[olie]

nearly finished my 05 race rig, waiting for a few things that should make the bike even better, here is the spec and a link to a pic of it

spec:
Frame – dh9
Shock – swinger 6 way (waiting for)
Forks – dorados
Stem – bolt on w/ azonic head lock
Bars – pro tapers (waiting for)
Grips – ruffian lock ons
Brakes – 6 pot front 4 pot back w/ black levers and braided hose
Shifter – sram x-9
Seat post – SDG i-beam carbon (waiting for)
Seat – sdg i-fly (waiting for)
Seat clamp – hope qr
Cranks – 170mm saints
Chainring – 40t race face dh
Chain guide – mrp type 3 – carbon boomerang
Lexan outer plate (waiting for)
black rollers
Pedals – crank bros magnesium mallet c (waiting for)
Wheels – mavic ex 823 on chris king f and Hadley r, laced with spaim race spokes ran tubeless
Mech – sram x0 med cage
Cassette – sram road, 12-26
Chain – sram pc 99
Tyres – 2.5 and 2.2 comp 16 ran tubeless

http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=416731

hope you like it

olie

 

[MtnbikeMike]

Sweet bike, what year is the frame?

 

[version_8]

nice! that silver would look sweet with the original sticker kit.

 

[olie]

its an 03 frame, i have just got an 05 6 way for it so itl ride even better than an 04 model

 

[Matt D]

Looks like you went to some great extents to get the weight down. What did it come in at?

 

[olie]

it comes it at around 39-40lbs, which is pretty good considering yeti frames are quite heavy, am currently saving for a 303, m3, or sunday frame set, dunno which one to get, swayed towards a 303 with dh40's!!
olie

 

[seismic]

Looks awesome. Very stealth.....but do be a favor and skip the fender on the DT....

 

[olie]

i've just been doing a little research on Hopey Steering Dampers, from ppl with experience , do you think i will benefit from this, most of the courses round my way are really rocky, but are very techy at the same time, will it cope well with the all the tight turns i will have to put it through?
cheers
olie

 

[profro]

There is no way that bike can weight 39-40lbs. I have the same with a Slider+ and tubeless and it weights 44-45lbs. Granted I have 729s and profiles WITH A TI SPINDLE. But the Slider saves almost a pound over the Dorado and the diff in the rims and cranks MIGHT be a pound. Where else did you loose 2-3 lbs. I'd like to do the same to mine.

 

[Fury]

Profro,

- 729's are about 100 grams (each) heavier than 823's
- If you're running DH tubes you could drop about 300g's off each wheel by going tubeless with 823's.
- Are you running the SDG seat/post combo? That's a bit of weight.
- The thick Yeti decals probably weigh 100g's
- Paint probably weighs over 100g's but I have no idea how much.
- He will save a bit of weight running the Saint's compared to your Profiles (but not all that much)

If you start gram counting it adds up.

 

[profro]

4 lbs is 1800 grams. That's 18 100g's and I just don't see it.

Like I said I'm running tubeless and I have a Ti spindle in my Profiles. I'm a pound up on him with the Slider+, I just will have to see it to believe it. I'm running a bolt instead of a seat quick release. I've got a Thompson seatpost (all 5" of it) and a Ti Flite saddle. Does anyone know the diff in Hope 6s and Hayes Mags?

 

[punkassean]

I'd imagine the Hope 6's and Hayes mags are about the same since the M4's w/8" rotor are as light as hayes with 6" rotors...

 

[olie]

sorry mate, that was just a guess, it weighed about 47 before i change all the parts, before it was specd with pretty heavy kit, so i thort i saved bout 7 lbs from before, might be a wrong guess, itl be more like 42/43 now hearing wot yours weighs
olie

 

[profro]

No bashing, but I'd love to have my DH9 weight 40lbs. However then what else would I use for an excuse?

 

[dexter]

ha mine did it, 39.67
small dh9 frame pushed rc with ti spring and bushing and hardware
full ti kit in every bolt
slider plus with ti spring
xo rear der and x9 shifter
dura ace ti casset 27 tooth
drilled and grinded to the max e13 40tooth guide
e13 ring drilled 8 holes in it still going strong
sram hollow pin and link chain
easton carbon bars
thomson stem and masterpiece post
slr carbon seat
hayes mag + brakes
new xt cranks with race face zeus bb cups
wellgo mag pedals with ti spindles.
hadley hubs with revo rear bladed front gold alum nipples on ex823's
maxxis 2.5 minion R tubeless tire no sealent cut some knobs off for performance
2.35 tubeless minion rear- not available to public single ply casing also
odi yeti grips and bar plugs.
steelset

 

[Racer-X]

ha mine did it, 39.67
small dh9 frame pushed rc with ti spring and bushing and hardware
full ti kit in every bolt
slider plus with ti spring
xo rear der and x9 shifter
dura ace ti casset 27 tooth
drilled and grinded to the max e13 40tooth guide
e13 ring drilled 8 holes in it still going strong
sram hollow pin and link chain
easton carbon bars
thomson stem and masterpiece post
slr carbon seat
hayes mag + brakes
new xt cranks with race face zeus bb cups
wellgo mag pedals with ti spindles.
hadley hubs with revo rear bladed front gold alum nipples on ex823's
maxxis 2.5 minion R tubeless tire no sealent cut some knobs off for performance
2.35 tubeless minion rear- not available to public single ply casing also
odi yeti grips and bar plugs.
steelset

sounds like a sick set-up ya got dex!

how are those single-ply tires for DH though? i've always trashed the thought of single-plys being wwaaayyy to easy to pinch flat,but then again-i've never used any.

olie - VERY nice yeti! probably one of the nicest i've ever seen. i think it's the color and decals that set it off....

