OK,
the paint is custom, and done professionally, although a little fragile. the frame has no dents or cracks. There are a few chips and scrapes on the paint, but nothing you wouldn't expect. I placed protective transparent adhesive wrap to the down tube and on most of the likely areas of wear. I have used old inner tube on the chain stay and a velcro protector on the seat stay on the drive side, as the paint is not powdercoat, but at the same time it is much better quality paint than what was on it originally.
New bearings fitted recently to the rear suspension. I have also got the bearing fitment tool to go with the bike, which is a specific tool made by Santacruz for this frame.
This is the 1 1/8 frame in Large. 178mm rear travel.
Pushed Float R which wil give you amazingly plush suspension. It is fantastic, and was worth every penny for the shock upgrade by TFT.
Marzocchi 55s with brand new TST2 and ATA internals, so basically a brand new fork with 2010 internals fitted by Windwave.
Chris King headset in Gold ano and in perfect working order.
Hope M4 brakes on 203/183 floating rotors red ano spiders. All working well.
Hope pro 2 wheels on DTSwiss 5.1 rims Gold ano hubs Tyres: R: 2.35 Maxxis Minion R kevlar bead. F: 2.4 Maxxis Minion Fr Specific Wire Bead - heavy but wonderful grip.
Hope external BB, stainless bearings red ano
Raceface chainset. It is double and bash at present, with a blackspire bash. I have the chainring to go with the bike. Still very serviceable, as I hardly ever used the big ring.
XT gears throughout (shadow on rear). The rear mech has seen better days, and the jockeys are well worn, but to be honest, I was trying to use it to the point of it giving up, as I wanted to put a mid cage rear mech on, but it has just stubbornly kept working! The chain is kmc 9SL. the cassette and chain still work well enough, but will need a change at the same time, as the chain stretch has now exceeded 75% so I would expect them to last this summer if your'e lucky.
Thompson Seatpost, 410mm layback with Flite Ti
Lock on grips
Reason for sale: I can't justify this one anymore, as my new bike is nearly as good down hill but better up hill.
No pedals, as I want to keep the DX's
£1700 ono
