NS Bikes Capital Appreciation Thread (CAT)

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flag DarrellW
Posted: Jul 15, 2017 at 13:49 Quote
If you're doing park, 24 rules to my mind. You can ride dirt jumps on a 20", so you'll still be fine.
flag noisette
Posted: Jul 15, 2017 at 15:10 Quote
+1 for 24"
reason one being that that's what I got lol I quite like the 'in between' size, but that's just me
2nd would be that probably it'll feel more familiar than going straight to 26"
as for parts and prices... in this corner of the planet it's not really difficult to get stuff - admittedly you're gonna have a bigger palette to choose from if you go with 26", though
that said, I miss my cap... it's in a different country now, only getting ridden for like 2 weeks a year, whenever I can visit Frown
flag M1ke25
Posted: Jul 16, 2017 at 2:36 Quote
Thanks for the feedback. I'm leaning more towards a 24. Is I it much harder to chuck a 26 round a park? As from a dirt perspective it would be even smoother with a 26
flag DarrellW
Posted: Jul 16, 2017 at 12:59 Quote
To my mind, you can learn to treat a twitchy bike delicately, but getting a slow bike to respond quickly is harder. I've never had an issue getting 24" parts. Rims are about the only difference, and BMX cruisers are still around, both for racing and now freestyle. Even S&M are making 24" tyres now.
flag caravanking
Posted: Aug 5, 2017 at 0:51 Quote
a1rebirth wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone by any chance have the 2009/10 brake mounts for the capital frame?

Let me know if you do and how much you want

Cheers

I was once in this position.

Ended up just buying the new capital frame at the time (2014)

I rang hotlines who are the uk supplier and they had none.

I sold my 2009 bike to someone who welded some nuts to the frame and then threaded in some regular brake mounts. Was pretty neat to be fair.
flag mataphysics
Posted: Aug 9, 2017 at 6:18 Quote
burakzewsi wrote:
MY 24 capital !

Same tires i'm running, seem to be the best bang for buck for 24 currently.
flag StefanNielsen
Posted: Oct 6, 2017 at 7:07 Quote
Hi im finding my Cap24 to be slightly low in the front end, wit had 430mm AC fork. and in hitting my feet's on barspins with 175mm crank arms.. What do you guys prefer shorter crank arms og longer forks ?
flag cheezitsprocket
Posted: Oct 7, 2017 at 15:36 Quote
Havent tried shorter cranks but ive had max fork size for years
flag StefanNielsen
Posted: Nov 22, 2017 at 13:04 Quote
Anybody got a pic of a rear wheel slammed 2017 24" build?
flag StefanNielsen
Posted: Nov 26, 2017 at 22:47 Quote
Anybody with pics of a 2017 build ?
flag cheezitsprocket
Posted: Dec 15, 2017 at 18:40 Quote
Thats alot of steer tube... probably feels like my 4"bars tho
flag krib
Posted: Apr 25, 2018 at 10:45 Quote
Might as well post here too, 2017 24" Cap
photo
flag StefanNielsen
Posted: May 31, 2018 at 4:28 Quote
anybody tried the "danny macaskill" tyre just saw its 2.4" and i like them wide ;-)

 


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