Mountain Bike thread?

[danroyle]

my bike turned up this afternoon so have built it now


specs are
FOrks= rock shox boxxer ride U-turn 178mm travel adjustable to 133mm
Rearshock= Fox Dhx 3.0
Frame Norco Six one
Wheels Front=Sun single track rim shimano lx 20mm bolt thru hub
Wheels Rear= halo hub sun single track rim
Tires= Maxxis wetscream 2.5 competition tires
Gears= Sram x7 9 speed with shimano deore XT rear Mech and shimano close ratio 9 speed cassette
Chain Guide= Da Bomb Recoil
Cranks+PEdals= Truvatic hussefelt+ NS bikes pedals
Brakes Avid Juicy 5 203mm front 185mm rear Rotors
Bars+ Stem= truvativ hussefelt stem and holzfeller riser bars with Ritchey Grips
The rest
Fireye Seat BBB Seatpost, Smart polaris Lights and Cateye Comp.

Am gonna ditch the SRam x7 shifter as its awful. But what do you all think for a downhill/freeride bike i am well pleased with it

[jimborae]

If the Juicy 5's are anything like the Juicy Ultimates on my bike then I'd suggest that you invest in an Avid Brake Bleed kit cos you're gonna need it. Great brakes when the work (although too lightweight for downhill me thinks) but they are forever letting in air, or in my case dumping fluid everywhere from a loose bleed valve

[Konan555]

Am gonna ditch the SRam x7 shifter as its awful. But what do you all think for a downhill/freeride bike i am well pleased with it

I think you'll find that's because of.....

Gears= Sram x7 9 speed with shimano deore XT rear Mech

SRAM and Shimano shifters have different cable pulls. I might have this the wrong way around, but I think you'll find that a SRAM shifter will pull twice as much cable per shift so you'll hop two gears trying to use a Shimano mech.

[danroyle]

I think you'll find that's because of.....



SRAM and Shimano shifters have different cable pulls. I might have this the wrong way around, but I think you'll find that a SRAM shifter will pull twice as much cable per shift so you'll hop two gears trying to use a Shimano mech.

yeah i know they shift down fine but up is horrible, the sram shifter was given to me with it. Personally i never use Sram gear stuff have always found it horrible and unsmooth to use.



in regards to the jucy 5's mine luckily dont seem to suffer from the leaky valve problems that alot of avid brakes do, they are a couple of years old now (they came off my previous bike) and have not had to bled once yet or leaked yet, If they leak now i'll be really annoyed.

[Georgy291]

my bike turned up this afternoon so have built it now


specs are
FOrks= rock shox boxxer ride U-turn 178mm travel adjustable to 133mm
Rearshock= Fox Dhx 3.0
Frame Norco Six one
Wheels Front=Sun single track rim shimano lx 20mm bolt thru hub
Wheels Rear= halo hub sun single track rim
Tires= Maxxis wetscream 2.5 competition tires
Gears= Sram x7 9 speed with shimano deore XT rear Mech and shimano close ratio 9 speed cassette
Chain Guide= Da Bomb Recoil
Cranks+PEdals= Truvatic hussefelt+ NS bikes pedals
Brakes Avid Juicy 5 203mm front 185mm rear Rotors
Bars+ Stem= truvativ hussefelt stem and holzfeller riser bars with Ritchey Grips
The rest
Fireye Seat BBB Seatpost, Smart polaris Lights and Cateye Comp.

Am gonna ditch the SRam x7 shifter as its awful. But what do you all think for a downhill/freeride bike i am well pleased with it

thats one fine looking bike, just one thing?

why is it so clean? surely its meant to be taken out and enjoyed not being in the house all shiny?

[danroyle]

thats one fine looking bike, just one thing?

why is it so clean? surely its meant to be taken out and enjoyed not being in the house all shiny?

i had only just finished building it decided to take a picture before i took it out.

