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Any Mountain Bikers on Here?
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It's done and it's f'n gorgeous!
The frame with shock and rear axle came in under 6 lb, total the whole bike came out to be 27lbs 3oz completely ready to roll with pedals, sealant, everything.
Frame - Devinci Atlas XL carbon
Shock - Rockshox Monarch RT3
Fork - Rockshox Pike RCT3 140mm
Crank - RaceFace Turbine Cinch cranks w/ direct mount 28t narrow/wide chain ring
Bottom Bracket - Race Face Cinch BB92
Shifter - SRAM X01 11sp trigger - black
Rear Derailleur - SRAM X01 11sp - black
Cassette - SRAM X01 XG-1195 10-42 11sp
Chain - SRAM PC XX1 11sp 118L w/PowerLock
Wheelset - WTB Frequency i25 rims / DT Swiss 240 disc hubs / DT Swiss Super Comp spokes / DT Swiss ProLock alloy nipples / 15mm-142x12 / Gorilla Tape / Stan's No Tubes Valves
Pedals - Shimano XT PD-M780 cageless SPD
Front Brake - Shimano XT BR-M785B hydraulic disc
Front Brake - Shimano F180P/P2 Disc Brake Adaptor
Front Rotor - Shimano XT Ice-Tech RT-86 180mm
Rear Brake - Shimano XT BR-M785B hydraulic disc
Rear Rotor - Shimano XT Ice-Tech RT-86 160mm
Grips - Ergon GS1 - Black - Large
Saddle - WTB Pure V Pro
Seat Post - Thomson Elite (test post is installed now to fit it for straight or setback)
Bars - Thomson MTB Carbon Trail bars (750mm wide, 12mm rise, 6° backsweep and 4° upsweep)
Stem - Thomson Elite X4 black stem (80mm 10°)
Front tire - 29 x 2.3 WTB Vigalante TCS Light/Fast
Rear Tire - 29 x 2.25 WTB Trail Boss TCS Tough/Fast
Sealant - Orange Seal
The frame with shock and rear axle came in under 6 lb, total the whole bike came out to be 27lbs 3oz completely ready to roll with pedals, sealant, everything.
Frame - Devinci Atlas XL carbon
Shock - Rockshox Monarch RT3
Fork - Rockshox Pike RCT3 140mm
Crank - RaceFace Turbine Cinch cranks w/ direct mount 28t narrow/wide chain ring
Bottom Bracket - Race Face Cinch BB92
Shifter - SRAM X01 11sp trigger - black
Rear Derailleur - SRAM X01 11sp - black
Cassette - SRAM X01 XG-1195 10-42 11sp
Chain - SRAM PC XX1 11sp 118L w/PowerLock
Wheelset - WTB Frequency i25 rims / DT Swiss 240 disc hubs / DT Swiss Super Comp spokes / DT Swiss ProLock alloy nipples / 15mm-142x12 / Gorilla Tape / Stan's No Tubes Valves
Pedals - Shimano XT PD-M780 cageless SPD
Front Brake - Shimano XT BR-M785B hydraulic disc
Front Brake - Shimano F180P/P2 Disc Brake Adaptor
Front Rotor - Shimano XT Ice-Tech RT-86 180mm
Rear Brake - Shimano XT BR-M785B hydraulic disc
Rear Rotor - Shimano XT Ice-Tech RT-86 160mm
Grips - Ergon GS1 - Black - Large
Saddle - WTB Pure V Pro
Seat Post - Thomson Elite (test post is installed now to fit it for straight or setback)
Bars - Thomson MTB Carbon Trail bars (750mm wide, 12mm rise, 6° backsweep and 4° upsweep)
Stem - Thomson Elite X4 black stem (80mm 10°)
Front tire - 29 x 2.3 WTB Vigalante TCS Light/Fast
Rear Tire - 29 x 2.25 WTB Trail Boss TCS Tough/Fast
Sealant - Orange Seal
I had my first "crash" on my new bike yesterday while getting a ride in before catching my fight 
I got taken out by a deer. Nobody was out, I had the normally pretty crowded trail to myself. I rounded a fast corner and there was a bunch of deer on the trail, they all got spooked and scattered. One ran straight across the trail and clipped the leading edge of my front tire jerking the wheel to the side. It steered me right off the trail and went down. Luckily it was in a grass section not a rock section, i has hard on the brakes prior to contact so it wasn't a high speed crash, no damage to me or the new bike. Mule Deer is a fitting name for the breed because that one was a jackass!
