Similar here; 3.8 Nates went on a couple of weeks ago, a Brand X dropper a little before that, and its a hoot. I had a quick spin on a mates Surly ICT today, and while the 4.8 Bud and Lou's were cool in the snow and slop it felt remarkably similar. I'm not changing it until the frame breaks...
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Calibre Dune Owners Club (tightfisted Northerners)
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Still loving mine for any kind of riding, but usually the local stuff, xc and suchlike.
It was great to be able to take it out in actual snow recently. It was brilliant.
Untitled by Kayak23, on Flickr
Untitled by Kayak23, on FlickrI'm still running the juggernauts and there's nothing bad enough about them to convince me to slap £60-100-odd each end down for a change.. They're fine.
Slx based 1x11, Sunrace 11-46 out back which is fantastic.
Malvern hills. December 2nd 2017 by Kayak23, on Flickr
Malvern hills. December 2nd 2017 by Kayak23, on FlickrNot had any frame issues yet fingers crossed and I'm not gentle with it.
I was originally going to go Bluto on it eventually but you know what? Nah... It's brilliant how it is.
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Downshift - I've come to the same conclusion framewise and even then if I saw another Dune frame cheap I might buy it.
Kayak - Great photo's, still not had any snow here in Brighouse, its looking like a possibility for Friday but I'm working
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My first frame cracked by the BB just outside the warranty. Go outdoors didn't want to know, but Calibre were brilliant & had a new one sent out to me in just over a week.
Changed the brakes, bars, saddle, gone 1x10, changed to JJ's for the summer or Floaters in the gloop, put a dropper on it & some Bluto's ...
Biggest game changers for me were the dropper seatpost & the JJ's...Totally transformed the way the bike road... The Bluto, not so much, in fact if On One hadn't been selling them so cheap I wouldn't have bothered getting one. Went back to the rigid fork last month & it's still a blast
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Go outdoors didn't want to know, but Calibre were brilliant & had a new one sent out to me in just over a week.
Interesting.
Do you have direct contact to Calibre bikes?Is there an direct e-mail to Calibre?
GoOutdoors isn't good in answering...Posted 2 weeks ago # -
Messaged Calibre on their FB page, they replied very quickly.
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Messaged Calibre on their FB page, they replied very quickly.
Thanks!
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Still loving mine. Haven't got round to changing over to the winter tyres yet.
Mike Sanderson from Calibre bikes was really helpful getting me mine on the original thread. Not sure if he still visits the forum.
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Like the picture.
The dog likes the Dune as well...
Great.
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I contacted Mike Sanderson directly via his email and he was brilliant at sorting me out when I had my frame issue.
I found a FBF made a huge difference on the front. Lost all of the self steer and gained loads of grip.I must admit I've just taken delivery of a Kona Wo.....
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Nothing to add to the thread other than saying how much I like that picture. Great stuff.Posted 2 weeks ago # -
We are in the process of adopting the dog so just getting him used to being out on the bike. He's definitely a keeper.
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He looks a mighty fine hound.
Would it be worth me considering picking up a 2nd hand Dune then?
Is it likely that the ones that might have broken will now have done so?Posted 2 weeks ago # -
Would it be worth me considering picking up a 2nd hand Dune then?
Most definitely worth getting one. Best fun ive had in years on mine.
Best check the chainstay / BB weld as this seems to be the problem area, caused by chain suck generally I believe.
Thats where mine went.Posted 2 weeks ago # -
Cheers Splash-man, could well be another +1 for the garage if I can find one to do up.
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I've still got the broken frame in the garage as a starting point !
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Nice blast out on the Dune today. Pretty hard going with trodden slush turned to ice and started going slushy again.
Ice ice baby. December 2017 by Kayak23, on Flickr
Ice ice baby. December 2017 by Kayak23, on FlickrIt turns out that sheet ice laying on top of gravel can be quite slippy...
Ice ice baby. December 2017 by Kayak23, on Flickr
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bloody machine.
Such a Dune...Is this SUNSHINE / blue sky on these pictures?
Last sunshine was - let me think - 2012?
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The standard Dune chainrings seem to cause an issue with chainsuck which leads to gouges which may lead to the problem. I swapped mine to 1x before riding so fingers crossed.
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Tried one of these at the weekend in the Ipswich store, I will now be buying one as soon as I can. Turns out Go Outdoors at 10% off full price items till Thursday, so currently ~£522 is you get the ~£580 in store discount card price.
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You won't regret it but budget for new tyres, some deore brakes and change the chainrings or go 1x before you ride it. They are easily bent and those gouges from chainsuck can cause problems later.
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If you know a Scout Leader /Assistant, you can get 15% off.
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