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well after a couple of wrong turns with ordering the wrong length forks, i have finally got all the bits to complete the build which i threw together this afternoon (having chickened out of fitting the new headset, so delegating it to those jolly nice chaps at gone biking mad in new milton).
spec reads as follows:
* cannondale caad5 (f900sl) frame - handmade in the usa and very light.
* exotic carbon rigid forks - 29er length to compensate for the headshox geometry frame
* superstar components 1.125 GTO headset with reducer cups (from 1.5)
* On One Midge bars
* On One brown padded handlebar tape
* Cinelli gel anti-vibration insert pads (positioned on drops)
* exotic 80mm stem - i will probably replace this with a 60mm variant
* maxm carbon seatpost
* superstar seat collar
* charge spoon brown saddle
* tektro rl520 long-pull road brake levers
* avid bb7 mtn cable discs
* alligator gold 160mm rotors
* clarkes compressionless braided pre-lubed sealed cables
* blackspire badger freeride crankset
* self-extracting crank bolts and onzo chainring bolts
* blackspire uno veloce 34t chainring
* supeterstar components xcr upper chain device
* shimano xtr rear mech with kcnc jockey wheels
* shimano dura-ace bar end shifter
* sram mid-range 9-speed cassette with sram chain
* shimano 540 spd's
* mavic xc717 disc rims on deore xt hubs with black dt spokes
* a2z cro-mo large lever qr skewera
* michelin wild race'r advanced tubeless tyres (2.2 front, 2.0 rear)
* joes no tubes tubeless system
* gay gold presta valve caps
* charge chainstay protector (cut down)
no idea what it weighs as yet, but it's not too bad. the wheels could be lighter (stans on hope would be good), as could the cranks, saddle and stem.
still some tweaking with bar heights etc, but a quick spin down the road and it's a rocket! can't wait to get it off road.
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hmm, though monstercross was 29er?
Impressive though 😀
I like! Because you have done your own thing and because I like those little Cannondale frames!
However I always wonder what sort of terrain these drop bar offroad rigid bikes are for...What sort of riding do you intend to do on it?
monstercross can be either... i've been swotting up! lol...
as for what riding i will be doing with it...
thrashing around the new forest in xc mode... i have this pimped turner flux for anything a little more severe (such a trail centres etc)
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I really like it, looks great and I bet it's going to be fun.
I STILL have no idea what a monstercross bike is though.
The bike above is a rigid mountain bike with semi-drops, isn't it?
I've asked this before, but no one seems to be able to give a definitive response. Anyone like to have a go?
Hmmm.
I like, except for those God awful handlebars. If you can put proper drops on it, it would be beautiful, as it is, it's a real BOBFOC.
basically it's a monster cyclocross bike... simples... the midge bars work so much better offroad than conventional drops... they are much wider with decent flare outwards... when you set them up right, they feel incrediably natural on either the hoods or the drops... the other benefit is that on the drops, your hands are forced into the bars rather than off them (as with a conventional handlebar)
oh, and i don't expect lots of people to like it, otherwise i would expect to see lots of these floating around... i think it falls into the realm of 'niche' and 'different for the sake of being different', but that works for me... i like to be a bit different and i have enough bikes and bits that i can experiment to see what works and what doesn't
No, sorry. I'm not having that, I done that 3 peaks with proper drops, I ride my cross bike with proper drops, I'm building a mountain bike with proper drops.
It makes it look like something from the Famous Five.. It's just wrong.
Very nice indeed. I'm not sure about the bars either - I like the look of them but not sure how practical they will be in use - I ride on the hoods quite a lot and the angle of the hoods on those bars looks quite extreme.
Otherwise - cracking bike.
i'm a roadie as well as the mountain biker and i would say that the hood position with the midge bars is actually more natural and comfortable as your wrists do not need to rotate and can stay in line with the splay of your arms (if that makes sense?).
as i said... not everyone is going to like it, but as long as i like it, that's all that counts.
No, you've made me cross...
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This is why.
Fair enough. I used to run Salsa Bell Lap bars on my cx bike which are flared, though not as much as those midge bars, and they worked fine.
@julioflo - i'll be doing the red, blue and green at brechfa tommorow on my Gryphon and it loves that terrain.
Very nice!
the bar tape of champions
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Tomac since confessed those bars were shite and scared the crap out of him Crikey, but if you value looks over performance...
You could try the nitto B135AA randonneur bar or the nitro dirt drop?
[i]Tomac since confessed those bars were shite and scared the crap out of him [/i]
Well, he was a bit overrated, and never did the 3 peaks, so I suppose he's allowed.
When I get a chance, my Klein Attitude is getting the full drop bar treatment, pics when it's done..
Like your Joseph and Joseph chopping boards!
why not use 29er wheels there looks like there is a fair bit of room in it.
Again very nice but not massive fan of the bars but each to your own. Glad cynic-al responded to the Tomac thing that always pop up on drop bar mtb posts, in many ways the worse argument for drop bars, as he did say they were terrible and a big mistake (a coaches suggestion to keep the set up closer to his road bike).
But equally I guess the reason he hated them is no reason not to use them.
Like it! Use the midget bars on mine and love them, got to try it to appreciate. Interested to see how the bar end shifter works with mtn BB7s?
i like a lot 8) well done that man been investigating doing the same thing myself.