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a little bored so..
soon my team bike frame will be arriving home its a carbon jobbie and looks the part....my question to you is how would you spec it for xc racing and fast riding in the uk.....lighweight is good considering i live at the bottom of a mahuuusive hill in the peaks.
thanks for relieving my boredham
Bruce.
american classics on stans 355s, maxxis crossmarks
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some fancy forks - SID or DT swiss' offerings
Full XT group set, SID Race forks, and wheels as above.
Carbon bars and seat post, light weight saddle.
anyone tried the manitou forks...R7s
I would be having mmx podium rims.
any comments on the new sid forks.
thanks
Bruce
My new SIDs seem to be rather good, keeping an eye on the lowers just in case they deform like a lot of others have, but so far so good.
the new sids are great 😀
just one thing... be careful not to drive into an overhead carpark barrier with your bike on the roof 😯 ... cos then, they're not as great!!
doh!
yeah i'd be looking at SIDs or magura Durins.
I've just got a set of hope SP-3 wheels with stans 355 rims and hopes "lightweight" 160 and 140 rotors.
I'm also using thomson kit with a selle italia SLR saddle, and some ti bolts here and there
xtr groupset,mavic slrs,hope mini pro,s,fox f80,s,and definately go tubeless
bruce whats your massive hill?
Bruce,
In the process of building up a S-Works frame to do some of the MTB races next year with you... So this is what i have decided on.
Full FSA K-Force finishing kit.
XTR Groupset
American Classic MTB 26 wheels
Fox F100 RL Forks
Its nowhere near done yet, but looking good so far...
And, I have tried the R7's before, alot lighter than the Sids or Fox's, but something wasn't quite right. Think you can get alot better for the money.
Josh...
What frame is it?
Have a look n merlin, some great deals on ritchey wcs kit at the moment.
Mine has-
SID Race forks
Full XT drivetrain with dual control
Race Face carbon bars and alloy bits (I'd have gone carbon but money didn't allow)
XTR hubs on Stans Olympic rims with Schwalbe Nobby Nic tyres.
Mine's at the "robust" end of the XC scale, though and weighs 24lbs with a Giant Anthem X frame. It's more Enduro bike than full on racer.
If I were going for full lightweight I'd go
XTR
Sid Races (world cups are mental expensive)
XTR hubs on Stans Race
Lightest cockpit I could get away with, probably Easton EC90 or Race Face Next.
which big hill.....
there's loads i'm just looking around on merlin and clee cycles at the kcnc stuff.
bruce
Have a look on planet-x too, lots of fsa stuff there.
So what 'team bike frame' is it then?