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Blue Pig 4/5 MBUK

ragley — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:15:30 +0000

“A truly stand out radical terrain ride”

We appear to be on Facebook

ragley — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:49:25 +0000

I thought it was probably about time. Fill yer boots. Upload your pics. Ask your questions. And that.

Customer Reviews

ragley — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:49:04 +0000

We love our frames, but we’re always keen to see what people who’ve bought them think. Chain Reaction Cycles have a reviews database, and we’re starting to get some feedback on there.

Heres the Blue Pig reviews – we were sorry a few slightly ropey welded frames got out in the first batch, but from feedback we’ve got that nailed now – if anyone’s unhappy, get in touch.

And here’s the mmmbop reviews – all sounding positive.

If you’ve got a Ragley product and want to give feedback, then please add it to one of the Ragley products on this page (wherever you bought it from!).

Wideopenmag features

ragley — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:27:21 +0000

Wideopenmag is a cool online magazine that has an unhealthy amount of Ragley in it this month. So, thanks to the wonder of something or other, we can bring you a couple of the features here…

Interview with Brant

Blue Pig review

Strong placing for Ragley in STW Awards

ragley — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:38:14 +0000

Yeah, OK, so we didn’t win. BUT! The Blue Pig got a glorious 2nd place to Orange’s Blood in the “Best New Bike” class, beating Specialized Epic Marathon – that’ll do us!

Additionally, 18 Bikes and Chain Reaction Cycles (both Ragley dealers) and Ed Oxley (who is one of our development riders) won their categories. So we can kind of say we sort of won overall. Probably.

Thanks to everyone that voted for us!

Carnegie’s on BikeRadar

ragley — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:59:50 +0000

“A great solution if you like a big backsweep on your bars”

By Steve Worland, What Mountain Bike

Some handlebars are as much a personal style statement as a tool for the job, and it’s easy to take the piss out of a bar that looks very different. But scrap your preconceptions and try to get a ride on the Carnegie.

This 7075-T6 triple butted aluminium bar is 685mm (27in) wide with a nominal 25.4mm of rise, but it’s the generous 25-degree backsweep that sets it apart.

This puts your hands in a position that may feel odd at first but quickly starts to feel intuitively comfy, especially on long cruisy rides. Once you’re accustomed to the position, it works well over rough ground too.

Opinion varies as to whether it feels at its best with the ends set flat or slightly down, but either way there’s plenty of adjustment and hand space, and the 33mm forward wiggle means you won’t need to mess with stem length.”

Benji@Singletrack Magazine’s mmmbop long termer

ragley — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:07:31 +0000

Ragley mmmBop
From: HotLines

We featured this frame in last week’s fresh goods and here’s the complete build, with some interesting features. The 1.5inch headtube has been fitted with a DaBomb Da Rection reducer headset to accommodate the Magura Thor fork with tapered 1 1/8 / 1.5 steerer.

G-Ted gets a C-bar

ragley — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:52:38 +0000

Our favourite instrument playing Christian 29in evangelist “Guitar Ted” has just got his sample of the Ragley Carnegie’s Bar .

We like G-Ted a lot. He likes big wheels too, though we’re still working on that one. Anyhow. We look forward to reading what he thinks of our bar when he’s got some more time spent on it.

I’m still riding mine, and they came out with me last night on two and half hours of tech riding and adventuring – including a bit where we had to form a human chain to pass bikes across a broken bridge, which itself was hidden in somewhat dense undergrowth. Even Ed last night admitted they looked “almost normal’.

Carnegie’s Bar is in stock at Hotlines, and good dealers nationwide. We’re also working on a flat version, and a flipped version should be coming soon too.

They’ve got one, and I think they get it

ragley — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:00:01 +0000

Wideopenmag is one of those new online only mags that are out there. They’ve been doing some good stuff for a while now (on issue 9 already) and so when they approached us with wanting a Blue Pig to test, we said “er, go on then”.

Having spent yesterday wondering whether anyone “got” stick-your-own-decals and alloy (not cheese) bolts – it’s good to see a positive response so far from the lads – and it also gives you a chance to see (I am sounding a bit sad now, but stick with it) the really good packaging we use to assure as far as we can that the frames arrive with you in tip top condition.

I think they want to do an interview as well – that should be interesting depending on what mood I’m in on the day.

Anyhow – it’s all here – http://wideopenmag.co.uk/news/2689/new-ragley-blue-pig-longtermer

What Mountainbike Review – Blue Pig

ragley — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:27:53 +0000

“a radical hardtail frame that rides superbly in conditions that most right-minded people would do their best to avoid.”

The frame here is a final prototype, but some members of our test team are already placing orders for the first production bikes due imminently.

Designed by Brant Richards (previously On-One) this is a radical hardtail frame that rides superbly in conditions that most right-minded people would do their best to avoid.

The long top tube, steep seat angle and slack head angle demand a 50-70mm stem but with a big bar and a stiff 140-160mm fork you’ll feel invincible. It’s a superb technical climber too, consistently surprising everyone who rode it with what they could get up.

The unique ‘three finger’ split-plate chainstay design means massive mud and chainring room, and this is the first steel hardtail we’ve ridden that passes the latest brutal CEN testing standards.

The skinny seatstays and cunningly butted main tubes still manage to deliver a resilient wrist-saving spring to the ride. There’s excellent traction and power delivery, and ample breathing space meant we didn’t worry about the high weight either.

The separate sticker kit and machined cable/hose clamps can all be moved according to different rider/drivetrain demands too.

Visit the Bikeradar site for more – here.