A friend has just taken delivery of this frame from Canadashire. He has been riding for years but is out of touch with components and needs some guidance on building up the bike. What do the STW suggest. He’s a big lad of fifteen stone and will be riding pretty full on in the Lakes and Scotland. I should add that he is going for 160mm Fox forks up front.
Cheers

What’s his budget?
Why Fox?

He has the cash for a great build. He likes Fox from his previous bikes. Personally I’d be looking at something else. Not sure they’re worth the money. Rockshox perhaps?

Xtr di2 🙂

Or xt with pikes and American wide lightning wheels

He has the cash for a great build.

XTR or SRAM XX then. I’d have the latter, myself. Brakes? Well, either XTR or some new Guides would be lovely.

With a Reverb, Easton or Renthal carbon bars, Hope F20 pedals and Tech Enduro wheels, tubeless natch. Saddle and grips to personal preference.

X1,Hope Flow Ex.

XX1, light bicycle carbon on DT240.

Great suggestions as ever on here. I’ll post a pic when he’s done building.
Many thanks.

Full SLX groupset inc brakes from our German friends and Hope Hoops, either Flow or Arch Exes.

Depends on how much money he has to spend.

Full SLX groupset inc brakes

but…

He has the cash for a great build.

SLX is very, very good, but it sure isn’t “great”!

@captainflashheart trying to keep things sensible, didn’t see “great build” though, will have a rethink.

My friends bike is built. Thanks for all the advice/suggestions. Brakes are Hope as are the hubs (Pro2). Renthal carbon bars, Sram groupset (XO/XO1), Fox Float R’s and a Thomson Gravity Dropper post.

Needs to do something with that steerer but otherwise good job, I’m partial to a nice long travel hardtail myself and Chromag do some lovely frames.

Get your mate to watch the ‘hardtail in whistler’ video for inspiration… great riding on a Chromag in that.

I think he’ll ride it for a couple of weeks and then decide on the steerer. The jury is out on the 30mm stem. Great looking bike though.