[S.K.C.]

YES I am…

Spec Sheet:

2009 EVIL Revolt, Medium, custom graphics

Suspension
Rear Shock: 2010 FOX RC4 (currently running a PUSH'ed DHX off my Sunday)
Fork: 2008 Boxxer Team (Udi shim mod.)

Drivetrain
Pedals: 2009 Straitline
Cranks: 2008 Race Face Pre-Production ATLAS FR, 165mm, 83mm spindle
BB: Race Face Diabolus, 83mm
Chainring: e.thirteen G-Ring 36T
Chainguide: 06’ e.thirteen SRS
Chain: 09’ KMC X9L
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 6500 11-25 (custom gearing)
Derailleur: 07’ SRAM X.9

Cockpit / Controls
Stem: 2009 Straitline Boxxer Direct Mount, 50mm, Zero rise
Handlebars: 2008 Truvativ Holzfeller
Grips: ODI Rogue
Shifter: 2008 SRAM X.9
Brakes: 2008 Formula The ONE, with sintered pads and 8inch rotors front & rear.
Seat Post: 2009 SDG I-Beam, 30.9mm
Seat Clamp: 2009 Hope CNC, 34.9mm
Seat: (N.O.S.) 2006 SDG I-Fly C
Headset: e.thirteen Zero-Stack cups with FSA Orbit IS bearings

Wheels / Tires
Race Set
Front Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss 5.1d, 32H
Spokes: DT Swiss Champion 2.0mm
Hub: DT Swiss 240S 20mm
Nipples: 12mm brass
Tube: Maxxis
Tire: 2.5” Maxxis Minion DHF 3C

Rear Wheel:
Rim: Mavic EX721, 32H
Spokes: DT Swiss Champion 2.0mm
Hub: Hadley R6, 108pt, 150mm
Nipples: 12mm brass
Tube: Maxxis
Tire: 2.5” Maxxis Minion DHF 3C

Misc:
Fork Decals: RUFUS Designs
Chainstay protection: fuzzy side of adhesive Velcro, cut to fit (A.K.A. the “Jacy Mod&#8221.
Shifter Cable: Clark’s Cables (*freebie* - came as a bonus with a copy of DIRTmag) Thanks DIRT! =)

Future Upgrades:
- Rear Fender
- Ti spring for RC4 (once I get my spring rate dialed)
- 2009 e.thirteen SRS+
- 2010 Formula The ONE master cylinders/lever bodies (Steve is currently running the protos on his Revolt).
- New wheel set for racing.
- Aftermarket brake levers.
- Other cool sh!t.


Big thanks to the following (whom without their help none of this would be possible) :

EVIL Bikes: Todd (SkaTodd), Kevin, and Gabe Fox
http://www.evil-bikes.com/#/000117/home

Dave Weagle (dw)
http://www.e13components.com/
http://www.evil-bikes.com/#/000117/home
http://www.dw-link.com/home.html
http://www.turnerbikes.com/09home.html
http://www.pivotcycles.com/
http://www.ibiscycles.com/
http://www.ironhorsebikes.com/home.php?country=us

Straitline Components: Greg Parish

http://www.straitlinecomponents.com/
http://straitline.blogspot.com/

FormulaBrakeUSA: Chris Costello and Charlie
http://www.formulabrakeusa.com/

SRAM
http://www.sram.com/en/

e.thirteen: Jonas and the e.thirteen crew
http://www.e13components.com/

Jason and Justin at Sicklines.com
http://www.sicklines.com/

Ryan at RUFUS Designs

The Bethlehem PA. DH crew: Jason, Stephanie, George, Mike, John Ronca, Flood, Mark, and everyone else I rode with pre-season to get in shape!

Action Wheels, Bethlehem Pa.: John and Sean
http://www.action-wheels.com/

Westwood Cycle, Westwood N.J.: Alan and Mark
http://westwoodcycle.com/

Go-Ride.com: Kris and Scott
http://www.go-ride.com/

Udi and Socket for their suspension expertise – thanks for the patience guys! I try to learn something new every time I throw a leg over my ride.

Diablo Freeride Park: Shawn, Jack, Phil, Erik, Jon, and all the rest of the guys and girls in the shop!
http://www.diablofreeridepark.com/
http://diablofreeridepark.com/bikeparkshop.html

 

[davetrump]

yeah dude.... glad to see you finally got yourself sorted with one

you are going to be very very pleased

 

[IH8Rice]

is this a advertisement?

