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Tamo

Chimp
Jan 16, 2009
59
0
Sweden
@tamo: how do u like the rims? sick ride
Rode the same setup last season and they where great. I had a few dents but due to riding too low air pressure. 1750g for the pair including rimtape and valves. And they run tubeless offcourse :thumb:
 

al-irl

Turbo Monkey
Dec 9, 2004
1,086
0
A, A
Tamo. Sick ride are those xtr cranks on there? If so how? I just got rid of my radical because of the poor customer service and the frame failing in a a few areas. There customer service still leaves a lot to be desired. Waiting since November to find out if there gonna give me a warranty on the current problem. Its like banging your head against a brick wall dealing with them.
 

Tamo

Chimp
Jan 16, 2009
59
0
Sweden
Tamo. Sick ride are those xtr cranks on there? If so how? I just got rid of my radical because of the poor customer service and the frame failing in a a few areas. There customer service still leaves a lot to be desired. Waiting since November to find out if there gonna give me a warranty on the current problem. Its like banging your head against a brick wall dealing with them.
Yes its xtr. Dont ask me if they work, I have not ridden the bike yet. I did some modification and it involves cutting on the left arm haha. Its a perfect fit now, but as I mentioned I dont know if the will hold up :D Sorry to hear about the bad cs. I work in a bike shop and the swedish distributor is always helpful if anything happens. What was the "problem" with your frame?
 

kidwithbike

Monkey
Apr 16, 2007
466
0
Hoboken, NJ
Yeah, I was gonna try that stuff. I didn't have much luck w/it on a trying to strip some old wheels(car wheels).. Anything more powerful than that stuff? I've read using a heatgun(to remove house paint) works, but don't wanna go to all the trouble and find out it's not gonna work either..
heat gun works cause of the latex in house paint. i would be careful of heating it, i think the annealing temp is around 650f. i think a heat gun on high close to the surface could hit that.

you could bring out on the corner in my neighborhood, for a few bucks you could get that paint sucked off! or there is always Yuroshek!
 

al-irl

Turbo Monkey
Dec 9, 2004
1,086
0
A, A
i too work in a shop we no longer stock sunn. The Irish distributors gave up dealing with Sunn as they were a disaster. Myself and one of the other guys got hooked up with a deal on radicals we both snapped the chainstays. My work mates is slightly newer version than mine. I've also managed to crack the front end at the end of the gusset on the underside of the down tube and at the underside of the top tube along the weld were it meets the headtube. I've also another friend who has had his fail in the same places as mine. Mine was an 07 frame which i got in 08 and the other two frames were both 08 which had a revised chainstay setup from mine. It didn't seem to make much difference. If i remember correctly you had an ano red one last year? How did yours hold up? I loved how it rode although I think they need to add a medium to the size options. I found the large a little too long and the small is tiny. There customer service is completely lacking compared to many other manufacturers. So there was no way I could have bought another one. I don't mind the frame failing as it is a super light race frame and you expect it to have a certain life span but when it takes 3 months to sort out any issues. It certainly makes you think twice about being a return customer.

On the xtr cranks we tried the xt 48th chainset mod and it worked well with an lg1+ with a small bit of modification.
 
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Muerto

Chimp
Oct 30, 2009
36
0
Sweden
Sold my 20006 Norco Team DH and got this instead. Racebike Dragster DH.



Going to exchange the seat combo for a SDG iFly i think. At least the Kalloy post needs to go...
 

frango

Turbo Monkey
Jun 13, 2007
1,454
5
Tamo, c'mon. You say I have illusions?? There is no chain and most probably chainguide. So, grips +100g, chain +250, chainguide +120g? if You use CarbonCage, if not +200g.
BTW, can You post full specs?
 

frango

Turbo Monkey
Jun 13, 2007
1,454
5
ohhhh :D an unxpected place to place a chain ;) my bad ;)
what chainguide? is it hidden somewhere, as well? ;)
 

mtbman1127

Monkey
Mar 10, 2008
243
0
Raleigh, NC
Just finished building it up today.....

