[muddy beast]

So today turned out to be a good day. I talked to deity yesterday and made the arrangements for my Vendetta cranks to come (yes, they were shipped out last night) and didnt expect to recieve them today...well, I did. On top of that, I was planning (when I went to my shop) to just lace up the wheel for my bighit for sale, but ALL of the parts for my Atomlab came in!

Amazement is the best word to describe how I felt today. I ended up spending 5 hours and alot of elbow grease, both mine and my fellow co-workers, and finished the bike today!

Heres the spec list.
Frame- Atomlab Pimp2
Fork- Black Rock Shox Pike 426
Bars- Black Deitys
Stem- Black Deity
Cranks- Black Deity vendettas
Chain ring- Deity 36tooth with grind bash
Pedals- Red Atomlab trailking
Chain- Red KMC Z410R 1/8th with 2 KMC half-links
Brakes- '08 Avid Juicy 7 160mm rear
Headset- Red Hope 1 1/8th
Rims- Red Atomlab Pimps 26"x32h
Spokes- Red Atomlabs
Nipples- Red Atomlab torques
Hubs- Aircorp 20mm front, Aircorp 12x130 rear with bolt on 10mm axle
Tires- Kenda K-rad 26x2.3 front/rear
Tubes- IRC Torque DH front/rear
Grips- ODI Rogue lock-on grips with red lock-jaws
Seat- Deity DJ
Seatpost- Thompson elite 26.8
Seat clamp- Red Salsa lip-lock 28.6

And now for some quick shots I took at my High School on the way home.

Give me your thoughts, comments, and pure amazement.

 

[FrontRangeDH]

That's sick....nice man

 

[demo 9]

o wow!

 

[sittingduck]

The photo itself is pretty impressive. The lighting is phenomenal, and the whole thing just glows.

 

[yesimaddicted]

1st off great photo, bit to much light buttt..

more importantly your bike is soooo sweet, colors work together and great parts

 

[muddy beast]

Thanks guys!

Like I said, just some quick shots...I had to get home, but I had my tripod and camera in the car so I pulled them out for a few quick ones while the bike still looks new, before riding.

And yeah, I'm super happy with how it came out! I was hoping to get a straight line lever on my brake...but they werent very helpfull :-/.

BIG thanks to Mike at Atomlab for hooking me up with good super fast, and Eric and Sadie at Deity for getting me one of the first sets of Vendetta cranks and getting them to me so fast!

 

[NovatoSCFR]

yay for 2.3 k-rads! love those tires

 

[Mr Tiles]

nice pix!

 

[opjones]

Nice rig!

 

[Stoked]

solid looking ride.

do atomlab spokes work exclusive with atomlab rims?

 

[FrontRangeDH]

I believe so, the driver nipples are much bigger so I would assume that they do not fit a normal rim eyelet

 

[muddy beast]

solid looking ride.

do atomlab spokes work exclusive with atomlab rims?

Yeah, they are sized for atomlab rims.

 

[seth505]

nice and shiny! And yes, the eyelets are much larger on the atomlab rims for their special nipples to fit.

 

[muddy beast]

P.S. The bike rides sweet! I can hardly tell its a hardtail. Took it to the skate park today and was very pleased with how much its starting to help me improve.

 

[snaky69]

Very very nice bike, kinda looks like mine hehe.

I'd lose the DH tubes thought, honestly if you keep your pressure up(80psi or so) you won't flat very often(haven't flatted once this whole summer). It'll cut the weight of your tubes in half, a very noticable difference.

 

[muddy beast]

snaky69, I was thinking about going with lighter tubes. But right now I'm only running 60 PSI, I believe thats pretty close to the max anyways. And I'd rather place it safe since I dont care about weight.

 

[cjcrashesalot]

please rotate your brake lever down a bit...

 

[muddy beast]

its down more...that was just from when I put it on at the shop, and hadnt ridden it yet.

 

[cencalballer]

gorgeous bike and photos im jealous

 

[BrooklynMachine]

That pic is poppin'!
Did you consider the atomlab inverted fork?

 

[muddy beast]

That pic is poppin'!
Did you consider the atomlab inverted fork?

I did.
but this is my first hardtail since my XC schwinn 3 years ago...so I wanted to start out with some more travel then 60mm. Although, I ended up surprizing myself after riding at the skate park yesterday (and this morning before work) on how I'm beginning to like my fork super stiff with 95mm.

 

[don]

And I think that Atomlab fork still has another month or so before it's out. Bike looks real good Muddy - great build

 

[Boxxer]

Impressive photo skills! I have a new mint green FG I never photoed and now youre making me feel bad about it!

 

[Iridemtb]

o wow!

The power of a hardtale...

 

[DThomson]

lets see some riding pics on that mean machine

 

[muddy beast]

I'll hopefully get some ride pics soon. I need to get a friend with a camera first.

thanks though guys. I'm glad others think it looks as good as I think it does.

 

[bent^biker]

lets see some riding pics on that mean machine

yeah wanna ride somewhere tomorrow afternoon?

 

[muddy beast]

W/e works Stephen.
...I've been riding the skate park the last 3 days.

I duno if I can drive somewhere or not though.

 

[bent^biker]

which park? walter hall?

 

[mattmatt86]

Bike looks awesome

I wanna get the green Atom Lab rims with the red nipples and White spokes and do a Xmas themed Hardtail.

 

[muddy beast]

Yeah Walter hall today and yesterday, woodenville Friday.

And Matt, I like your theme idea...haha.

 

[snaky69]

snaky69, I was thinking about going with lighter tubes. But right now I'm only running 60 PSI, I believe thats pretty close to the max anyways. And I'd rather place it safe since I dont care about weight.

I regularily run over 80psi in those tires, with regular tube(and an XC tube up front) and I've not run into a single problem. I think it's pretty safe.

You may not care about weight, but when I switched from DH tubes I noticed a big difference in the overall snappy feel of my bike, there's less inertia to fight.

 

[muddy beast]

You may not care about weight, but when I switched from DH tubes I noticed a big difference in the overall snappy feel of my bike, there's less inertia to fight.

Well I suppose when I pay off the bike, I'll buy some tubes at my shop, since their only a few bucks, and give it a shot.

 

[bent^biker]

anything good at walter hall? I always thought it was pretty small. how close is it to downtown?

 

[muddy beast]

Walter Halls OK, I mean, I'd rather go to woodenville anyday, but since its close to me...I can go whenever I want, so thats a plus. Its right next to boeing...the opposite side of Everetts downtown.

P.S. Want to ride Woodenville tomaro? Dylan and I are talking about going there after school if its nice.

 

[SpecialEyes]

Dude, I need to know what kind of camera you were using. Those pictures are excellent. Sweet, sweet ride mang.

 

[muddy beast]

Dude, I need to know what kind of camera you were using. Those pictures are excellent. Sweet, sweet ride mang.

Tell you the truth, the pics arnt my best. Just some quickies. And I'mmore satisfied with my edited versions, but they're on my myspace.

But the camera was a Canon XTi with a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 on a tripod.

settings (off the top of my head...so guessing)
Shutter speed = 3 sec.
ISO= 200
F stop = 9.8
custom white balance
manual focus