[Mblaster]

surely its meant to be taken out and enjoyed not being in the house all shiny?

That's what I keep telling myself when I'm feeling too lazy to clean my bike

[Konan555]

yeah i know they shift down fine but up is horrible, the sram shifter was given to me with it. Personally i never use Sram gear stuff have always found it horrible and unsmooth to use.

The main point here is that SRAM and Shimano don't actually mix. It's like trying to pull a V brake with a road lever.

[danroyle]

The main point here is that SRAM and Shimano don't actually mix. It's like trying to pull a V brake with a road lever.

yeah i know. ripped it off now and changed it for a shimano shifter runs alot better now.

[Philipp]

New ish bike, Decided I wasn't really getting along with the stumpjumper not very confidence inspiring on the downhills and more suited to XC riding imho;

Decided to put together my dream all mountain machine so to speak;



Frame; Enduro SL Carbon
Forks; Fox Van 36 RC2
Drive-train; SLX double n bash cranks with XTR front and rear mech, XT cassette, XT shifters.
Wheels; Mavic 819 with pro 2 hubs
Stoppers; Hope M4 with 203 rotors front and back (fatty I am)

Climbs just as good as the stumpjumper but the slacker angles make it soo much more rewarding on the downs

[Georgy291]

New ish bike, Decided I wasn't really getting along with the stumpjumper not very confidence inspiring on the downhills and more suited to XC riding imho;

Decided to put together my dream all mountain machine so to speak;

Frame; Enduro SL Carbon
Forks; Fox Van 36 RC2
Drive-train; SLX double n bash cranks with XTR front and rear mech, XT cassette, XT shifters.
Wheels; Mavic 819 with pro 2 hubs
Stoppers; Hope M4 with 203 rotors front and back (fatty I am)

Climbs just as good as the stumpjumper but the slacker angles make it soo much more rewarding on the downs

man i got a set off those foxes now, i bet they are lovely! I havent been on my bike in 7 weeks now since its left back at home, but damn do i miss those foxes

[Philipp]

Yup, lush plush foxes!

Still need to dial in the RC2 low and high speed damping, just have them both around middlish now.

How do you run yours?

[Georgy291]

since im a light (10stone) i keep the preloads on softest and the dampers around middleish. I like them on softest since im light and never bottom them out anyway

[theuncharmed]

On-One Single Speed

Thought I'd share my pride and joy



On-One 18″ inbred frame
Fox F120 R
Thomson 70mm stem
Thomson 410mm 27.2 seatpost
Thomson 29.8 seatclamp
Azonic Doublewall 2″ bars
Avid Juicy 5 disc brakes – 185mm front and rear [165mm rear doesn't fit]
Chris King headset
Chris King bottom bracket
Middleburn RS8 X-type cranks
Middleburn 36t Uno spider / chainring
Deore XT SPD pedals
SRAM Nickel PC-1 chain
Tioga DH 2.3 steel tires – well comfy
WTB ti Race saddle
ODI Rogue lock-on grips
Hope Pro 15mm front wheel laced on black spokes to Mavix X717 rim
DMR Revolver single speed rear wheel laced to DMR DV rims
Shimano 16t freewheel

Rides a dream. It's a smooth, quiet and easy going bike. Love it to bits.

[Tumble]

Like the On-One. A riding buddy runs a 29er Inbred - it was SS, but he had to put gears back on it as it was shredding his knees... he's running a 160mm disc at the back on Shimano brakes, curious as to how a 185 will fit and a smaller one won't - is the 26" frame that different at the back?

[theuncharmed]

Thanks

Because the rear axle is moveable to tension the chain, it just so happened that my configuration made it impossible to fit a 165 in without the caliper hitting the frame. I could have sanded down the caliper or the frame to make it work, but thought nah, go with the 185.

I know also that most Shimano brakes work [whatever size], so I think I'll be heading that way for my next upgrade or perhaps with Hope. 185mm front and rear on a single speed is just overkill