 

[S.K.C.]

LoL... no - should it be?

Dave - HELL yeah! I can't WAIT to get this thing on the mountain. Still doing some final tweaks.I'll be up at Diablo this weekend with Dennis helping out with a rider clinic.

 

[IH8Rice]

i thought you had one already

 

[S.K.C.]

Well yes and no... my frame was inbound for a while, and then finally got here toward the beginning of June. I took my time building it, cleaning parts from my Sunday, checking fitments, etc. so I JUST got her built up last week.

How do you like yours so far?

 

[IH8Rice]

its been riding great so far. now that i saw the pic of the recommended setup for the RC4, i can see how far off i am from their recommendations. I was adjusting as i feel i needed it, but on the beat up trails in Les Gets, the bike seemed to beat me up a bit. The RC4 is great though...its a ton better than i imagined it to be.
ill do some tweaking this weekend at diablo.

 

[S.K.C.]

its been riding great so far. now that i saw the pic of the recommended setup for the RC4, i can see how far off i am from their recommendations. I was adjusting as i feel i needed it, but on the beat up trails in Les Gets, the bike seemed to beat me up a bit. The RC4 is great though...its a ton better than i imagined it to be.
ill do some tweaking this weekend at diablo.

Nice! Les Gets is "Les Sh!t"...

Yeah - haven't ridden there yet, but from what I've heard, trails like that will beat on you after a while. Those settings for the RC4 - are you referring to the ones from FOX or the ones suggested by dw? The setting dw suggests are a lot more useful in the context of the Revolt.

I'll be at Diablo this weekend as well - I'll be helping Yuroshek with a rider's clinic. I'll keep an eye peeled for another guy on a Revolt!

 

[jonKranked]

you may not be evil, but you are certainly a wanker

 

[S.K.C.]

LoL...

 

[yd35]

you forgot the most important detail...how much does it weigh?

 

[IH8Rice]

Nice! Les Gets is "Les Sh!t"...

Yeah - haven't ridden there yet, but from what I've heard, trails like that will beat on you after a while. Those settings for the RC4 - are you referring to the ones from FOX or the ones suggested by dw? The setting dw suggests are a lot more useful in the context of the Revolt.

yeah, i learned from some of the yocals that they dont ride Les Gets because of all the brake bumps on the main trails.

i started with the base settings that the shock came with. i just adjusted the colorful knobs until i was getting in the right direction.

 

[yuroshek]

CK bike looks to clean. get it dirty already.

told you! private lesson is tomorrow, weekend is race time!!!

 

[dexterq20]

The best part of that bike is the stem. Mine is in the mail as we speak, er... type.

 

[greenhood]

Your evil looks great. I saw shawn palmer beating the living crap out of his last friday at Northstar.

 

[Horror Business]

Classic Metallica and a great bike, nicely done.

 

[S.K.C.]

CK bike looks to clean. get it dirty already.

told you! private lesson is tomorrow, weekend is race time!!!

Aw crap... I'm only free on the weekends until the second week in August. Well, I'll see you on Sat. - I'll walk the course with you because I'm curious to see what this new trail Epitaph is all about.

you forgot the most important detail...how much does it weigh?

Haven't weighed it yet, but as soon as I can find an accurate scale, I'll post it up.

The best part of that bike is the stem. Mine is in the mail as we speak, er... type.

The stem is AWESOME. Sexy lookin', super lightweight, and tough. The zero-rise 50mm is perfect. When installing your handlebars, DON'T FORGET: when you tighten the face plate, do it moto-style. Tighten the top 2 bolts first until the faceplate is flush against the stem (no gap) - THEN tighten the bottom 2 bolts. Greg designed the stem like this on purpose. For more info - check out the Straitline blog. Pretty interesting.

Greenhood and Horror - thanks! I have plans for some powder coat action next year, but for now it's "Pro White". BTW, Horror - I dig the avatar!

 

[dhmike]

lucky bastard !

 

[S.K.C.]

Don't worry - more are on the way!

Classic Metallica and a great bike, nicely done.

...I just realized that minus the red, the color scheme on my rig somewhat reflects Lars's drum kit in that video. LoL.

 

[Jim Mac]

Classic Metallica and a great bike, nicely done.