 

[Brad23]

ha mine did it, 39.67
small dh9 frame pushed rc with ti spring and bushing and hardware
full ti kit in every bolt
slider plus with ti spring
xo rear der and x9 shifter
dura ace ti casset 27 tooth
drilled and grinded to the max e13 40tooth guide
e13 ring drilled 8 holes in it still going strong
sram hollow pin and link chain
easton carbon bars
thomson stem and masterpiece post
slr carbon seat
hayes mag + brakes
new xt cranks with race face zeus bb cups
wellgo mag pedals with ti spindles.
hadley hubs with revo rear bladed front gold alum nipples on ex823's
maxxis 2.5 minion R tubeless tire no sealent cut some knobs off for performance
2.35 tubeless minion rear- not available to public single ply casing also
odi yeti grips and bar plugs.
steelset

Where'd you get the Ti bolts and spindles for the wellgo mags???

 

[dexter]

bolts i got from racebolts.com, ti spindles got outta some bpi deal that my old shop had.
dont ask about the ti slider spring its confidential

the single plys rocked just keep the pressure up. they were race run only tires but on certain trails around home and here i run them. feels like they roll 2x as fast a 2.5

wait till you guys see the 3 new bikes brewing in my room just need frams, and cranks, stems, bars and one chain guide

 

[olie]

cheers mate, took me a while to get it all done but a think its worth it, thinkin bout gettin a hopey steering damper for it, not sure,
olie

 

[dexter]

dude a hopey on that bike makes a huge differance at least for me. my advise sell ths winger and get the rc pushed. bike will ride 100x better

 

[olie]

thats a push#d rc on it now, lol, selling it for a swinger!, any one now where to get hopeys cheap from?
olie

 

[sayndesyn]

nice ride for sure. Not enough bikes look that understated. I dunno about weight savings on a dh bike though.... I'd rather just skip the 3rd burritto for breakfast and save myself the pain of replacing carbon bits and pieces..

 

[bibs]

thats a push#d rc on it now, lol, selling it for a swinger!, any one now where to get hopeys cheap from?
olie

yea, certified drunk is selling a bunch of stuff in the Pac NW forum and he has a hopey! It sunder the armagedon thread...

 

[olie]

cheers mate, posted on there hope he will sell it to me, so does anyone have experience with a hopey, are they really that benifficial? what are they like for techy courses?as much info needed as poss please!
olie
oh and glad you all like the bike!!

 

[olie]

also as they have oil in them i think, do you need to replace that, or does it last forever?
olie

 

[bibs]

cheers mate, posted on there hope he will sell it to me, so does anyone have experience with a hopey, are they really that benifficial? what are they like for techy courses?as much info needed as poss please!
olie
oh and glad you all like the bike!!

I rode the bike this weekend, I liked the hopey, its pretty darn cool. I rode techy and smooth fast courses in the same day and it was nice! Im thinkng about getting one, but not sure, I just bought his 888 so Im broke.

here is me on the bike

 

[olie]

sweet, looks like your having fun in the pic, the bike looks really nice aswell, did it take much to get used to the hopey or not?
olie

 

[bibs]

no not at all, a few seconds, but i ride or used to ride sport bikes so Im kinda used to the stiffer steering, if that makes sense?@

 

[olie]

yeah, so u think they are worth it, dont know if you have seen footage of Fort William track in scotland before (the world cup), thats is rocks the whole way down, but that is only 5 hours away and i'm goin to get a car soon so hope fully go up there.
olie

 

[Matt D]

The hopey is designed for technical rock courses, so it should suit your needs perfectly.

 

[olie]

sweet, should work mint round my way then, thats wot every course is like, steep, very tech and with lots of rocks most of the time
olie

 

[profro]

Weighed mine on Friday...

Medium DH9 frame w/ Swinger 4way and Ti spring
Slider+
Thompson 50mm stem and seatpost
Ti Flite saddle
Hayes Mag brakes
ProTaper bar with lock-ons
King headset
Profile cranks with Ti spindle
Easton Cully pedals
SRAM X-9 der. and shifter
12-26 SRAM cass.
E13 SRS
Hayes 20mm hub on 729
Hadley 15mm hub on 729
Maxxis 2.5 Minion with XC tubes


43lbs


I'm switching over to Sun MTX rims, but I doubt that will make much of a difference.

 

[scottishmark]

yeah, so u think they are worth it, dont know if you have seen footage of Fort William track in scotland before (the world cup), thats is rocks the whole way down, but that is only 5 hours away and i'm goin to get a car soon so hope fully go up there.
olie

have you been up to ft.bill before? absolutely no need for a steering damper (in my opinion of course)

 

[olie]

yeah, av bn to fort bill, raced the sda there last september, i no for a fact i could get down quicker with a damper, hold my line better, rail corners nicer, save energy to style up the tissot jump! it makes sence to me
olie

 

[olie]

oh and profro, what are cullys like, i am thinking of investing in some, anything u can compare them to, like azonic x pedals?
olie

 

[profro]

oh and profro, what are cullys like, i am thinking of investing in some, anything u can compare them to, like azonic x pedals?
olie

The only other flats I've ridden at Azonic A-frames and I like the Cully's better. The pins are smaller and seem to grip better. But go to a bolt store and invest in a box (100) of set screws to replace them as the break off. They don't break that often but the pins are rarer than those in the A-frames, so its nice to have an ample supply.