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A Downhiller's Perfect Trailbike

Lumagent Morple

Lumagent Morple

Monkey
Mar 4, 2003
145
0
Somewhere in Alabama
A buddy of mine recently built up a pretty dang nice Sinister Ridge. I helped him build up a trailbike worthy of some thrashing around the local xc trails. Seeing that he was used to riding his big bike, he didn't want to spare any strength on his "other" bike. Pretty much all of the parts could have been used on a lightweight DH race bike (with the exception of the frame/fork and tires). Here's a few photos:















 
norbar

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
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Warsaw :/
Looks nice but I think that some stuff is just to heavy duty. I use my XC bike for heavy trashing around and the only strong parts I have are Wheels, Fork and Cranks. Rest is XC based and it was used with little upgrades for 5-6years. Plus he could save some $$$ on some parts and get himself a nice flexy trailbike fully (some of them can really take a beating and the flex makes the ride pretty nice)
 
bizutch

bizutch

Delicate CUSTOM flower
Dec 11, 2001
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Over your shoulder whispering
Bet I could smoke him on my piece of crap Haro X.3 hardtail since all those parts don't do a damn thing better than the taiwanese generic rust coated ones on mine. Unless his fork somehow has a magic carpet plush button my Minute doesn't have. :D

Honestly..to make a DHers hardtail, just add DH tubes. :rofl: He could feed so many starving artists....:thumb:
 
norbar

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
11,369
1,605
Warsaw :/
bizutch said:
Bet I could smoke him on my piece of crap Haro X.3 hardtail since all those parts don't do a damn thing better than the taiwanese generic rust coated ones on mine. Unless his fork somehow has a magic carpet plush button my Minute doesn't have. :D

Honestly..to make a DHers hardtail, just add DH tubes. :rofl: He could feed so many starving artists....:thumb:
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Butch adding sealant is lighter ;)
 
nh dude

nh dude

Monkey
May 30, 2003
571
16
Vt
I rode a 2004 ridge for a while last summer. (04 has a 1.5 headtube )set up ss, with a Bomber 6" drop off sc fork, 20mm axle, and single tracks .the bike was sick. instead of soaking up terrain like a dh bike it just skipped over the top of it. it was light too. you could just pick it up and put it down. i think i only got 1 flat during that time. it was nimble and bombproof. by the third or fourth run of the day I would be dead. also had basically the same set up on a p1 and both were fun and made shet difficult
 
Horror Business

Horror Business

Monkey
Jun 20, 2007
349
9
Awesome bike. It is really well done, I love the parts spec and aesthetically the bike is the perfect combo of white, black and blue. Don't listen to these whiners, burly is better. Really, really nice.
 
B

Banshee Rider

Turbo Monkey
Jul 31, 2003
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10
You wont get far on the trails with your seat angled like that. It's a pedal bike, tilt that thing forward! :biggrin:

Nice build. I've own two Ridge's over the past 5 years. Swell little hardtail. I enjoyed them both.
 
Lumagent Morple

Lumagent Morple

Monkey
Mar 4, 2003
145
0
Somewhere in Alabama
It's a burly build, but it still comes in under 30 pounds. Haven't weighed it yet, but it definitely feels lighter than my xc bike (which is sitting right at 30 pounds even and consists of a similar build with a heavier steel frame, etc.). And those tires are pretty freakin light, i think around 600 grams for the rear, so it should pedal pretty decently. As for the camera setup, I'm rockin a d80 with an sb-600 mounted off-camera on a tripod.
 
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