Soul Cycles Hooligan

[The Rose]

After riding my Generation 1 Hooligan for over a year now, I would like to give it my seal of approval. I have never ridden a bike that fit me better. The EBB works without a hitch, no creaks, no slipping. Also Soul Cycles is great to deal with, they have been more than happy to answer any questions or comments that I had. also the frame came fully faced and chased to provide a hassle free build. :cool:

[tryandgetme]

hmm, I was going to buy a gen1, I decided I was going to before they even released the first batch. then I didn't. now I wish I did...

[RepublicanSS]

After riding my Generation 1 Hooligan for over a year now, I would like to give it my seal of approval. I have never ridden a bike that fit me better. The EBB works without a hitch, no creaks, no slipping. Also Soul Cycles is great to deal with, they have been more than happy to answer any questions or comments that I had. also the frame came fully faced and chased to provide a hassle free build. :cool:

any pics available?

[The Rose]

I'll get on that in the morning.

[SSdrew]

I'm pretty happy with soul cycles too. I got one of the 1st gen frame on closeout, and broke it 4 months later. I contacted Chad, and all I had to do was send in photos and it was warrantied. It took almost 3 months to get a new frame, but it happened to be in-between when the 1st gen frames sold out and the 2nd gen frames were available. Plus I got a choice of color. I'm super stoked on the 2nd gen frame....many nice improvements, including the option to make it geared or keep it SS.

[The Rose]

Man, I saw another frame that broke in the same spot. I wonder if it's a design flaw or just a coincidence. Oh well, the bike rides great and mines still in one peice. Did you do something out of the ordinary to have it bust or was it during normal riding?

[SSdrew]

It could have been a design flaw or an error in heat treating- the crack started right on/next to the weld. I didn't realize the frame was cracked until it propagated entirely through the tube with a loud "thunk" while rolling over a small bump in a night lap @ 24/9.

It was the first time the bike had a suspension fork on it when it broke. Otherwise a rigid fork was used, including a couple times in Copper Harbor (where it is normal for 6" travel bikes to frequent group rides). Never did any drops over 1 ft with the bike.

[rockhound]

I've looked at them, I just don't like that the geometry is set up for a long travel fork. If you put a 100mm suspension corrected rigid fork on a bike, it looks a bit silly. Then again, you could make a 96er out of one.

[SSdrew]

In the top photo I posted above, its a 100mm black up front. The new hooligan frame has what you mentioned- a 100mm corrected rigid with a 29'r wheel up front. The 69'r setup works well. I have no toe overlap and the handling/geometry is fine for me.

[The Rose]

I wonder what the 29inch front wheel did to the Head angle? Have you measured it?