Lots of new stuff happening lately here at Singular, production Peregrines just need to clear customs and they will be with us in the next few days. Last week saw the arrival of the Hummingbird samples, and today I just built up the first of our Pegasus titanium samples. Below are a couple of pics and a little more info.

Singular Pegasus

I've wanted to do a Ti frame for quite some time. For me, it's the ultimate frame material; light, strong, won't corrode, and has a wonderful ride. As we also know, it's also expensive, and it hadn't been a high priority when getting the company started. However I spoke to a few different manufacturers who worked in Ti, and finally arrived on one to produce a few samples. They took some time to reach production, though I have to say the wait seems well worth it. The finished product is beautiful, construction and weld quality very high.

Geometry is essentially the same as the Swift, though clearly with tubing profiles appropriate to the material. We'll do some testing of these, and all being good will put together a small production run before the end of the year. Weight of this large size frame is 1530g, the medium is 1440g.

Singular Hummingbird

Since we first released the Swift 18 months ago, people were immediately asking "will you do a 26" wheeled version"? I'm a great believer in the benefits of 29" wheels, though for those shorter in stature maneuverability may be reduced, and steering geometry must be compromised to work with available suspension forks without toe overlap. The Hummingbird is intended for people under about 5'8" who begin to run into some of these issues on a pure 29" wheeled frame. The twist here is that although the frame is designed for use with 26" wheels and a 100-120mm suspension fork, it can also be used with a 29" front wheel and dedicated rigid fork with a lot of offset. This gives many of the benefits of a 29" bike, but brings back maneuverability for shorter people thanks to shorter chainstays and wheelbase. The intention is to produce these in a 22.5" and 23.3" ETT.

SSWC 2008

The Singlespeed World Championships is drawing near, only a couple of weeks until one gear enthusiasts from all over the world descend on Napa Valley, California. I've very glad that again Singular Cycles are sponsoring the event, so one lucky person will be taking a Singular Swift SS frameset home with them. I'm also glad I'll be getting over there in person, not for as long as I might have liked, but I hope long enough for some California sunshine...