Crap dudes! Metallica is the cover version of the song! Originally done by Diamond Head!

 

[time-bomb]

Crap dudes! Metallica is the cover version of the song! Originally done by Diamond Head!

Diamond Head........never heard of them. King Diamond or Motor Head?

BTW, super nice build. I really dig the custom graphics too. Great job.

 

[Horror Business]

Crap dudes! Metallica is the cover version of the song! Originally done by Diamond Head!

It is still a classic Metallica performance that he posted and they made the song waaay more popular than Diamond Head, so I stand by my comment.

 

[S.K.C.]

Jim - good call!

Yep, "Am I Evil?" was originally recorded by Diamond Head, and Metallica did their own version of it. I dig both but find the Metallica version to be heavier.

When I was thinking about posting up my rig, this was the first song that came to my head since owning one means becoming part of the "family" or becoming "EVIL" so to speak...

Messing around with a homemade fender right now which will be used on my rig at Diablo this weekend... If only I had some carbon fiber sheets...

 

[jonKranked]

It is still a classic Metallica performance that he posted and they made the song waaay more popular than Diamond Head, so I stand by my comment.

Doesn't hurt to know your history, son.

 

[jcaramia]

Congrats on a nice ass bike!

 

[Horror Business]

Doesn't hurt to know your history, son.

It does not mean I don't know my metal history, and who are you calling son, bra? I did not say it was a Metallica original, I said it was a Metallica classic-which it is.

Let's stop bickering over metal, so we don't take away from the greatness of this bike.

 

[j2d013]

P.I.M.P, I love it!!!!!!!!

 

[Jason4]

That's a good looking build and very close to how I did mine. I'm sure you'll love it. I've been able to ride about 8 days of Whistler on mine but now I'm gone for 3 weeks of work. Post some riding shots so I can dream.

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

Well played sir. Well played.

 

[Jim Mac]

Let's stop bickering over metal...

Isn't this what RM is all about???

PS, NICE BIKE! (makes me think about the future, so to speak!)

 

[Rider15]

This will seem pretty stupid but im interested to know why the seat tube was welded off-center to the top of the "shock cage"?

 

[P.T.W]

This will seem pretty stupid but im interested to know why the seat tube was welded off-center to the top of the "shock cage"?

The "shock cage" and shock+linkage etc are offset to the left to allow more room etc on the drive side for chainguides an drive components in general...the giant glory among others also do this

 

[Rider15]

The "shock cage" and shock+linkage etc are offset to the left to allow more room etc on the drive side for chainguides an drive components in general...the giant glory among others also do this

Thanks makes sense, I own a giant glory and always wondered why the frame protruded more on the left then on the right.

 

[S.K.C.]

Cliffy and Jim - thanks guys! Glad you like it! I'll be riding this weekend (more of a testing session to get things dialed) so if Tufino is out and about, I should have some pretty good pics to post up.

Rider15 - like what P.T.W. said: the shock, linkage, seat tube yoke (or "shock cage" if you prefer) were offset to the non-dirve side for a few reasons:

1. To facilitate set-up of the drivetrain.
2. To accomodate the drivetrain in that space on the bike.
3. (THIS is cool: ) To help balance the bike and counter-balance the drivetrain a bit. (as dw said when he designed it: "My brain was worky that day")

The only issue I had was getting the spacing correct on my chainguide between the boomerang/backplate and the frame but that's always something that needs to get sorted out anyway. Other than that - it was a breeze. Chainline is great, and there's plenty of room for my 06' SRS.

 

[jvnixon]

Looks good C.K.

How's it riding for ya? Did it take you longer to type this post or build the bike?

 

[Udi]

Looks awesome dude. Some wider and lower bars would probably set it right off.

 

[S.K.C.]

Looks good C.K.
How's it riding for ya? Did it take you longer to type this post or build the bike?

Thanks man! LoL - neither, but I DID work on both over the course of a few weeks.

Looks awesome dude. Some wider and lower bars would probably set it right off.

Thanks Udi! I would like to go with wider bars, but I have a shoulder that bugs me from time to time, and will be getting it checked out shortly. Wider bars seem to aggravate it so until then I need to stick with the 710's.

 

[Percy]

Niiiice!

Im liking the look of them there EVIL's, they look purposeful, and like you could just get on and ride.