Sinister Simon Bar 29

[singletrack pig]

Thanks Mark. I figured it was a long shot, but you never know...

[MMcG]

Thanks Mark. I figured it was a long shot, but you never know...

Yep. You might want to contact Bruce at Sinister or RJ (tozovr) to see when the next run of Simon Bar Sinisters will be as well.

Cheers,

Mark

[singletrack pig]

Sweet, FTW clued me in on the location of a Med and I'm close to pulling the trigger. Come on classifieds, help me sell my Ellsworth...

[MMcG]

Sweet, FTW clued me in on the location of a Med and I'm close to pulling the trigger. Come on classifieds, help me sell my Ellsworth...

SAWEET! Keep us posted!

[ByStickel]

Local bikes: thousands of miles fresher.

And thousands more expensive, but the kiddos can always do the G.I. Bill thing...

(was it me calling you smelly and uncouth that has caused this rift between us?)

[singletrack pig]

I'd snap up a Bystickel in a heartbeat if you were doing a "local discount" for $850!

Whatcha think of FTW's CS yoke and the overall geometry for Pisgah?

[RD3]

Here are the latest round of updates for the Simon Bar. I changed the rear tire from a Mountain King 2.4 to a Schwalbe Racing Ralph 2.4. The MK was a great tire off road, but the bike has been seeing more use on pavement in an effort to save gas. The rear 2.4 MK on pavement seemed like it was trying to claw its way into the road. I have 2.2 size MK on other bikes and it rolls much smoother on hard surfaces than its big brother. The Racing Ralph rolls almost effortlessly, gets good traction, is light weight, and has a big big air volume. The rear tire has more air volume now than the front, but the front has more what I would call tread volume, this makes the ride even more comfortable in the seat. I kept the MK on the front because it keeps me going the direction my front wheel is pointed. I put a Maxxis fly weight 26" 95g tube in the rear and usually air up to about 25 psi.
I decreased stem length from 90mm to 70mm and slid the seat back a little on the rails. Now the front end pulls up with little effort and the bike has a really sweet spot for manuals. I put the Dark Cycles Arachnid pedals 440g on the Hood and got a set of Wellgo MG-1s with titanium spindles, they are crazy light at 312g. The lock on grips are gone in favor of DMN cork grips, they are cheap and light, and make me want to ride without gloves as they feel really great.

[MMcG]

I ran that RR in back and MK in front combo for a while too......it worked really well.

Sickest Simon Bar out there by far!!!

[mandown]

sickhouse fo-sho!

[tozovr]

Any second now!

[MMcG]

Where'd that carbon fork come from???? Lookin good!

[tozovr]

Where'd that carbon fork come from???? Lookin good!

Bruce had it sitting on the wall waiting for me LOL

see you at NembaFest?

[MMcG]

Not sure on NEMBA Fest - most likely I'll be in a hockey rink on the 6th.

[Stray_cat]

Am I allowed to have dropout envy? Never realized how well done those D/O were executed until I saw the close up pics.

[tozovr]

The carbon fork is way to short IMHO....this is bettah....