As there is no information online about which bearings it takes I thought I would give calibre a message on Facebook. After only about 5 months and maybe 1000 miles headset bearing failed. That’s more of a go outdoors problem rather than a calibre one granted. The gearing was never right straight out of the shop. Have tried contacted them many times unfortunately all to no avail as they just ignore you. I’m left with a 1 year and 5 month bike left completely un usable because of the corner cutting this firm chooses to do. Bodged bikesĪs the other reviewer has stated. shame on you.Īvoid these bikes like the plague. they should refund you the wasted time you spend driving the bike to the shop with problem after problem, i gave up with them in the end as the warranty is pointless and the service is restricted by the lack of parts, lack of knowledge and high incidence of failures., i just fix it myself now and its been a lot better. My sons s/h dawes bandit needed less attention in 5 years that he bashed about, than this needed in the first 2 weeks. overall a rip off even at the lower price. Iam a 60 year old fully qualified Engineer so i know what a grub screw does and what a shot bearing sounds like. Then the cassette became very noisy, their answer to that was "they are all like that" as if i was a muppet. The mechanic in GO was a wally, when i questioned him about the brakes not being right and mentioned the pad locking grub screw, he said he didnt bother with them, hence ours was damaged where he had not backed it off when adjusting the fixed pad, i dispair. Paint is terrible, just chips by looking at it. Then the steering head made a odd grinding noise, go outdoors not helpfull, I took it apart to find a thin steel cup loose in the frame and acting as a cone bearing!!, no proper fit in frame, just loose, this is what was making the noise, no real fix here as I would need to make a proper bearing cone that was in interference fit to frame then have it hardened and tempered, ended up putting in some molly grease to reduce the stress and grinding. Seat post would not stay tight, splines are soft as butter and splines do not interlink, had to have new stem and tighten it myself with a drop of 243. First thing that went wrong was the cheap cup and cone bottom bracket, (what a cheap saving they made here) noisy and loose. Not only is the suspension smooth and supple, but it’s also supportive and fluid, at both ends, with the Sektor fork reacting to repeated bumps and bigger hits better than any of the other three bikes on test: Norco Fluid FS 3, Marin Hawk Hill 1 and Vitus Mythique 29 VRS.Bought a lead from go outdoors. Its cockpit puts you in the perfect position to rip it up, and its BB feels low, so you can swing through turns with the front tyre always in the sweet spot for steering and balance. The Triple B rides like bikes costing double the price, with its grip, rider position, frame stiffness and suspension action all being comparable to those of some £3,000-plus machines.
If I’m being really picky, I’d take the Schwalbe EVO tyre combo that Vitus offers, for its extra grip, over the Bossnut’s WTB rubber package. The 780mm handlebar comes from trusted brand Spank, and Calibre’s own stem is nice and short at 45mm.
These are ridiculously powerful because they’re designed to stop the heftiest e-MTBs. Mick Kirkmanįor the £400 price hike over the standard 2020 Bossnut, you get a sorted and plush RockShox Sektor fork, a KS Rage-i post with a useful 125mm drop, and four-piston SRAM Guide RE brakes.
SRAM’s Guide RE brakes can kill speed quickly and are rock-solid reliable. Response under power is direct and efficient, thanks in part to the oversize crank axle running on one of SRAM’s latest DUB bottom brackets. The frame is 1x-specific and uses a 12-speed SRAM Eagle drivetrain with an 11-50t cassette.
But for the money, it’s hard to imagine a much better package than this.Įvery component maximises performance, and kit like the WTB Vigilante TCS Light/High Grip tyre on the front (where you need it) and faster-rolling Trail Boss on the back show that Calibre knows what’s up. It’s rare for bikes costing even masses of cash to not have the odd bit of questionable kit hidden away in the spec. Both are surefire performance enhancers that feel great on the trail.Ī 142x12mm bolt-thru rear axle combines with fat tubes, a beefy rocker link and thick stays to give a stiffness boost that’s very welcome as soon as you realise that the Triple B doesn’t ride like any other budget bike out there. For 2020, the Triple B has a slacker head angle (65.5 degrees in a large) for more stability at speed and a steeper seat tube (48cm / 18.9in) for a better climbing position. Its Grip, rider position, frame stiffness and suspension action are comparable to those of some more expensive machines.
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