Firstly I'd like to apologise for taking so long, damn chain didn't turn up, then I had to go to a shop to buy a gear cable, they only had 5mm, had to wait for 4mm to be sent to me, yada yada, you know the score!
So, here she is, my race bike for 2009. I've yet to ride it, hopefully I'll like it. First race is this weekend, will try to throw a leg over it on Friday!
Spec:
2009 Devinci Wilson frame (medium)
Fox DHX 5.0 (9.5"x3")
2006 Boxxer Team
ZTR Flow rims
American Classic hubs
DT supercomp spokes
Alloy nips
Maxxis dual-ply 2.35" high-rollers (UST ones kept on tearing on me)
Far too much stans sealant
Formula The One 200/180mm brakes.
XTR shifter
Dura-ace 7900SS mech
6-speed trimmed down Dura-ace cassette (11-19)
34t ring (have a 36 too, trying 34 to see if I miss the bigger ring)
KMC X9 SL chain
Saint cranks
Superstar mag-lite pedals (280g with the ti axles I fitted the other day)
Thomson Masterpiece post
Selle Italia SLR saddle
Hope zero-stack reducer headset
EA70 bars
ODI ruffians
Hope stem
DMC moto-trainer stopwatch doofah thingy
New parts to me for this build (as opposed to nabbed off of my DHi) are: Frame/shock/headset/mech/cranks/chaindevice/chainring/saddle/pedal axles.
Weight: 35.27lb (compulsary scale shot at bottom). Will be sub-35lb when I do the following:
Upgrades coming:
Point One DM stem: -22g
Correct ti spring: +/- 20g
Less sealant: -110g
Extralite Ultraclamp seatpost clamp: -35g
E13 LG1+: -100g
2010 Boxxer Team: -100g
So saving a further 330-370g, bringing me down to 34.4 - 34.5lb. That'll do for now, happy enough. Don't feel the need for air shocks/forks or carbon posts/bars, them's for cheats!
Gratuitous pics: (taken in a bit of a rush, sorry for the over-exposure, and the blob of grease around the pedal axle, and the untrimmed zip-tie on my fork. Tut tut, sloppy I know!)
Note where I tried to colour in a scuff with a marker pen. Why does no-one make BLACK marker pens, dammit!
Damn, forgot the cable end wotsit. That'll throw my scale weight out!!
Utterly pointless photo, I just love ti springs and their texture though! This spring is a 425x2.5". My shock is a 3" stroke... there's easily enough space between the coils to accommodate 3" though, it just means it'll fatigue sooner. Is only on until I source a 3" item, probably won't even ride it with this as it's a bit too hard for me on this frame. Couldn't take photos with a STEEL spring though could I, what kind of pikey do you take me for!?
I bought these silly jockey wheels on ebay about a year ago for £15 or so. When they arrived they looked so fragile I was too embarrassed to fit them... well I've bitten the bullet now, we'll see if they last even one day of riding! Only save a measly 9g compared to the standard dura-ace items, but everyone loves a bit of (non-structural ) carbon fibre, surely?
Somehow putting a blown-up reading of the scale in this pic seems very pretentious, especially as the weight is nothing special these days. Annoyed me that you couldn't read it once I'd resized the pic though, so "meh"!
So, here she is, my race bike for 2009. I've yet to ride it, hopefully I'll like it. First race is this weekend, will try to throw a leg over it on Friday!
Spec:
2009 Devinci Wilson frame (medium)
Fox DHX 5.0 (9.5"x3")
2006 Boxxer Team
ZTR Flow rims
American Classic hubs
DT supercomp spokes
Alloy nips
Maxxis dual-ply 2.35" high-rollers (UST ones kept on tearing on me)
Far too much stans sealant
Formula The One 200/180mm brakes.
XTR shifter
Dura-ace 7900SS mech
6-speed trimmed down Dura-ace cassette (11-19)
34t ring (have a 36 too, trying 34 to see if I miss the bigger ring)
KMC X9 SL chain
Saint cranks
Superstar mag-lite pedals (280g with the ti axles I fitted the other day)
Thomson Masterpiece post
Selle Italia SLR saddle
Hope zero-stack reducer headset
EA70 bars
ODI ruffians
Hope stem
DMC moto-trainer stopwatch doofah thingy
New parts to me for this build (as opposed to nabbed off of my DHi) are: Frame/shock/headset/mech/cranks/chaindevice/chainring/saddle/pedal axles.
Weight: 35.27lb (compulsary scale shot at bottom). Will be sub-35lb when I do the following:
Upgrades coming:
Point One DM stem: -22g
Correct ti spring: +/- 20g
Less sealant: -110g
Extralite Ultraclamp seatpost clamp: -35g
E13 LG1+: -100g
2010 Boxxer Team: -100g
So saving a further 330-370g, bringing me down to 34.4 - 34.5lb. That'll do for now, happy enough. Don't feel the need for air shocks/forks or carbon posts/bars, them's for cheats!
Gratuitous pics: (taken in a bit of a rush, sorry for the over-exposure, and the blob of grease around the pedal axle, and the untrimmed zip-tie on my fork. Tut tut, sloppy I know!)
Note where I tried to colour in a scuff with a marker pen. Why does no-one make BLACK marker pens, dammit!
Damn, forgot the cable end wotsit. That'll throw my scale weight out!!
Utterly pointless photo, I just love ti springs and their texture though! This spring is a 425x2.5". My shock is a 3" stroke... there's easily enough space between the coils to accommodate 3" though, it just means it'll fatigue sooner. Is only on until I source a 3" item, probably won't even ride it with this as it's a bit too hard for me on this frame. Couldn't take photos with a STEEL spring though could I, what kind of pikey do you take me for!?
I bought these silly jockey wheels on ebay about a year ago for £15 or so. When they arrived they looked so fragile I was too embarrassed to fit them... well I've bitten the bullet now, we'll see if they last even one day of riding! Only save a measly 9g compared to the standard dura-ace items, but everyone loves a bit of (non-structural ) carbon fibre, surely?
Somehow putting a blown-up reading of the scale in this pic seems very pretentious, especially as the weight is nothing special these days. Annoyed me that you couldn't read it once I'd resized the pic though, so "meh"!
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