spec/weight please

Was discussing bike weights at the weekend – i reckon my large prophet weighs 31lb ish with decent kit on it.

anyone care to share there specs and pics please

Why dont you start the ball rolling with the spec of yours?

ok seeing as you ask so nicely 🙂

Large frame with rp23 shock
Air 454 pikes
pro2s/819 rims with xt cassette and bonty acx TR tyres
Syncros bulk bar and 70mm AM stem
Gravity dropper (with remote) and Fizik gobi saddle
Lizard skins moab grips
X9 rear mech and shifters with matchmakers and juicy 5s
Xt front mech
Time atac freeride pedals
Race face evolve xc x type chainset and XT bb
(think thats it)

Coil shock replaced again with an rp23

’07 i thunk, fairly standard at the mo, XT/LX Lefty Max

Mono M4’s should land any day now, Spesh BG saddle arrived today

size and weight? /\

Bathroom scale weight is 32lbs
Medium frame MX2 with rp23 shock
1.5 steerer Solo air lyriks
Formula Hubs/819 rims & XT cassette (bolt thru rear)
2.35 LUST tyres – Ignitor rear & High Roller front
Race face Diabolus stem & Easton AM low rise bars, lock-ons
Juicy 7 brakes – 203 & 180mm
Xt front mech, X9 rear mech and X9/X.0 shifters
SDG I beam post & Bel air saddle
Wellgo B47pedals
XT chainset – two rings & bash

Old picture when it was pretty much standard spec.

my 31lb is about right then 🙂

I reckon. Would b e nice to get it lighter but not sure I can be arsed – would need to rebuld wheels with lighter hubs etc.

How did you get on with the DHX on it? Might get a coil for trips abroad etc.

willy wavers over here 🙄

racing_ralph – Member
size and weight? /\

medium, me holding bike on scales = 92kg, me minus bike = 80 kgs. therefore approx 26.5lbs ? not really scientific measurement i know. It has no brakes on it the mo tho, and the heavy old spds will be replaced with my new eggbeater c’s

Mmmm Prophets:

Hi Rob,

Here’s mine don’t know how much it weighs though i do keep an eye on weight, but you can feel for yourself on saturday if you like! It’s a bit lighter than the pic as it’s got Crossmax XL’s on it.

I’m liking yours on white though.

goog see the dhx up there same way up :pwned:

Please don’t talk about unsprung mass – it is the only way it’ll fit 😉

this is the finish i was after goog

swisstony…what headset are you using and do the fork adjusters hit the frame if the bars were to spin around? Cheers.

Raw polished? Thats what my MX is

its lovely! I may send mine to argos to work their magic

No longer own it, but it was a cracking ride.

whats the difference between a normal and an mx?

Medium black Prophet, Hope pro II /DT tubeless rims (waiting to unpgrade my Maxxi HR + Advantage combo to Conti Rubber queens) Sram 9/XO drivetrain, Louise FR stoppers + pink Wotans up from. Can get it down to 32lbs ish which is fine as its a sh!t load of fun.

The MX has a 12mm bolt through rear axle.

Prophet MX1 frame (medium)
DHX5.0 Air
Fox Float 36RC2s
Hope Bulbs on XM819 rims
Maxxis Ignitor 2.35 LUSTs
M970 XTR mechs, shifters, chainset
Avid Juicy 7s with 203mm rotors
Thompson seatpost (410mm Layback)
Flite saddle
RF Atlas Bars and Thompson X4 stem
Ergon Grips
Time Xen Carbon pedals

Never weighed it, but if more than 30lb it’s not much more.

As mentioned above the MX has a 12mm bolt thru rear axle and also a gussetted headtube so its warrantied for forks up to 160mm

are prophets suitable for ton size blokes??

There is no difference in the head tube. See the picture above.

My brother’s 2008 Prophet X has a gussetted headtube but a normal QR back end. If i’m not mistaken the gussett in the photo above starts at head tube and runs under the down tube to finish just to the left of the cable guides. Cannondale weld finish just means it doesn’t stand out.

There is a gusset under the downtube, linking to the headtube, on mine – you just can’t see it from that angle with that dodgy exposure. It always felt underforked with Pikes, reckon it will be well sweet with the 36s.

You can see the gusset on bristolsurfer’s pic – runs from headtube to cable guide. It’s not massively obvious but it is there.

could i get a new rear end?

Despite riding a foes fxr 2.1 why do i still want a prophet? i’ve never even ridden one!

Here’s mine:

standard except for dx pedals, new fsa black seatpost, replaced as the white one flaked and a thomson stem.

Weight? not a clue as I haven’t done the bathroom scales test yet.

Can’t be arsed to type out the spec but here’s mine, or at least mine when I finish building it and pay for it….Gotta take off that gay chainstay protector for a start.

It waaaaays 35lb according to the scales at work.

Heres mine, now with thompson layback post and Pro2 wheels, not sure of weight but very similar to, if not the same as my previous Jekyll which was 28lb.

Pace RC41 Fighters
Thompson post
XTR shifters
XTR rear mech
XT Front mech
XT Brakes
Mavic 819 rims
Hope pro2 hubs
FSA DH carbon bars
Now Bonty Mud X tyres

here it is… hopefully

MattF, it’s a Hope reducer headset which i chose as it has a taller lower race to stop the dials fouling the downtube, I’m forever crossing up on massive hip jumps!

As for the gusset on the MX’s, newer models have an external one, older ones internal.

Walleater – ooh same as mine!

I’d recommend getting that shock changed if you can – PUSHed RP23 was a major improvement.

Ace thread.

Prophets rock, and while they aren’t pretty bikes they look so purposeful and ready to go.

I’m considering a prophet for the bike to work scheme in the office. How do the cheaper 2009 ones stack up? Am I correct in assuming that, because they all have a pike up front, that the biggest difference between the 1, 2 and 3 is weight rather than out right performance?

if you can get a prophet 2 (2008) then you will not be disappointed