Wednesday morning means trails to myself
One of these ****ers took me out
I got taken out by a deer. Nobody was out, I had the normally pretty crowded trail to myself. I rounded a fast corner and there was a bunch of deer on the trail, they all got spooked and scattered. One ran straight across the trail and clipped the leading edge of my front tire jerking the wheel to the side. It steered me right off the trail and went down. Luckily it was in a grass section not a rock section, i has hard on the brakes prior to contact so it wasn't a high speed crash, no damage to me or the new bike. Mule Deer is a fitting name for the breed because that one was a jackass!Wednesday morning means trails to myself
One of these ****ers took me out
1engineer
Moderator
Lol I got taken out by a Turkey once! Rounded a corner and a bunch of them decided to fly right across the trail. One hit me in the shoulder which caused me to veer off the trail. By the time I "crashed" I was going really slow as I was on the brake hard. Sort of just fell over, all the while wondering "WTF?" My buddy behind me was laughing pretty hard.
Speaking of critters: Saw two black snakes (one about four foot laying across the trail) and a copperhead (on the rocks beside the trail) out sunning themselves yesterday. Temps in the 70's. Be careful out there!
Speaking of critters: Saw two black snakes (one about four foot laying across the trail) and a copperhead (on the rocks beside the trail) out sunning themselves yesterday. Temps in the 70's. Be careful out there!
Jhalko
New member
We don't have copperheads or water moccasins out here, just rattlers. I do miss black snakes over the bull snakes (both non poisonous) since at speed its harder to tell the rattlers and bull snakes apart.
Headed to Moab and fruita Friday to camp and bike, not to gloat or anything. :bluejump:
MONTYMTB
New member
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Living in Colorado...had to get back into biking. Which meant no longer using my Raleigh M80 from around 2000.
Haven't biked in years so no sick builds from me, but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?
Today I picked up a 2014 Remedy 7 27.5" from last year's demo fleet. Have been looking hard in hopes of finding that one amazing deal on craigslist, but no luck. With a new bike warranty, I couldn't beat my deal.
First mods will be:
Reflector deletes
Dropper post
2x in the front
Haven't biked in years so no sick builds from me, but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?
Today I picked up a 2014 Remedy 7 27.5" from last year's demo fleet. Have been looking hard in hopes of finding that one amazing deal on craigslist, but no luck. With a new bike warranty, I couldn't beat my deal.
First mods will be:
Reflector deletes
Dropper post
2x in the front
1engineer
Moderator
Any of you guys ever hiked over what you ride and thought "Geez, I must be crazy!"
Hiked down a trail into the gorge last night to remove a rotten bridge and replace it with stone at a small creek crossing. This is a trail I ride almost daily and from a bike seat it looks MUCH different than from your feet lol. I then decided it must be my imagination and will ride it tonight to make sure. That is all.
Hiked down a trail into the gorge last night to remove a rotten bridge and replace it with stone at a small creek crossing. This is a trail I ride almost daily and from a bike seat it looks MUCH different than from your feet lol. I then decided it must be my imagination and will ride it tonight to make sure. That is all.
I am a little jealous of you guys with light weight full suspension bikes. I bought this frame and built it up because I could do it very cheaply with a rigid fork. I wasn't really planning on getting into mountain biking, it was just going to be my general purpose bike that could also handle light trails. However, I really enjoyed the sort of light xc trail riding I was doing so I found the fox fork for super cheap and got a little more into it. I'm not going to spend any more money on mountain bikes for now because I just don't have time for it, but I really like this bike and getting on the trail when I can.
2002 Bianchi Tycoon XL Boron by PeterDSims, on Flickr
2002 Bianchi Tycoon XL Boron by PeterDSims, on Flickr
foxtrot
Member
Living in Colorado...had to get back into biking. Which meant no longer using my Raleigh M80 from around 2000.
Haven't biked in years so no sick builds from me, but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?
Today I picked up a 2014 Remedy 7 27.5" from last year's demo fleet. Have been looking hard in hopes of finding that one amazing deal on craigslist, but no luck. With a new bike warranty, I couldn't beat my deal.
First mods will be:
Reflector deletes
Dropper post
2x in the front
Nice looking bike! I used the demo remedy 7 they have at the local bike shop and liked it a lot
I find I'm relatively lazy when I don't have a specific goal/event/race to train for. Since I'm not doing an Ironman this year I've been looking for another challenge to train for. It's kinda short notice but this morning I signed up for the Firecracker 50. It's a 50 mile mountain bike race at Breckenridge with 6500ish feet of elevation gain at altitudes ranging from 9,000 to 11,000 feet on the 4th of July. The timeline is pushing it closer than I'd like, September-October would be no problem but we'll see what happens. I've got 2 months to prepare.
1engineer
Moderator
Good luck with that!
As you get older you will find that riding for two things - 1) Pure enjoyment and 2) Exercise - are far more worthy goals than a race. I used to train to race and now I have much more fun riding the bike to be RIDING THE BIKE! Have fun racing though! I did.
Signed,
Old and Slow in the mountains. #noshameinpushing
