![]() The bike shown at Tweedlove had an eccentric press fit bottom bracket. Wheelbase on the XL with the 640mm top tube length is 1293mm.īesides the wildly slack head angle, the Shand Ioma has another point of interest. The seat tube angle is kept at 76° across frame sizes, too, as is the chainstay length at 440mm. Meanwhile, the head tube length is consistent and short at 105mm for all 12 frame sizes. Reach comes in at 458mm for the 630mm top tube, increasing to around 466mm with the 640mm top tube. The top tube length options are 620mm, 630mm and 640mm. ![]() ![]() Thus, there are actually 12 frame sizes to choose from. For each frame size, however, there are three choices of top tube length and thus three choices of reach. The Ioma is available in S, M, L and XL, each with a seat tube length of 415mm, 430mm, 445mm and 455mm, respectively. Shand take a semi-custom approach to sizing. If you’re unsure as to which of the 12 sizing options would suit you best, Shand will work with each customer individually to fit them to the best sizing option for them, based on their height, torso length, inside leg length, shoulder width, arm length… you get the idea. That said, designer Brad Howe tells us they would approve use of the frame with longer travel forks too, stating that the 58°, or even a 57° head angle, are still well within the structural parameters of the frame. Speaking reasonably, the main function of that angleset is to allow the rider to correct the bike’s geometry back to 60° if they choose to run a shorter travel fork. That gives it a super slack head angle of 60°, but thanks to the Works Components 2° angleset it comes with, that can slacken off further to an incredible 58°. It is pictured here with a 150mm travel Rockshox Domain fork with an axle-to-crown measurement of 578mm. Constructed from a cold-drawn plain gauge Reynolds 631 tubeset complete with Paragon Machine Works head tube and drop outs, the Ioma may just be one of the slackest hard tails we’ve ever laid eyes on. The Ioma is the latest steel creation to emerge from Shand’s workshop in Livingston, Scotland. Designer, Brad Howe, gave us the low down. Ioma is Scottish-Gaelic for the word “multi” or “poly”, indicative of the Ioma’s many possible configurations. Hardcore hardtail, or what? Do correct me if you know otherwise, but we think that could be the slackest hardtail available on the market. It’s a steel hardtail with an ultra-slack 60° head tube angle, complete with a Works Components 2° angleset that can take it as slack at 58°, or simply offset the geometry changes that come with a longer or shorter travel fork. Last weekend at the Tweedlove Festival, Shand Cycles showed their latest creation the Shand Ioma.
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