Bikecheck: Michel Plonka by the-rise

After riding an ILL Bike Peanut frame for the past year, Michel recently put together a new Candy frame. We've been told before that bikechecks containing only a specs list and pictures don't give enough information, so this one contains more feedback from the rider about the products he uses. Keep reading for more pics and informations about the bike!

Frame: ILL Bike Candy 26"
Fork: PS Street Meat 430mm
Bars: NS District
Stem: Don't know
Grips: Animal Edwin
Barends: Odyssey Par Ends
Headset: Oddyssey
Seatpost: Pivotal
Seat: Alone BMX
Pedals: Macneil Nylist
Cranks: Profile Racing 175mm
Sprocket: Mutant Bikes 25T
Chain: KMC 10$ chain
Tires: Maxxis DTH 26 X 2.15
Front rim: NS Trailmaster
Front Hub: Animal Javelin
Rear rim: Mavic 325
Rear hub: Chosen LHD 9T
Mods: Custom wedge seat post system

Here's some words from Michel about his current setup:
"There are some specific parts on my bike that I ride for a long time now because I think they're perfect for me. I always use the NS district bars, Maxxis DTH tires and that one kind of wellgo plastic pedals that every brand uses with their logo on it. I also wanted to get Cult Waffle grips but they were out of stock so I opted for the Animals instead, and decided to try flanges for no particular reason. I rode a peanut frame for the past year, it's an awesome street machine, small, super easy to hop and spin around. I decided to try a Candy because it's a little bigger and the geometry seemed better for jumps and fast riding and it's been really good so far. I've been riding LHD for a long time now and the only thing that bothered me about getting a frame with MTB spacing was that there's no LHD MTB hubs on the market. After some research, I found out that Chosen make one, so I bought it and it seems solid. Really stoked about the bike so far!"

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6 Comments

ercover (Oct 7, 2013 at 5:31)

It's great to see that you considered the feedback!

c4mtb (Oct 6, 2013 at 15:43)

Cool article i like it and this guy is dirty, but there really is not much to check on a dirt jumper bike with no brakes...

ercover (Oct 7, 2013 at 5:29)

So in your opinion only thing worth checking are brakes?

c4mtb (Oct 7, 2013 at 5:34)

Haha they are a nice thing to make sure they work before going down the hill... But now I was just pointing out that this bike is very simple compare to some of the other bikes.

ercover (Oct 7, 2013 at 5:59)

Yea, I did understand what you meant, I was just kidding, because what you wrote seemed like you were saying that the only thing worth checking are brakes. But of course this bike check offers much more to street riders.

c4mtb (Oct 7, 2013 at 6:08)

ahahah yeah still a good article.