{"id":57817,"date":"2023-12-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/78af176b-6f28-417d-92d4-a0de1f2bc3a9"},"modified":"2023-12-22T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:46:15","slug":"ragley-big-wig-frame","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/ragley-big-wig-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Ragley Big Wig frame"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Tom Marvin\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 22 December 2023 at 15:00 PM<\/p>

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The Big Wig is Ragley\u2019s long-travel steel 29er hardtail, a genre of bike synonymous with the British mountain biking scene.<\/p>

Ragley has taken the best bits of the classic hardcore hardtail and given it a thoroughly modern make-over with a frame that, on paper, ticks all the right boxes.<\/p>

It’s not the lightest or most refined to ride, but it tackles a variety of trails with unfussy aplomb.<\/p>

Ragley Big Wig frame details<\/h2>
Tube gussets add front-triangle stiffness. – Andy Lloyd \/ Our Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>

4130 Cro-Mo steel is used throughout the frame. There aren\u2019t any fancy claims about the performance of this steel, but it\u2019s good stout stuff, ready for a life of thrashing, and weighs 3.2kg (Large).<\/p>

The frame is built for 140 to 160mm-travel single-crown forks, with a geometry based around these longer-travel figures.<\/p>

The head angle is slack, at 64 degrees with a 140mm fork, while the seat angle is middle-of-the-road at 75.5 degrees.<\/p>

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The front end is fairly long and slack. – Andy Lloyd \/ Our Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>

If you were to fit a longer-travel suspension fork<\/a>, the angles would slacken by up to a degree with a 160mm fork.<\/p>

My Large test bike has a 480mm reach, which is long but not exceptionally so. This would shorten a touch if you were running a longer fork.<\/p>

The chainstays are 435mm long. I measured the wheelbase at just under 1,250mm with a 44mm-offset fork.<\/p>

<\/colgroup>
\ufeff<\/th>M<\/b><\/th>L<\/b><\/th>XL<\/b><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Seat tube angle<\/b> (degrees)<\/td>75<\/td>75<\/td>75<\/td> <\/tr>
Head tube angle<\/b> (degrees)<\/td>63.5<\/td>63.5<\/td>63.5<\/td> <\/tr>
Chainstay<\/b> (mm)<\/td>435<\/td>435<\/td>435<\/td> <\/tr>
Seat tube<\/b> (mm)<\/td>410<\/td>440<\/td>470<\/td> <\/tr>
Top tube<\/b> (mm)<\/td>632<\/td>658<\/td>685<\/td> <\/tr>
Head tube<\/b> (mm)<\/td>105<\/td>110<\/td>120<\/td> <\/tr>
Fork offset<\/b> (mm)<\/td>42<\/td>42<\/td>42<\/td> <\/tr>
Bottom bracket drop<\/b> (mm)<\/td>70<\/td>70<\/td>70<\/td> <\/tr>
Wheelbase<\/b> (mm)<\/td>1,225<\/td>1,252<\/td>1,282<\/td> <\/tr>
Standover<\/b> (mm)<\/td>671<\/td>698<\/td>726<\/td> <\/tr>
Stack<\/b> (mm)<\/td>659<\/td>663<\/td>672<\/td> <\/tr>
Reach<\/b> (mm)<\/td>455<\/td>480<\/td>505<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table>