TrialsMan Dan Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Looking for something totally unrealated on Google images i stumbled across this 24" bike and its something ive never seen before, looks to have disc mounts on the rear and has some funky gusseting around the seat area and kinda remeniscent of some Monty or Onza frames. Anyone shed some light on what this may be? (perhaps a prototype Monty 24"?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Monty Urban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsMan Dan Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Haha cheers, quick reply im guessing it was never sold on these shores then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 It was but it used a monty specific 25" rear wheel whoch was a ballache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsMan Dan Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 specific 25" rear wheel Why..just why? obviously wasnt a great seller then, thats why ive never seen one before. Still being produced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yeah one of my old housemates used to have one- ran a set of upside down and bodged Magura Evo mounts to use a standard 26" rim and still use a rim brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Not still produced, nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Why..just why? obviously wasnt a great seller then, thats why ive never seen one before. Still being produced? It actually made a lot of sense in my mind... just nobody took on the idea! Because wheel size is done on outside diameter, as with Mods using a 19" rim to give a fat rear tyre with larger air volume so a 25" rim could allow a bigger air volume tyre while keeping the OD 26". If a couple of tyre/rim manufacturers had taken it on for downhilling or whatever it could've been more mainstream I reckon. Nevermind! No longer produced, but were available for a good few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Have on in my shed. Never built it up but seems like a fun frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsMan Dan Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Get some pics anyone know the geo of these frames? looks quite long for a normal streety 24" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 It's not actually a 24" (well wasn't designed to be a 24" at least). It's a 26" (25" rear wheel) frame that someone has just put 24" wheels on and running disc brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Evil1 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 It looks like it has 4bolt mounts to take a 24" (25" i guess) and 26" wheel? is that 3 mounts or is the top one something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy83 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) It looks like it has 4bolt mounts to take a 24" (25" i guess) and 26" wheel? is that 3 mounts or is the top one something else? the third mount is a cable guide,theres one further down aswell. Edited December 15, 2010 by smithy83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will69 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 It actually made a lot of sense in my mind... just nobody took on the idea! Because wheel size is done on outside diameter, as with Mods using a 19" rim to give a fat rear tyre with larger air volume so a 25" rim could allow a bigger air volume tyre while keeping the OD 26". If a couple of tyre/rim manufacturers had taken it on for downhilling or whatever it could've been more mainstream I reckon. Nevermind! No longer produced, but were available for a good few years. You don't want big tyres for DH! That'll be why no one made any! low profile (ish) light tyres 2.35 of 2.5 with thick sidewalls are best. Cheers, Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 It actually made a lot of sense in my mind... just nobody took on the idea! Because wheel size is done on outside diameter, as with Mods using a 19" rim to give a fat rear tyre with larger air volume so a 25" rim could allow a bigger air volume tyre while keeping the OD 26". If a couple of tyre/rim manufacturers had taken it on for downhilling or whatever it could've been more mainstream I reckon. Nevermind! No longer produced, but were available for a good few years. Didn't the 19 inch rim come about because people were using 19" motocross tyres and rims from wee mx bikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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