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The geometry on both our Enigma frames is deeply non-standard. Mine is a lot more stretched out than normal - it's like a 56 but with an extra inch of top tube. Cycliste's is equally bizarre IIRC.

P.S. And they're both about 3 years old, back in the days when Echos had curved seat stays as standard, which they no longer do. And Cycliste had the rack mounts added to hers specially, so they're not standard either.

Why have they stopped the curved seatstays; I really like mine?

Indra show us the behind (seat stay).
also that clearance between front wheel and down tube is extreme.

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Their standard off the peg frames are now Far East. Quality is tightly controlled and I don't mean it as a criticism. If you have a UK made custom frame you can have curved stays or anything else you want. You will also have to wait. Great bikes.

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would.

100% fun, bit tight on the side though

got it out on the trail and no probs so far... sounded like some popping/tinging of the spokes settling from not being in use for a long time

swapped the saddle out for something with more room on seat rails to sweep back more

good enough for trails should be good enough for the snow

That's your best looking bike by light years. Try not to fuck it up with stickers and 'custom' bar tape!

Apart from the ridiculously slack chain it looks good.

sorry, but that will not be OK for snow.

^ ^ chain never fell off the whole time... more worried about running too tight and snapping

that worry is unfounded

You're most likely to snap the chain when it falls off and jams between cog and hub-flange/spokes.

...it looks addled.

ftfy.

good enough for trails should be good enough for the snow

Which snow? Up to about 6" of powdery stuff on firm ground, ordinary mud tyres actually work well enough. Once it has thawed and refrozen into ruts, you need spikes. If it's really deep, you probably need something really fat to float on top of it, i.e. a real 4" tyred fat bike.

haven't heard there will be record snowfall or anything but feel confident up to half a foot of soft stuff... its a stretch from my old ways "See snow... Hell No!"

will be taking it out on the open road for a 10km up and down... tempted to put pursuit bars on for kicks.. it would help in ducking headwinds

pursuit bars are perfect for slippery conditions - postpicsplease

FrickenRightsIDid... no snow yet

Oh god

I knew it wouldn't last long.

Skrt, plz post a pic with one crank at 6 o'clock / pointing downwards...

It now looks like this. Still some bits missing. Should be finished tomorrow.

Nearly done now. New 90mm stem on now and turbo saddle. Not sure if saddle suits it . After a black Thomson seat post to go with the stem and stack needs cutting. Happy overall though

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Skrt, plz post a pic with one crank at 6 o'clock / pointing downwards...

just back from road ride on pursuit bars and all is well... no sparks from pedals even with a bit of leaning around corners

one thing ive noticed is how much harder it is to initiate skidzz on dry concrete with lower psi... more fun on dirt by far

ended up doing more skip stops hopping rather than freezing/dragging back wheel

FrickenRightsIDid... no snow yet

Needs permanentDownHillLoPro Front end.

pedals are close enough to the ground for comfort... still have a 650c front wheel should i feel the urge to fauxpro my not so fat bike

^^ best skrtluv ride yet.
Haters?

Lick his ballz

Next job is to sort out the horrific Scoblestack, at least by removing the spacers above the stem.

Shouldnt you keep a spacer ontop of the stem?- or is that only if there are none below? Building a bike with an A-headset for the first time, still not sure how they work!