Trek Session 88 FR
@38lbs with trying

Only thing missing is the straitline pedals i have on order:













Man i can't wait to go get this thing dirty!
 

bullcrew

3 Dude Approved
Almost rideable, still have stuff on order to finish color scheme but it will be rideable by tomorrow.
2010 Jedi XL
2010 Boxxer WC
Twenty6 stem
Diety dirty 30 bars
Code brakes (formula the ones shortly)
823s laced to superduty hubs (I9s shortly)
X9 drivetrain (Xo der shortly)
XT cassette (xtr shortly)
Middleburn cranks fsa plat pro BB
Canfield Crampon pedals
Roco WC air
THomson post
Sunline ti saddle
MRP G2 guide
Schwalbe Dirty Dan DH MUD tires



 

bullcrew

3 Dude Approved
Lookin good, Id love to get the new Gen jedi
Thanks!
Yeah I wanted 09 for the clearance but im glad I held out!
Now I just need to finalize my color scheme and start the order process and customizing. This is a pretty sick build its light (not like last time) prob 38lb (mid to hi) range as long as it teeters 36 - 38 Im good and itll go up at a smidge at bootleg and tunnel because I run a monster front tire to moto over everything..... :thumb:
 

demo 9

Turbo Monkey
Jan 31, 2007
5,910
46
north jersey
No i agree on the changing wheelbase, i love mine, its the best bike ive ever ridden, i just want to note to anybody reading that isnt familiar that it changes constantly.
 

bullcrew

3 Dude Approved
Do you know what the geo is on that bike? Curious on the WB, bb height, & Bar height specifically.
BB with spike tires (mud tires) 14"
With normal 13.8"
Wheelbase is 47"
bar height from center of bar down 41"

This should be pretty spot on.

Also I have the bxr all the way down to so its a pretty slack HA, If I move it back to the original it drops the #s down and decreases whellbase as well.
 
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Tamo

Chimp
Jan 16, 2009
59
0
Sweden
Tamo can you post the full build? I'm really curious did you manage to go that low.
Parts I changed from the stock bike is, flow rims and hope hubs, xtr cranks, twenty6 pedals and stem, dura ace casette, e13 chain ring, 180mm r1 rotors, nukeproof ti spring, carbocage and some other stuff as Ti bolts etc. Its not finnished yet, waiting on new tires and some small parts.
 

Tamo

Chimp
Jan 16, 2009
59
0
Sweden
i too work in a shop we no longer stock sunn. The Irish distributors gave up dealing with Sunn as they were a disaster. Myself and one of the other guys got hooked up with a deal on radicals we both snapped the chainstays. My work mates is slightly newer version than mine. I've also managed to crack the front end at the end of the gusset on the underside of the down tube and at the underside of the top tube along the weld were it meets the headtube. I've also another friend who has had his fail in the same places as mine. Mine was an 07 frame which i got in 08 and the other two frames were both 08 which had a revised chainstay setup from mine. It didn't seem to make much difference. If i remember correctly you had an ano red one last year? How did yours hold up? I loved how it rode although I think they need to add a medium to the size options. I found the large a little too long and the small is tiny. There customer service is completely lacking compared to many other manufacturers. So there was no way I could have bought another one. I don't mind the frame failing as it is a super light race frame and you expect it to have a certain life span but when it takes 3 months to sort out any issues. It certainly makes you think twice about being a return customer.

On the xtr cranks we tried the xt 48th chainset mod and it worked well with an lg1+ with a small bit of modification.

Well, i thought my frame was ok. But after the season was over and when I sold all the parts. I was going through the linkage and bearings on the frame and I did find a crack in a weld. Just over the bb, the one that connects to the seat tube. All I had to do was send a picture and I got a brand new front triangle. I am pretty sure it was due to a pretty hard crash when by bike landed upside down right on the seat.. So no problems at all with the cs. Maybe its some french man english man thing going on :D No but seriously I cant understand why the wont help people out faster like you mentioned other companys do. They just loose custumers in the end. Its kinda sad because the bikes are so awesome.
 

daday

Chimp
Jul 2, 2008
72
0
So no problems at all with the cs. Maybe its some french man english man thing going on :D No but seriously I cant understand why the wont help people out faster like you mentioned other companys do. They just loose custumers in the end. Its kinda sad because the bikes are so awesome.
cant just be french and english - in austria we dont get any cs from them anymore either! - i love my kern lt - but i know why i didnt buy the radical... just too much risk of not having a bike for a while as many people here experienced it - I'm really scared of breaking mine again (first time the cs service was awesome but now they dont answer to emails anymore or anything!) - it really is too bad because they do ride nice :)


what is that last motorbike?!????????
 

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
11,346
1,587
Warsaw :/
cant just be french and english - in austria we dont get any cs from them anymore either! - i love my kern lt - but i know why i didnt buy the radical... just too much risk of not having a bike for a while as many people here experienced it - I'm really scared of breaking mine again (first time the cs service was awesome but now they dont answer to emails anymore or anything!) - it really is too bad because they do ride nice :)


what is that last motorbike?!????????
Don't know how it's now but back in the cracking radical days it also took quite some time to get one from warranty. Essencialy the same problems as all the others had.