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New rear wheel fitted yesterday - Hope Pro 2 hub on Mavic xc717 rim and had a pair of Elixir CRs (from Juicy 5), an XT chainset, 990 cassette, 991 chain and some other bits fitted by a very good local mechanic. Bike is now running like a dream and it properly light. The OEM hub was the last "weak link" in the bike (Shimano M525) so glad to see the back of it - it was completely and utterly shot to pieces!
Anyone bored yet? Apologies.
Clearly you were all bored!
Just aqueezed a 12.5 miler in - utterly brilliant. The bike is now exactly as I always wanted it and specced to that of a rather expensive machine for about £2k in total. Upgraded list:
Elixir CRs
Hope Pro2 rear/xc717, DT Swiss/Stout front
XT chainset
SRAM 990 cassette
SRAM 991 chain
X-9 shifter and rear mech
XTR cables
BBB carbon bar
Thomson Elite post
Spesh Phenom SL saddle (carbon/ti)
Hope headset
Hope skewers
Spesh Sauserwind S Works tyres
Spesh carbon bottle cage
Some ti bolts
And that's about it!
Oh and it's a hardtail.
I have the same bike with a lot of changes! any pics?
XC717? Unusual choice these days.
Seatpost, and I suspect bars, are heavy and you don't say what stem you have. They would be my targets next.
Tim - this is before the new rear wheel was fitted:
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That's it weightwise for now - it's plenty light enough. Much more and it'll get too fragile. Bar is 130ish grams, seatpost is just over 200g but super strong, stem is OEM and fine for me. The wheel combo gets rave reviews everywhere and it pretty light (920ish grams) so is fine for me.
Having done a MatEng degree I just don't trust carbon for certain parts (seatpost, stem).
I like it a lot! I'm no top level racer, just a fastish XCer. Did win an off road tri with it last year though.
920 gram wheels? Each I presume.
What's wrong with carbon? Been on my bike for years now no issues, just make sure you buy good carbon, Easton or similar quality.
Like the black stealth look though.
Ziggy - only got a new rear wheel (front is fine) so that weight is just for that one.
Carbon is very stiff but has iffy impact resistance and is almost impossible to repair. If I went for a top end frame, I'd go for Ti over carbon. It's great stuff (my bike has a few carbon bits) but I just don't 100% trust it for all applications.
It's just the right balance of strength and light weight now - for me.
I love my Stumpy 2001 HT. Especially withe decent forks on the front. Use it more than the susser.
Me doing a mince tastic jump ...
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Cool pic! And of course - cool bike!
I've also got a 1997 fully rigid steel one - gave it to my dad - he loves it!
Ultra Mincy ...... 3 Inch Drop Off: NAILED 😉
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Bet you styled it up when getting some airtime of that mutha! Woo hoo! 😈
redthunder, had you just been for a game of football?