. You could originally order a...
If you look on instagram theres lots of photos of them starting to crop up and theres a few folk with videos on YT starting to appear. Im from Scotland but living in France for the ski season. Gonna drop them a message and see if I can get a test ride at some point soon then if I'm happy I'll...