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Custom built Rohloff specific Robin Mather 29er.
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Ready for Wiggle Enduro 6 on Sunday. 🙂
My Kinesis maxlight XC II Pro
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I won the STW XT groupset competition in 2008 so I had brakes, wheels and drivetrain and it seemed criminal to Ebay it all. So a set of REBA Teams, Easton Monkey Lite bars, Fizik Gobi saddle and some Ti bottle cage bolts later I was broke but had built it up from scratch myself.
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One clean bike..
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xcstu - my dream bike!
I have a Lovely P7 frame with XT groupset waiting to go on it Im hoping it should be under 25lbs but who knows!
Good luck getting a P7 under 25lbs unless its rigid or seriously bling.
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Surf-Mat... it rides like a dream too 😉
hmmm, supprised to see so many claims of 20-22lbs ish!
mines a little over 27lbs (without crud)... cant see how I could knock 7 lbs out of it and it not fall apart. I had light wheels and cabon bars/ibeam post/ligter forks on in the past and it still only got to 24.5
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I admit to using a crude way of weighing - took the original weight then knocked off bits for all the upgrades. Plus my bike mechanic was pretty certain is was under 23lbs. Light enough anyway.
I had light wheels and cabon bars/ibeam post/ligter forks on in the past and it still only got to 24.5
What was the spec? I'll show you where mine was 4.5lbs lighter 🙂
18" Obed frame,
Was - Full XT, Truvativ carbon Bars,thomson stem,350mm Ibeam post + Bel Air SL, Magura Durin Marathon forks, Bonty 2.0 mudX tyres, Easton XC1 wheels, 11-32 XT cassette, thomson stem, hope HS + BB, 991 chain,Oro Brakes, time atac Pedals,
I struggle to see 2kg comming off that? 😀
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Picture of it just after buliding it 2 years ago, it remains pretty much the same but now has sid forks. I would guess it's now around 23lb as it was 24 with the old forks on it.
I struggle to see 2kg comming off that?
That's why your bike's not light!
Pedal Force frame was 1240g actual, saving 205g over the claimed weight of a medium Obed
SID team without Poploc saves another 150g
Roval Controle SLs save 215g, plus ti skewers saving another 50g
Rocket Rons save 350g, running tubeless drops another 150g odd.
New Ultimate stem is c50g lighter
XTR 2x9 chainset, X.0 Grip Shift, med cage rear mech, XTR front mech, another 200g or so
130g New Ultimate seatpost with Phenom SL saddle
Juicy Ultimate brakes with Hope Pro floating rotors
Egg Beaters with ti axles
Foam grips, some alu bolts
etc etc, there's well over 2k there!
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Currently with Magura Menja MM130 forks, but possibly going to swap them for a set of Reba's in the next week or so. Also now got a new DT Swiss front rim 😀
Don't know the weight, but it's really rather fun 😛
etc etc, there's well over 2k there!
Ah... I would break most of that stuff pretty quickly I reckon.
Mine had to be beefed up a bit for longevity anyway making it over 27lbs
Guess it depends on the abouse you dish out to it.
alot of factors, riding style, rider weight etc etc etc
Njee: Do you use UST specific schwalbes?
My Cotic:
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My Bolx:
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My voodoo sobo (bought the frame off tazzymtb 😀
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Needs work cost sub £600 to build as I only race xc about four times a year
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@ Clunker - Why so many spacers on the forks?
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Looks pretty similar to a Scandal on the previous page. Still a bit of a work in progress. Now got flat bars and will get a white seat clamp and a new lower stem soon. Not sure of the weight but it feels reasonably light. Ridiculous brake hoses now shortened too.
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really liking the rc31 ctypes, and 1x9 though i have some sids which go on when my skills run out...
19.04lbs
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My Kinesis...bathroom scales say its 23.7 lbs. So much fun to ride!
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Ah... I would break most of that stuff pretty quickly I reckon.
With the possible exception of the seatpost, which has a 90kg weight limit, and the pedals there's nowt particularly fragile on there, but admittedly I threw it together as a winter bike (I know, it wasn't meant to end up that well specced, hence why I took it apart again 2 months later) for muddy XC pootling!
Do you use UST specific schwalbes?
Nope, normal Evo ones, find they go up really well.
Are SIDs still 'the' XC fork to for? I'm just so out of the loop regards kit.
I like the Giant and the Kinesis best.
really need some new pics but heres the 'fly
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got some fugly on one forks for it too, no idea what it weighs-not much
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this is an old picture but not to many changes. I think there's a chance I might be getting a boardman on a cycle scheme so that I can update some of the bits like an ancient rear wheel and my old faithful E4s. The foxs are also off to Argos at the next service interval for a White paint job
A stunner..!! Fast and Chaotic all in one....
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Original fox vanilla RL125 silky smooth coil spring. Original HOPE mini DB. Its getting old, but I just cant seem to let go 😉
TimDrayton- That photo of your bike on the scales looks familiar, nice anthem in the background too!
Loving the pics lads and lasses. Favourite is the fontmoss 'flyer'.
But i would say that wouldn't i.
I'd rather sell a kidney than sell my fisher.
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richardplumz
oh yes
your xtc looks nicer bet mines comfier tho, give me a shout if you fancy making me feel old and inadequate round harlestone or pitsford timdrayton@live.co.uk 🙂
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I love how someone always says you could struggle to lose weight about a bike.....THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY,also want to say that people need to learn to ride there bikes if there afraid they cant use lighter weight stuff,if tod wedds can ride a 29er coming at 18.7lbs in xl frame and he weighs 12stone....lose weight or learn how to ride more.
sorry guys its the truth and you know it.
Btw my bike is 18.5lbs with light setup and 19.2lbs on park scales training wheels on.
much love
Bruce
really need some new pics but heres the 'fly
Each time I see this bike I want it! Makes me think about converting to SS each time as well, in some kind of silly hope that it'll look anywhere near as good 😆
Love clunkers Cotic, nice looking bike!
Here's mine then.
Chameleon, too much fun to be legal.
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My favourite picture of my handjob
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And whilst technically not a hardtail, it does have a hard tail. My humuhumunukunukuapau'a
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I couldn't give a beavers widget how much any of them weigh, I don't race any of them so all that matters is the fun content.
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26'er
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29'er
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Classic Zaskar
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Since this photo have replaced wheels and put a disk brake on the rear.
26er,
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29er,
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Here is my XTC on top of Holmbury Hill. I am feeling a bit sad cos the frame has a small crack and is being replaced by Giant with a new frame, so won't look the same when I am getting it back from bike shop on Friday 😥
But it will be like having a new bike though 😀
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And here is my son's XTC built with things from my spares box, a couple of things from the classifieds and some internet shopping.
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Your son's Giant look's good, I built this up (Red one) for my youngest from bits and pieces from the spares box etc. The choc brown one pictured is my eldest lads.
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Here's my new one. I haven't weighed it, but I'd guess at "around 23lbs" in this fairly tough trail build.
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There are a few maxlights on here.
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My Airborne Liberator.
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