Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Been back on big wheels for a few months now and after playing around with a couple of frames to get an idea of what geometry would suit me, I picked this up at a price I couldn't refuse: Apologies for the slightly iffy pics! Will throw a spec up if anyone is particularly fussed, but it's a fairly 'normal' build really. I've not made any real effort to build it to a certain weight, or to be superlight, but it comes out at a comfortable 9.8kg Massive thanks to Craig Taylor & Andrei Burton for hooking me up with frames to try out, to Alex Dark for a dab of weld on a hairline crack that was forming on the BB yoke and to all the guys I've ridden with lately that have made me confident that a change from the 24"s I've been riding for the past few years was the right move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) picked this up at a price I couldn't refuse: Buy it from Hendrix for what it owed him? Looks fresh though mate, reeeeeeeeeeeeeally jealous even though it's all wrong. Ps; all the guys I've ridden with lately that have made me confident that a change from the 24"s I've been riding for the past few years was the right move! Gay. Er. Edited January 25, 2011 by Skoze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Gay indeed, but unfortunately you and your 24" is just no match for a group of hairy men each with a 26" weapon of choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33th3tr33 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 What frame is it? And geo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 It's a Koxx Boxx frame, comes out at around 1100, 380, +50, 72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Looks all right that mate Certainly seem to be getting on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 The frame looks amazing. Not to keen on the colours though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiuSliS Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh my god, haven't seen that frame for QUITE a while! Bike looks really nice, interesting, but probably not so bad of a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDsOn15 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Gay indeed, but unfortunately you and your 24" is just no match for a group of hairy men each with a 26" weapon of choice... HA. When i read this. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Looks great man. Mine cracked in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Cheers guys. The crack was minute, a tiny little hairline jobby so Alex has thrown a little weld over it to help slow its death. For what I paid for the frame though, even if it dies after a month or two I'll have got my money's worth. Hell, the 2 rides I've had on it so far have been so much fun it's pretty much worth it already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh, Luke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Yeah Roy; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Watching the guy from Blazin' Squad having to explain the meaning of that song in front of his family was amazing. Anyway, whilst I disapprove of this in general, I do like the way you've gone about doing it. i.e., megapimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Good to see that rim is still going haha. Looks good, how does it ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Westlake: If I could afford to have kept the 24" as well I'd still have it, but Plymouth got pretty weak for it so I figured I'd keep things fresh rather than bailing from the scene altogether. As it stands I can't afford to eat let alone to build a silly french bike, but if I can swing a few things and sell some shit then there's every possibility of getting a toy built up again for the summer or something. Wood: Rim is still dead, but managed to remove most of the flats etc and it's running true. Got a single-wall "standard" TryAll rim to throw on at some point but may as well kill this one off properly first! Bike feels lush to ride, really comfortable on it. It's so drastically different to the 24"s that I'm going about everything in a totally different way, so I don't end up drawing comparisons between the two. Just need to learn to ride the thing now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 No need for Rabbit - you got Boxx to pleasure your ahole with... Id say it were a fail, but I cant ever imagine you pinching inches on it so fairs fair I suppose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 How many of these frames did Koxx make, assuming it was a limited production run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-0 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 That frame might be one of the coolest things koxx will ever make....she's a beaut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Bowel Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Ah, I want one of those frames so bad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Rarity is a turn on, i like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John - Hynes Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Shiiiiiiit that looks good! Nice to see you actually got it welded/built in the end! Will have to come down again soon for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Id say it were a fail, but I cant ever imagine you pinching inches on it so fairs fair I suppose... Did one of those sidehop things the other day. Weird shit... How many of these frames did Koxx make, assuming it was a limited production run? No idea. Not a huge number, presumably, but there were a fair few French riders on them so the number can't have been tiny. This is #13 (uh oh...) Ah, I want one of those frames so bad!! How much you offering?! Shiiiiiiit that looks good! Nice to see you actually got it welded/built in the end! Will have to come down again soon for sure! Yeah man, it's sick! Be cool to see you down here again if you can make it, else we'll have to swing up to your neck of the woods at some point Cheers for all the comments boyos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_! Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 nice bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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