looks lovely - but that shock's gonna get a pasting with a british winter!!

Agreed, It might be worth trying to make a U-shaped fender like the ones that you get on trials bikes to protect it (if the shock stroke allows it).

nice looks like that evil sect that was on here a few weeks back ......,. and its in my price range :D

the amount of flack from rocks that i get might worry the shock and linkage. A fender sounds sensible. Nice looking rig tho, looks planted.

Forget the plastic crap fender, get an old DH tube, cut a section out, then cut it down the middle. Zip tie the four corners around the bottom and through the frame 'holes' to keep the crap out. Trim to fit. Oh, maybe two small nicks to let any pooling water drain out. Might do it...

Stuff all these bodge jobs which btw all very good ideas, if they want to sell to the British market then go back to the drawing board. Would you by a Brolly with a hole in it to see if it was raining?? All these guys above here with the mudguard ideas etc is who designers should talk to. BMW have low profile wheels that are great on smooth German roads but crack on British crap roads. Nike make thin lightweight footy boots that are great for pro players that use them once on grass but fall apart when your average joe goes out for his 5th game playing on astro turf. Designers must listen to their market & consumers must be cautious before spending their hard earned cash. so read your MBUK test reviews kids.

I;ve been folllowing the development of this bike for some time, as it looked like just what I wanted but there have been some major issues with it in the US.

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=389800&page=3

Not sure what/if anything done to rectify them. still a great looking bike though.

California maybe.. muddy UK..no.

juankerr, I should have said that. Just got all caught up in a rant up there in my post.