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
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Strong placing for Ragley in STW Awards
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!
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Carnegie’s on BikeRadar
“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.”
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Benji@Singletrack Magazine’s mmmbop long termer
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G-Ted gets a C-bar
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.
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They’ve got one, and I think they get it
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
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What Mountainbike Review – Blue Pig
“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.
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Really need to buy a scanner – Blue Pig in WMB
According to our sums, we came “2nd” in the latest What Mountainbike magazine, which I think was something to do with “credit crunch frames”. Pace’s lovely 405 appeared to win, so I guess we were top hardtail. Terrible pic of the page, as you can see, which first appeared on the Shedfire Design Twitter feed and is a good place to keep up to general stuff we’re on with.Blue Pigs will be in the country in a couple of weeks. Dealers are now preordering.
Oh, and the orange in that shot isn’t quite representative of production. It’s darker – a little closer to the Pace frame actually.
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Stonking Review of Ragley Ti in Singletrackworld magazine
Just about to hit the news-stands, there’s a fantastic review of the Ragley Ti in the latest issue of Singletrackworld.
We’re working with them to bring you a nice little PDF sampler so you can see the details. More soon, or get it in stores from any moment.
Also “in the press” in the next week or so:-
BLUE PIG – reviewed in What Mountainbike (as part of a frames test)
RAGLEY TI – reviewed in MBUK (as a shootout against other Ti bikes on the market).
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