Ive done it on a Santacruz Heckler, a Nomad, Orange 5 and a Scott G zero great fun.

I’ve used a Chris King with a 24mm adapter running XTR cranks, ok so far 10 rides in just add shimes as you would normally for 68mm and 73mm BB

my road bike weighs in at 11.3kg :D my mountain bike is 11.5kg :D

Im 20Kg overweight :( so if I had a 5kg bike Id still be fat.

I have a horse in my stable, bike is in the shed :D as mboy pointed out.

I have a medium for sale only done 75km £550 with a reverb or £670 with a fox34 ctd kashima.small mark on one stantion but not a problem.

Mine has been fine from day 1 xtr shifter xt everything else.

We rode to a start point sat in the cold , blasted down the run, rode to the next sat in the cold repeated so we had 3 timed runs, :D was actually really great fun, but I didn’t have enough layers on, so shivered . :-)

I did it last year I was in the really old man group was fun, group I was with had mega expensive carbon bling and Enve rims etc plenty of disposable income , was snowing at one point :D , think I came 7th in my group ,,kept catching the guy in front of me, lost loads of time but I was just having fun in the dark, going balls out was great kept me warm. I think my time was 1 minute slower than the fast guys so I was quite slow, especially if you stand on a finish line and count to 60 :D

For bimbling along I like my 29er it flows nicely and seems to make me cover ground quicker and for me it beats me up less, my other bike is a 26″ 160mm and I give that a good go on the more demanding trails it compensates for my lack of ability :D

My Hope Hoops with Stans ArchEx have been fine running tubless not noticed any flex , on my Hammerhead Thumper similar bike to the 5 29er
130mm travel 140 fork my weight in my gear is around 100Kg :oops:

Thanks for you help i will have a look at Tignes cheers :-)

I’ve done abpout 150Km on mine seems Ok so far, running mine 1 x 11

Looks like the Ghost Lector

New P7

I had a very wet ride today no squealing, brakes performed fine still powerful when soaked, pulled me up from a flat out DH section without any drama, the rest of the 11 speed XT is working flawlesly smooth shifting etc..

Feel the same to me, i have the 785’s on my other bike both bite well,

maybe slightly less on off on the new ones , only 3 rides on them not really thought about them when riding so probably all good, Ice Tech disks, and they look nice too, smaller clamps look neat.

I have a set the standard ones are pretty good

Xtr chain with a quick link smooth xt cassette, xt mech Rface NW xtr shifter….

Current Reverb is 5 years old and a bit wobbly, works though goes up with a solid clunk :D is been great ridden every week summer and winter broke once in my first week, then I broke it hitting the deck at full tilt….

:D I’m still saving to buy a Stealth post so not drilled it yet , lets not forget its an Orange Alpine so no light weight XC frame its heavier than the filing cabinet it leans against in my garage :-)
I’m not worried about drilling the hole/slot it will be fine I ride like a nonce anyway. It has a standard Reverb at the moment.

If anyone has a Stealth 30.9mm Reverb/right hand for sale let me know :D

my Alpine is 142 x 12 and my HopeHubs are set up 142 x 12 adapters just drop in nice, not read what maxles says will go look.

I’ve just installed 1 x 11
Crank are XT triple 10 spd version with a 32 NW Race Face ring
XT 11-42 Cassette, XTR 11 spd Chain, Xt medium Cage 11spd, and XTR shifter, no problems shifts like a dream and no problems back pedalling in the 42 ring or any other, Orange Alpine , standard chain line no alterations

Thanks looking at a 2nd hand fork but its 150mm.
But great condition.

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/alpine-160-frame

new Alpine seems to come out just above shock mount, must go down through BB and up. On mine the BB is solid no holes into the seattube or down tube.

Swing arm off then drill, need to get a new stealth post my old reverb is 5 years old in November still going strong but a bit wobbly :D

P clips hold hoses and cables in place by shock

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/archive/2014/alpine-160_frame/

swing arm is in the way, need to find a good route,,

Thanks SSstu that easy?, great stuff, :D

I top up every 6 months with a small shot bottle in each tyre.

Horses are animals with a very complicated response to anything , I have 3 max my young horse will pass JCB , Bus etc with out a blink of an eye , but a grid or bin he will make it known its something really scary,
then the next minute he will have his head in said bin, so no real logic, he prefers it when cyclists say something to let us know they are passing etc, he weighs 650Kg so can accidently crush most things without meaning to. We were hit by a Volvo a few years ago, guy started his petrol strimmer horse steps back to look, Volvo coming up the road , I signal to slow down give us a second to compose, he instead boots it straight at us, I kick the horse forwards, volvo just hits his back end knocking us sideways, luckily horse and me are ok, a real t**t . So very small brain with mixed logic in something with no brakes and extremely heavy so anything can happen, so my advice pass carefully :D

chakaping , yes Hope stickers are all gone now, already on the frame when I bought it. Colour is nice,
Patriot is a great bike ride really well , I have an RC4 in my spares that will fit the Alpine for those DH days :D

It looks nice in the flesh too , I’m quite deaf so can’t hear the noise just my tinnitus, :(

Thanks Mr K tis slack n long and ok for stuby legs :D building walls this avo nags have pushed them down :( will have kettle on if your passing :D anyone drilled one for a Stealth Reverb…

Life time warranty on bearings from Orange , I had mine done for free at the LBS if your the original owner I guess.

shock bushing :D

How much rickon ? :-)

http://www.trailguru.co.uk/

Thanks for the feedback all sounds good better start saving….

yes sold a red Hope BB , saint cranks with new e-13 chain ring, saint shifter, saint mech , new 105 road cassette and xtr chain 10 speed all new fitted to my DH bike then removed as I lost my job needed money, sold on ebay for £80 forgot to set a reserve :(

I have a medium Tracer 2 and live near llandegla, you can have a sit on it no problem, I run a 35mm stem so might seem shorter than it is, I’m 5′ 9″ , stem can feel short on climbs.

http://www.tweekscycles.com/components/mtb-wheels/hope-technology-hoops-pro-2-evo-on-stans-flow-ex-650b

showing 1 front and 1 rear in stock

I’ve had the same with XT set up on two bikes changed to a SRAM chain and it was fine no idea why lasted 18 months til I changed them last month went same again XT cassette Sram 1091 chain all good RaceFace Narrow wide chain ring replaced each time.XT chain was on the right way round.