Stuff What I Made

The Deviate came with a Cane Creek Helm suspension fork. Living in Scotland, a mudguard is basically essential for 90% of the year. Luckily the fork had mounting points for a mudguard, but unfortunately, at the time, Cane Creek didn’t actually make one to suit it. Obviously, yet another opportunity for a 3D printing project. [Read More]

One of the consequences of getting the one shift lever per side shift system what that it displaced the dropper seat post actuation lever. On option would be to use an ODI lock-on grip style lever, but I had used them in the past and didn’t really like them. I did have a lever of a suitable size, 9point8 brand I think, but its mount left it sitting in an awkward spot that didn’t interact well with the new shift levers. [Read More]

The Cinq Shift:R trigger shifting system was for the most part very good, but the shift levers themselves were not to my taste. [Read More]

The Pinion gearbox on my Deviate Guide originally came with grip shifting as its gear change mechanism. I’ve never really been a fan of grip shift, it feels awkward as a movement, disrupts braking and makes your bars/grips asymmetric. There is no real upside to it for me, besides having the ability to dump a bunch of gears at once. [Read More]

Having ruined the Haro, in 2018 I bought my first ever completely new mountain bike, a Deviate Guide. I’ve always had a thing for gearbox based mountain bikes, but this was the first one that was equipped with a Pinion. [Read More]