New Singular Buzzard All-Mountain prototype - first pics
This is something I've been mulling over for a while. The Swift is a lovely bike for all-round riding whether the trail points up or down, however there seems to be a desire (from myself included) for something a little more oriented to the 'down'. So I've had some prototypes done for the Buzzard. Significantly larger tubing diameters than the Swift (though quite thin walled and still triple butted to keep a lid on the weight), very short (420mm centre to centre) chainstays, slacker head angle (69deg with a sagged 120mm fork, will take up to 140mm fork) and a 44mm ID headtube for use with a zerostack 1 1/8", angleset 1 1/8", or tapered steerer fork. This one has an ebb, I'm undecided whether to keep it for production or just go with a standard 73mm shell which would also help improve tyre clearance (one thing this proto lacks a little). We'll be riding these over the next couple of months to make some final tweaks with the aim of having production frames ready for early summer 2012.
Apologies for the slightly tatty and esoteric parts selection - this is one which was built up from available bits in the shed. There will be a nice one coming!
