Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
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Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
I'd heard this was coming.
They've just realeased a picture.
They've just realeased a picture.
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
I thought that was the 'Trail' bike and the 'bikepacking' bike would be along shortly?
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Their wordsI thought that was the 'Trail' bike and the 'bikepacking' bike would be along shortly?
All Mountain 650b+ test frame out. Fully rigid bikepacking frame
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Fully rigid bikepacking frame
Arse and elbow from someone over there then Is it just the picture or does that chain look a couple of links too short?
This is what I was told this morning.
The rigid titanium bikepacking frame will be here in a week or so and we will get it ready to ride and post some more pictures.
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Sure does.Is it just the picture or does that chain look a couple of links too short?
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Am I being daft, that has front suspension so is not fully rigid?
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Am I being daft, that has front suspension so is not fully rigid?
Arse and elbow from someone over there then
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Presume this is from Brant's new PACT bikes business??
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<guessing>Am I being daft, that has front suspension so is not fully rigid?
maybe the forks are on their way.
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I have to say if I was designing a bike for bikepacking then massively hydroformed tubing would not be on my list of construction materials as frame bags will never sit well on them :(
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Personally, I wouldn't have chosen Ti either. Surely the cost implications must limit your potential customer base ... it would certainly prevent me from buying one, no matter how good the product
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oh dear.
Who's the designer?
Who's the designer?
Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Update.Arse and elbow from someone over there then Is it just the picture or does that chain look a couple of links too short?
This is what I was told this morning.
The rigid titanium bikepacking frame will be here in a week or so and we will get it ready to ride and post some more pictures.
the 650b+ all mountain- fully rigid setup to arrive soon
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
I can ease the uncertainty and confusion, by all accounts there will be 3 models.
A 650b+ rigid Ti forked bikepacking type bike ... samples are due to arrive mid-Feb
A Fargo / Vaya type bike
An 'All Mountain' type bike ... THIS IS THE ONE IN THE PICTURES
All Ti to begin with but hopefully steel variants will also appear.
As you were.
A 650b+ rigid Ti forked bikepacking type bike ... samples are due to arrive mid-Feb
A Fargo / Vaya type bike
An 'All Mountain' type bike ... THIS IS THE ONE IN THE PICTURES
All Ti to begin with but hopefully steel variants will also appear.
As you were.
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Oh god a new genre - the bike packing bike. I thought the whole point of bikepacking (and all the weird shaped bags) was that you could use any mountainbike, even a full bouncer. People may choose to use rigids for simplicity's sake but you don't need to tag them as 'bikepacking' its just a fecking bike for christ sake
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
It's the nature of the beast that is business: an opportunity comes along and you exploit it. Just look at the genres of mountain bike: Downhill; XC; Enduro; Trail; etc ... at the end of the day they are just two wheels joined together by a frame and with a pair of pedals to connect the rider to the drive system.htrider wrote:Oh god a new genre - the bike packing bike. I thought the whole point of bikepacking (and all the weird shaped bags) was that you could use any mountainbike, even a full bouncer. People may choose to use rigids for simplicity's sake but you don't need to tag them as 'bikepacking' its just a fecking bike for christ sake
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
In all fairness to Alpkit, it was me that described it as a 'bikepacking' bike in an attempt to limit confusion.
Alpkit described the 3 models like this;
A bike to traverse the mountains on.
A bike to ride to the mountains on.
A bike to ride down the mountains on.
Alpkit described the 3 models like this;
A bike to traverse the mountains on.
A bike to ride to the mountains on.
A bike to ride down the mountains on.
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
How about a bike to ride to the mountains, ride around and up the mountains and then down them. All while carrying luggage.
Or is that not allowed?
Or is that not allowed?
Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
ir_bandito, I agree, one and the same ideally but people love all that N+1 stuff and specialisation.
Good luck to AK here, pretty sure they've wanted to dabble in frames for a while so this doesn't seem anything out of the blue. And it's about time Nick and Kenny got off those shonky old iOs
Good luck to AK here, pretty sure they've wanted to dabble in frames for a while so this doesn't seem anything out of the blue. And it's about time Nick and Kenny got off those shonky old iOs
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Obviously that's pretty much what we all do now and on a very wide range of bikes but I suppose the world in general needs labels, boxes and pigeon holes ... I believe the difference between 'Duro and All Mountain can be as much as 15mmHow about a bike to ride to the mountains, ride around and up the mountains and then down them. All while carrying luggage.
Or is that not allowed?
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Hey
That shonky old io has twice won the lightest bike, at wrt, I have you now.
Admittedly with some key players out on other rides.
Nick
That shonky old io has twice won the lightest bike, at wrt, I have you now.
Admittedly with some key players out on other rides.
Nick
Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
Hi Nick : ) It has, and you're a braver man than me taking a SS to mid Wales!
Good to see them getting so well used over the years.
Good to see them getting so well used over the years.
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
So are Alpkit going to produce a 2 bike trailer to tow behind your "ride to the mountains on" bike while carrying your bike backing luggage of the "ride" bike?s8tannorm wrote: Alpkit described the 3 models like this;
A bike to traverse the mountains on.
A bike to ride to the mountains on.
A bike to ride down the mountains on.
Then at the botton of the hill you swap your bike and luggage over, then at the top your swap over again?
Surely they are missing a trick, what about "A bike to ride up the mountain on" and another bike "to ride back from the mountain on"? Or wouldn't they fit on the trailer?
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Re: Alpkit 650B+ bikepacking bike.
More details on the Alpkit bikes over on OutdoorsMagic, which seems a strange place to find it
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/gear-news/ ... 14249.html
Rear stays remind me of the new Ti Stooge and the idea of oval top tube to stabilise frame bag / top tube bags seems a good idea. I can't quite put my finger on it but whole bike looks a bit wrong to me.
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/gear-news/ ... 14249.html
Rear stays remind me of the new Ti Stooge and the idea of oval top tube to stabilise frame bag / top tube bags seems a good idea. I can't quite put my finger on it but whole bike looks a bit wrong to me.
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Any idea who makes the rear light?
Nick did show me it but I promptly forgot.
Nick did show me it but I promptly forgot.