[Closed] All Mountain bikes, lets see them.

butterbean - Member
plus, your running a guide? it doesnt look so in the pic? ditch it sir! you dont need it
Ah, the voice of an XX1 (or XX1 style chainring) newbie.

Every single bike we have with XX1 & X01 has a guide (top admittedly, but that's all you need) because it may work great to begin with, until wear is introduced into the system. Then it's not very good.

There is a reason why SRAM changed the wording from 'definately no guide needed' to 'a guide may be needed in some circumstances'.

erppp well ive used it for 2 months now, 3 times a week up peak district with every ride over 2500feet of climb minimum (usually around 3500-5000feet weekends, with descents that follow), so its had a lot of chainring wear useage and its no different now to when i had it new.....ive checked the chainring itself and the thickness of the wider teeth still appears to be noticeably thicker than the normal ones, so i think ill take me chances thanks!

like i said in a previous thread some of you must be riding gods riding full on downhill tracks ALL the time to be losing the chain!

i only usually get about 6 months out of a hope chainring up front, so im at least a 3rd into that now, with absolutly no difference in performance from new

if it fails after 4-5 months then i still think its worth it personally, its a revelation having no guide on

2 months...

We've been testing various iterations of XX1 for nearly 2 years now....

Dev bikes get used & abused, that's what they are for. My own bike with it had a guide from day one. The guys I ride and race with tried it without & all run top guides now. Granted you dont need a full option but you generally do need something especially big mountain riding & racing (EWS, Avalanche Cup, Super Enduro etc).

For the sake of a 60g E13 guide, it's a no brainier.

fair enough i know the e13 one is only 60g, which is nowt, i just like the simplicity of not having one now, easier clean, no noise, no catching, no fine adjustments to make if it takes a knock etc

but i change my chainring every 6 months ish, and the chain and cassette as and when required, so as long as i keep doing that im hopeful it will perform the same

out of interest what sort of stuff are you riding? im just intrugied as i genuinely at this moment in time cannot see how im suddenly gonna drop the chain, like i said the thick thin teeth still look thick and thin, its only worn a bit of the height on my RF one not the width??

ska-49 - Member

Loco- really nice that! Is that 650b? The new black pikes would look fantastic on that.

Thanks 😀
It's a:
29er front, 650 rear, 2011 21.5 Remedy frame, 130mm rev solo air rct3, 190mm DSP dueler rear shock with Ti spring. xt 2 X 10. arch on pro 2.
Dsp racing seat post due soon.
and Pike solo air rct3 when the travel reduction kit become available.

Cheers sunnrider 🙂

must admit my wallet had been pretending such things don't exist, still there's always Christmas...

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Another Rocket.

30lb dead. Climbs well, descends better (survived a DH day at Inners last week, including all the jumps & drops on the Matador).

Needs some X01 though...

I built this last week- 160mm front, 150mm rear, 26lb with pedals.

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Orange five 2011.
1 x 10 - 36T chainring, 11-36 cassette
Fox 150 32 FIT RLC
Fox RP23 BV
XT brakes and chainset (except zee mech)

about 29lbs

Love it, needs an uppy downy, and a shock tune, but really pleased I sold my DH bike for an AM.
Only regret is going fox over a Marzocchi Rockshox combo.

No it doesn't stay clean, this was taken after building it.

@Oscillate Wildly Cheers, still some work to do, maybe get rid of the Fox floats up front and try a Pike, maybe try a carbon wheel set as well. Who knows, lets see if life, work etc allow me to afford it in the future.
No chain guide fitted as the XX1 is new, will probably change that after the first few months as wear and tear takes place.
Bottle holder is just there for short evening training rides when I'm too lazy to go with a backpack.

Do these bikes get rode much? looks like they spend more time being polished th :wink:an anything

Bought this to replace the five above as it was just a bit big in the 20 but an 18 felt tiny (are you listening orange?)glad you're enjoying it

Sub 25lb and probably up slightly with the 34 on and just waiting for a reverb to arrive next week, also have some bits to play with 1x10 but liking the 38/26 that's on there now. Mojo did a great job on the rear shock, bought a broken rp2 off here and mojo changed the shock body to suit the specialzed link and tuned it for me, sold the brain and it only cost me £50 all said and done, the brain was good but I like the suspension to be more active and rarely use lockouts so a simple fox works better for me. Just need to get the time to ride it think the suspension changes will make the bike.

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Sorry, Thought I'd add my bike to the mix as a relatively newcomer to these forums (or a returnee really...)
Now with shiny red bash guard....:)
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Privee Shan.

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Santa Cruz Nomad
Fox DHX5 aIR
Rockshox Lyrik 160/130mm dual position
Rockshox reverb
Shimano SLX brakes with 203/180mm rotors
Shimano slx double cranks 24-36
E thirteen trs duel chain guide and bash
Shimano slx shifters
Shimano slx 10 speed cassette 11-34
Shimano slx shadow + rear derailleur
XT front derailleur
Hope headset
Uberbike Bottom Bracket
ZTR Flows Hope Evo Pro11 Hubs
Schwalbe hans dampfs trailstar/pacestar
Thompson 50mm stem
140mm Fatbar Lites
Superstar Grips
Carbon cycles pedals
Charge spoon

Nice nomad, doubledunter, looks quite a carefully thought through spec list (i.e. you've splashed cash in the same places I would 🙂 ). How do you find the DHX air + vpp combo?

Just got some half decent pics of mine now.

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Finally happy with how it is riding now I have the right spring weight.
The pedals are annoying me as I keep having to rebuild them as they creek more than my knees! Other than weight saving there is nothing I want to change on it.

Mine, on a mountain 2 weeks ago

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GT Sanction 1.0 2008
XT everything
Lyrik forks with failed 2 step so stuck at 165mm
approx 34lb
Just ordered some 750mm bars, a 55mm stem & a reverb seatpost.
Was looking at replacing it but need to spend £3000+ to get a similar spec'ed bike.

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26lb dead according to my scales

nickc - Member
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Privee Shan

Please report back! My c456 might just be getting the heave-ho for a PP shan!

Salsa Horsethief frame build

= 140mm front / 120mm rear
= Fox Float 34 / Fox RP23
= XX1
= Own-build Flow 29er rims on American Classic hubs
= Race Face SixC bars
= TF Tuned Offset shock mounts

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That Shan is lovely!....looks great fun.