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lets see some 29" XC racers
Just finished building this up...
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... yet to get it dirty 🙂 Meant to be an inexpensive 29er experiment. Shall hopefully put it to the test at a brass monkey round.
mrbloody
Yes i like that, looks fast!!!!!
mrbloody
Excellent typo!
Be joining the club shortly, I'll revisit this in a couple of weeks!
I'll pretend that I race ...
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Nick
mrbloody
Excellent typo!
I like, may have to change my user name!
Trying to resist the temptation to lighten it up a bit as the seat post, clamp and stem are heavy old parts bin bits. Think it could probably do with a nice KCNC layback from xcracer 🙂 23lbs on the nose in its current form though, which isn't too shabby for the budget.
Be joining the club shortly, I'll revisit this in a couple of weeks!
njee, I am expecting a properly sub 20lbs weapon 🙂
I have a kcnc post on the sale section not layback though 10g
Still racing a 26er, its all in the legs you know 🙂
Liking FM056 that Chris Noble built up though.....
link
http://chris-noble-mtb.blogspot.se/2013/04/new-race-bike-hongfu-fm056.html
I have a kcnc post on the sale section not layback though 10g
Thanks sefton, think I need a tiny bit of layback.
Now lets see more race bikes... 🙂
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Good weight on that hong fu frame. For reference my 18" Scandal was 1752g on the kitchen scales.
njee, I am expecting a properly sub 20lbs weapon
Me too, just not totally sure what it is yet...!
Either a Trek Superfly FS or their hardtail. XX1, some carbon wheels and what not either way, reckon I can do about 19lbs for the hardtail!
swedish chef. nice looking build that...will have a good read after.
you raced 29" too?
ditto about it's all in he legs. 29er could snatch a position but wont change your life 🙂
I've never raced a 29er with a number on, I have however nailed a couple around one of my test loops.
Possibly worth 90 seconds per hour on a XC course, not totally convinced, quicker yes, worth the money when you've already got a 20lb 26er, nah not at the moment.
However since my two previous Trek frames have cracked and they no longer so a 26er SSL, then maybe sometime soon.....
However since my two previous Trek frames have cracked and they no longer so a 26er SSL, then maybe sometime soon.....
Which is how I find myself in this position 😉
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That was it's first ride - I've since cut the steerer and front hose!
bet you could build an amazing 26" race bike without braking the bank!
Which is how I find myself in this position
Interesting, you had the bouncy one?
Transfer the drive chain, brakes, contact points, new wheels and forks? Still and expensive exercise.
Keep us informed.
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ragley TD-1 in its natural habitat - being raced - 10 uder the ben 2 years ago - hence the lobster tan it was about 30 degrees :d
Its one of them bikes that just encourages fast riding - it weighs about 21lbs in Singlespeed guise with carbon forks but its so much more fun/comfy than my 20lb carbon race bike with 27spd XTR and sids.
I built a sub 20lb 26inch wheeled race bike for around the £1500 mark. That was with Carbon wheels and stuff on a whippet frame
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Can't believe the Trek has snapped Njee, bad times! Sub 20lb should be easily doable, mine is and its towing four Duracell's around..
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Here's my On-One. Could have gone for a lighter build but am a clumsy munt so wanted the reassurance of the Stans Arches with 14 stone wheezing around on it...
Salsa El Mariachi ti, soon to be pimped with some carbon rims...
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Reminder to post later...
Gee - did you give up on the 650b bike? </stalker>
Gee - what carbon rims? Something exotic?
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Race trail commute
Hi
the 650b bike is a different bike - I'm still racing on that one. Pic below... The rims coming for the 29er are the Light Bicycle ones which I've been running on my 650b bike all season. I also have some prototype Halo carbon ones coming in December for my Spearfish; those will be a little heavier than the Light Bicycle ones but a hell of a lot stronger and are more designed for AM/Enduro use if I'm honest.
The ti post and bars on the 29er are new this week and are a-ma-zing. I'd forgotten how bendy ti seatposts are - it's so much comfier than the aluminium one it replaced.
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Can't believe the Trek has snapped Njee, bad times! Sub 20lb should be easily doable, mine is and its towing four Duracell's around..
Aye, with any luck! It's a cracked chainstay, there are just no more 26" ones, Trek have been fantastic actually, can't fault their response.
i changed from a cannondale flash 29er to a scalpel 29er. 20lb, an XX1/XTR hybrid. Have only ridden it once for various reasons but its an amazing bike.
Ok its off the peg spec, but still good in my eyes
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Pennywise
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Only upgrade has been a clutch rear mech to reduce chain drop.
I hate it as it makes my 26 wheeled bikes feel like slugs.
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what a machine
Jono
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I know it's only a Specialized but with some lighter wheels replacing the stock ones, it doesn't half shift.
@ crispycross
I'm a bit of a Spesh fan so that looks great to me.
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My Giant XTC 29 alloy frame.
A cheap off the peg frame but i have been very impressed.
Very rapid off the line.
With suspension it is running at 21.5 pounds.
XL frame too!
A bit lighter at the moment in winter spec with some carbon Niner rigids
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Thanx,
Max.
Damn this thread. I want a 29er now.
Anyone want a couple of 26ers?
Well it's race-y and light-ish... even if I'm neither:
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You just collect bikes hh ? Your worse than me ?
You just collect bikes hh ? Your worse than me ?
Yup, you know me only too well... at least yours get justifiably ridden!
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Not a true xc bike but its fast....
Scott scale 900sl, few lightweight stuff, 19.5lbs
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Does a 29er race bike need to be a hard tail? This is my 100mm Orbea Occam, lightish and really fast. Good fun too.
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Nope- this is my XC racer
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