On One Pompino owners...

i found out how much each frame costs on one. 12 quid!

no wonder they're so cheap.

No way! Does that include the cost to get them shipped over from Taiwan or wherever? Do they paint them in the UK? Is that included?

Usually such prices would be FOB Taichung. Shipping to Hull would add about the same again according to http://www.globalshippingcosts.com/ Then add a couple of quid to move from Hull to PX HQ, and £20 to ship to you since they include delivery in prices, and before PX staff & premises have been paid for you're up to £50.

These economics are not special to PX, if you want to sell (i.e. design, market, ship, and provide warranty support) something Chinese for £100, it needs to cost £5-£10 FOB or you'll soon be out of business.

I just learnt something. So 29er frames are built to accommodate a 700c wheel plus a larger tyre?

A 29er wheel is just a wide 700c rim with wide tyre, yes.

I think some of those fixed freestyle guys use 29er rims and wide 700c tyres, i could be wrong though...

I use 29er rims and wide 700c tyres on my Pompetamine, but that still doesn't make it a 29er.

I just learnt something. So 29er frames are built to accommodate a 700c wheel plus a larger tyre?

29ers isn't a true 29" wheel, it's merely as everyone said, wide 700c rims.

The reason for the name is that the outside diameter of a 29ers MTB tyres tend to be 29" hence the (confusing) name.

Awful pic of mine which is nearly done.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8CppUiCSDU8/UAKMNtI8UbI/AAAAAAAABTs/EOBooRrekVg/s1152/IMG_20120715_102217.jpg

ace

Thanks for the wheel size lesson. The naming conventions never fail to baffle me.

Well i think i'm about to get a Pompino in the next few days, just trying to choose between small or medium, last time i checked i'm 5'6'', so i'm in the middle

(Edit: remembering the rude meaning of pompino, that made me chuckle ^)

I need one with a front rack or a basket, full mudguards and to generally be practical, so i guess the medium would be better?

Medium, the small is tiny and there are people who are probably taller than you playing polo (go a size smaller) on a medium.

Yeah i think i'll be fine with the medium, cheers

Cool, I think I meant smaller than you, or at least of equal height.

Not sure what you mean? go smaller than i would usually?

Sorry, I meant people who play polo on them usually pick a size smaller, but I know of people around your height who play on mediums and they are fine, so a small would probably be too small.

Medium it is then, thanks :)

if i decide to get one as a fixed/SS cycle cross style thing with risers id probably go for the small to be nice n nimble, as i'm sure that's why polo guys go for a small to.

The small is tiny and has a lot of toe overlap.

But try and try the fuckers 1st.

Yeah i'll go for the medium first.

but for some reason a small twitchy SS/fixed mtb with knobby 32c's with toe overlap sounds like shit load of fun.

Also i think my girlfriend should get the Macinato frame set, they look good but don't seem to popular?

it is the slope on the toptube. they look way too classic to have that

Yeah the sloping top tube puts me off to, sure looks better on the Pompino, but i think she would prefer it purely for practical reasons, she's more bothered about the colour, typical.

I think it would sell a lot more if it had a horizontal tt. At that price range there isnt that many steel track frames

A&P my pompino is a medium, if that helps you visualise how big it'll be. I find it about spot on with an 80mm stem (though I might play about with this).

Thanks, yeah that dose help.

also confused about something, can you use V-brakes and Canti' brakes with the same brake mount? or are they just different models?