Are you willing to share the weight of the frame? Seems like a really excellent deal. If I was building up a bike from scratch, I'd want to know the weight of the parts I'm buying first. Even a ballpark figure would work. Thanks.
Its good to know the weight. I've recently been looking at a used Niner EMD. I found the weight on the old EMD to be 3.65. So the Airborne is competitive in weight. Especially when you consider the price difference. I think the new EMD9 might be lighter though.
Great color and graphics on the frameset. Especially compared to other brands nowadays that get pretty gaudy.
Is the top tube bend shown in one of the pictures of the 16" frameset the same for the fully built 16" Goblin and Guardian?
Great color and graphics on the frameset. Especially compared to other brands nowadays that get pretty gaudy.
Is the top tube bend shown in one of the pictures of the 16" frameset the same for the fully built 16" Goblin and Guardian?
Thanks! The silver with black and green decals actually turned out better than I thought it would. The hits of green really pop on the silver. I like it so much I think I'm going to swap the parts over from my green Goblin frame and build up a silver one with a new fork.
The curved TT on the 16" is on the Goblin bikes and framesets only. The Guardian has the standard straight-TT frame with the non-tapered HT.
Thanks! The silver with black and green decals actually turned out better than I thought it would. The hits of green really pop on the silver. I like it so much I think I'm going to swap the parts over from my green Goblin frame and build up a silver one with a new fork.
The curved TT on the 16" is on the Goblin bikes and framesets only. The Guardian has the standard straight-TT frame with the non-tapered HT.
Jeremy
While your at it, why don't you take the components off a new black frame and put them on a Silver one for me too. I love that silver. I'm sure someone else would love to have a black frame. Seriously, is there anyway to get a complete Goblin built on the silver frame? I mean besides me buying both bike and frame and doing it myself.
While your at it, why don't you take the components off a new black frame and put them on a Silver one for me too. I love that silver. I'm sure someone else would love to have a black frame. Seriously, is there anyway to get a complete Goblin built on the silver frame? I mean besides me buying both bike and frame and doing it myself.
I love the black one though! But I have a thing for black bikes. I already have a black one built up with XO and a SID World Cup, so I thought I'd build up a silver one with my other parts since the silver frames are also tapered and the green frame is not.
Anyway, we aren't set up to start swapping parts around for folks, sorry. Having only one colorway in completes of a certain model helps us keep our costs down. Making smart decisions like that, and keeping SKU count down, having a warehouse on the west coast at the port, and operating at low mark-up are all things that help us deliver product to you guys at lower than average price...........
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Anyway, we aren't set up to start swapping parts around for folks, sorry. Having only one colorway in completes of a certain model helps us keep our costs down. Making smart decisions like that, and keeping SKU count down, having a warehouse on the west coast at the port, and operating at low mark-up are all things that help us deliver product to you guys at lower than average price...........
Thanks for the compliment on the silver!
Jeremy
I completely understand. But I had to ask. I love the red on the Guardian too. I'm just not a fan of black. I don't dislike it, it just doesn't get me excited or fired up. But from a companies sales perspective, colors like red, blue, black, silver, white are good choices. Although they may not be peoples first choice in color very few people are completely opposed to those colors. You really took a chance with the original green. I love it, and I think most do, but I can understand why some people would be turned off. Anyway, the silver is beautiful.
What is the inside diameter at the lower end of the headtube on the Goblin frame?
To clarify, here is my scenario. I bought a Guardian in August as a budget option to see if mountain biking was going to work for me as a hobby an to achieve my fitness goals. Now several months later and 20 lbs lighter, I'm pretty dedicated to mountain biking. I have done a lot of upgrades to my Guardian. I'm thinking of building a rigid bike for pavement, commuting with the etc, with my leftover parts. I was thinking of transferring my Guardian parts, to a Goblin frame, and building out the Guardian as a rigid/hybrid bike.
Long story short I want to transfer my untapered Reba fork to a Goblin frameset but would need to buy an adapter headset and I want to make sure one is available before I buy the frame.
This is the exact reducer you need for the lower 1/2" bearing. Two customers have already swapped frames over and have used this reducer to fit a non-tapered 1 1/8" fork. You should be able to source it in the US.
Edit: Do you know who the manufacturer is and part number for this adapter? The link provided doesn't really have any information that will help me find this in the US.
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