GREEN! My New Long Termer
Now that the Genesis Alpitude has been finished with it was time to get another Long Term project in. And after a LOT of deliberation here is what I’ve gone for…
Kinesis Decade Virsa.
I’m going to build it up as a All Day Mildy-Hardcore Hardtail Trail Ripper. Or in other words a bike for doing lots of fun riding with. The head angle should be slack enough and the BB low enough to be a decent technical descender. There’s clearance for fat tyres. Hopefully it’ll build into a bike that’s not too heavy to ride all day (or too twangily light or sketchy). It’s available in a lanky-friendly 19in-ish size (my only slight niggle with the Alpitude was its not-quite-big-enough-for-me).
The only potential mini-problem that I need to bear in mind is that the seat angle might be a bit slack (especially if running a 130mm-ish fork). But hopefully with an inline seat post and maybe an adjustable travel fork this will be fine.
The only build kit I’ve decided on at the mo is a set of Mavic Crossmax ST wheels and a pair of the new 2010 WTB Weirwolf tubeless-ready tyres.
Posted on: August 23, 2009 by Ben_Haworth
Just “found” some new Deore drivetrain stuff.. And a Crank Bros Iodine headset.. And a Magura Thor fork.. And a Bioflex saddle.. That’ll do nicely
hows the angles looking with a longer fork?
Sometime this week I’ll do an update with pics of the (almost) final build and geometry, weight etc
Whats the size of the seatpost, and more importanly how is it to ride!