Isen workshop: adventures in batch production (or not...)

650b mode is a hoot. Imagine my suprise when I found a lost milldo out on the ride...

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Build looks great

Is the mildo carrying bag included?

What size saddlebag for the milldo, and will you paint it to match?

Looking gooooooood @coldharbour !

Imagine my suprise

Not sure why it should be a surprise to see the odd wild rabbit when you're out in the fields.

That photo is a good précis of the thread.

Saw a very nice Isen out for a bit of sunshine in Crystal Palace earlier - rider in the unmistakeable colours of Brixton Cycles. Looked 💥💥💥
Also I think Rhianna stole the colour scheme...

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That was me, out used sex toy hunting. Took it to the cockney riviera and back, and it was a hoot. Interestingly, despite higher volume and smaller diameter, my average speed was the same as on my 700 x 30c wheels, and that was from before I injured myself and got annoyed with cycling 2 months ago, and I've not ridden since. The lower weight, increased ability to bounce over shit surfaces, and quicker spooling do seem to make a lot of sense. Scobez woz rite....

It was the remote control as well as accessories which really caught me off guard. Plus this was a very world weary rabbit...

Had to Google. I now agree.

Vo zenith if I recall correctly...

How noisy were the mudguards?

my average speed was the same as on my 700 x 30c wheels

Despite the industry trying to crowbar a new bike into the space between road-endurance and CX, I do almost exactly the same speed on my mixed on/off road circuit whether I'm on my 7kg/700x25 road race bike or my 15kg/26x2.3 trail MTB.

Yeah, I'm not a massive fan of the whole "let's make something new up to sell to these stupid arseholes" approach to standards. However, the theory is fine, but there is a great range of 650b tyres now, so I think it makes most sense in this application.

Coming soon:

Isen 2.0 with 26 x 1 3/8th tyres, once you've gone back (to pre war tyres) , you'll never go back (to post war tyres).

there is a great range of 650b tyres now, so I think it makes most sense in this application.

I've long been an advocate of building bikes from the tyres up, so if 584 is where the tyre market has gone then that's what you have to use, for small people. I just hope tyre manufacturers keep serving those of us tall enough to exploit the benefits of 622 🙂

Those tyres on that demo bike are particularly fabulous though, definitely the nicest rolling 650s I've ridden.

I've long been an advocate of building bikes from the tyres up...

Considering a noticeable slice of teh forum think a portmanteau of a redundant French and an extant ISO tyre sizing system is coherent and meaningful (WTF is "28c"?), then I'm confident that a "tyres first" rebranding of the bike market could win the day!

I'm sure you could make some real marketing guff with that, complete with tedious hashtags....

Is that a rabbit on the floor there?

A very dead one.

Probably just needs a charge

Feed it some lettuce