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Chinese Carbon MTB => 29+ & 27+ => Topic started by: kroe on February 27, 2016, 10:37:36 AM

Title: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: kroe on February 27, 2016, 10:37:36 AM

Trying to determine what open mold frame the Heller Shagamaw is based on.  Looks a lot like the FM-020 from Dengfu, but doesn't have that high drive side chainstay. 

Anyone able to track down which specific frame this is?

Title: Re: Heller Shagamaw - What Open Mold Frame?
Post by: JohnSpeed on February 27, 2016, 03:52:37 PM

Might get a bit better feedback if you provided a link or some images. First time I've heard/read the name Heller Shagamaw on the forums

Title: Re: Heller Shagamaw - What Open Mold Frame?
Post by: kroe on February 27, 2016, 05:14:58 PM

It's the house brand of QBP.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2016/02/26/heller-shagamaw/

Title: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: Carbon_Dude on February 28, 2016, 06:08:31 PM

This is looking really good to me.  Particularly for the price.  $2,599 for a 1x11 setup w/ 130mm fork.  I was thinking about getting a set of 650B+ wheels for my -057 but for about 3x the cost of a set of 27.5 carbon wheels I could get a new bike :).

Here is the link: http://hellerbikes.com/bikes/shagamaw-gx1/overview_features (http://hellerbikes.com/bikes/shagamaw-gx1/overview_features)

(http://dirtragmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shagamaw-2-630x388.jpg)

Title: Re: Heller Shagamaw - What Open Mold Frame?
Post by: Carbon_Dude on February 28, 2016, 06:48:35 PM

I just posted another topic on this.  Looks like a unique frame for the Heller Shagamaw.  Not sure if this frame can be found from any of the regular Chinese vendors.  If I could be, I'd be interested also, even though I'm not really ready to build another bike.

Title: Re: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: cmh on February 29, 2016, 10:02:42 AM

Wow, that's a huge jump between sizes. Small has a 585mm effective top tube, and medium jumps up to 616.5... whereas the Scale-derived geometry bikes has the medium at 600mm.

Otherwise, does look like a cool bike.

Title: Re: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: Carbon_Dude on February 29, 2016, 10:20:36 AM

I know, according to my height of 5'-11", I would fit on their medium frame.  Normally I would always choose a large frame.

Title: Re: Heller Shagamaw - What Open Mold Frame?
Post by: Demicusx on April 21, 2016, 12:20:49 AM

I was glad to find information. Within this forum

Title: Re: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: Carbon_Dude on April 24, 2016, 03:58:21 PM

Two Heller Bikes topics merged.

Title: Re: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: scottay on May 11, 2016, 02:47:02 PM

Any new info?

Title: Re: Heller Bikes Shagamaw GX1 27.5+ Bike
Post by: Carbon_Dude on May 11, 2016, 08:30:24 PM

None that I know of, still think it's a nice bike and at an amazingly low price.