Nice.

that is a really good price; frame looks sweet

"the Nukeproof Warhead kit here is ideal"

And so are many other brands no doubt!

So what kickbacks did you get this time for product placement?

Another totally independent, non-biased review?

Somehow i think not.

Funnilly enough Chewy, when the Brant/Nukeproof P7 light got a bad review the other month, everyone said "Oh, they just gave it a bad review because Nukeproof don't pay enough advertising". Even though there was a full page Nukeproof ad in that same issue for the same light. Now, they get a compliment and it must be because the reviewers are crooked, right?

Here is a newsflash- Brant is also affilliated with Nukeproof- designs parts for them at least, not sure how much more- and I do declare both use the same distributer. So, when Brant builds a Ragley frame up for a mag review, no surprise he tends to use that stuff. And when Bikeradar review the bike he's built, they might just mention the bits that were on it, because you can't ride a frame without the other parts.

So, was there a reason you picked out Nukeproof, and not Maxxis, Rockshox or Hayes? Other than that they don't fit in with the bribery theory?

Your conspiracy theory is awarded a D ;)

Well said Northwind.

In my opinion there was no need to plug the brand of stem and bars.

If you read the text without the insert regarding Nukeproof the paragraph canters well enough without it and adds no value to the review.

Like i said, just my opinion but seemed to me like blatant product placement.

Could be wrong...........

:-)

"Nice" - BoardinBob

mmmmmmm, not sure about that, looks a bit of a pig to me! Headtube especially looks minging, like an old scaffold pipe!

... and they just couldn't resist mentioning the Saturn V... as if the space programme needs any more publicity. I wonder how much NASA had to spend on advertising to get such a blatant plug ;-)

glad i just paid a deposit on one.my friends have the steel and ti versions which have impressed me.cant wait to build it up.

Looks good. I'd find it hard to choose between steel & alu. though (ti costs too much). I'll be interested to hear how the two compare as the frame geometry on the Ragley website looks the same.

1.5 headtube - Cannondale have been doing this for years on all their hard-tails.

Great price, but not so sure about a chainstay mounted disc boss and bolt on cable hangers. Think these will make everything look untidy.

>>"the Nukeproof Warhead kit here is ideal"

And so are many other brands no doubt!

No doubt, but the other brands weren't on the bike, were they?

had mine for just over a week what a bike been really impressed it feels so stiff you get the feeling it will go wherever you point it and it climbs better than any bike ive owned and ive had some nice hardtails.i have built it with an xt groupset thomson seat post carbon dh bar hope xc hubs on 5.1 rims and it comes in at 27lb.so ideal for everything with scope to make it lighter.it just feels right all of the time which is quite an acolade.

I have a Ti frame (32 Talas 150, XT, Hope Pro2 / Mavic 317, High Roller 2.35, 12.5kg) and also bought a MmmBop to run the parts off my Intense 6.6 on - the 1.5" headtube sold it (36 Talas, XT, Hope Pro2 / Mavic 819, Minion 2.5, Hope Tech V2, 15kg). I love the Ti frame - a total whippet with serious gravity ability but the MmmBop is awesome down a hill! The slacker angle, stiffer forks and wide bars plus the big tyres makes for an awesome ride, totally different from the Ti build. And I can vouch that they work with brands other than Nukeproof ;o) The 1.5" headtube looks less like a scaff pole with a 1.5" steerer tube thru it and my Straightline 50mm stem tops it off a treat!

i any one has one of the mmmbop what size frame do they have and what size are you? thinking of buying a frame just do not know what size??

This bike is amazing. Cool, confident, understated, it will do anything and a damn sight faster than anything I've ever ridden. It's an unbelievable non-compromise of uphill and downhill and everything in between. Before I bought this bike I was struggling to justify it as I couldn't see what it was aimed at specifically, so I am partly writing this review to establish the reality. This bike does everything. It goes uphill faster than any other bike I've ever owned including my old XC bike. It is so stiff it is devastatingly efficient. It is best run with big tyres - I use 2.35 High Rollers - and these provide the comfortable ride. People say steel is more comfy but here's the deal: my old Orange P7 was flexy laterally, so I fitted thin tyres to make it more efficient and it ended up being very uncomfortable. The Mmmbop is so stiff I can fit fat tyres and still go much faster, and there is a hell of a lot more difference between 1.9 tyres and 2.35 tyres than there is between a steel and an aluminium frame! (Like an extra centimetre of suspension instead of an extra 0.5mm)

The head angle does not make it feel like a cruiser as some fear, it makes it feel like a calm controllable bike in any situation. It encourages great riding, and in my opinion is much more forgiving than my old bike as your weight is further back. There is no weak spot in the Ragley design so don't go trying to figure out what it is. I did a downhill ride the other day at Triscombe and kept up well with the downhill guys on their bikes, and never felt sketchy, and I regularly session downhill runs at the local woods and just power back up 20-30 times without even thinking about it, try that on your full suspension all mountain bike. The slack head angle actually helps keep the bike in line uphill as well!

Awesome bike, will simply do whatever. And you know it's tough because it's passed than new CEN test. All you need is a telescopic seatpost and it is literally unbeatable. I hope I never have to stop riding it!