After a few delays I finally finished putting together my 7point. I was one of the lucky few to get in on the insane Supergo deal and purchased a large 7point7 a few months back. I got the bike shortly there after, much to my surprise, since I figured they would cancel all of the sales at the price I had paid. For some reason, FedEx thought it was a good idea to leave the giant bike box propped against front door of my house along a fairly busy road. I was more than a little surprised that they left it without a signature given the value of the merchandise, but whatever, I finally got it.
Upon opening the box, I found that I was missing the SDG seat and seatpost which I meant contacting Supergo. I didn't expect much from them and after a few calls to check on the status, I received another saddle and post directly from IH.
I then got a little busy with some other projects and changing jobs and the poor bike sat in my dining room for some time. I finally got some free time and I stripped the bike down to just the frame, shock, fork (and axle), headset, stem, derailleurs, boomerang, seatpost clamp, and bottom bracket and it tipped the scales at 19.4 pounds.
After a long wait for a rear hub (and actually ordering a different hub) and a few weeks of waiting for the front brake, I got the thing re-built this past week. I didn't go nuts changing things around but I replaced the Hayes Mags with BFL levers with some Magura Louise FRs with 210 front and 180mm rear rotors. The X.9 triggers were swapped out for some X.0 twisters. SDG goods were replaced with WTB and Thomson. Wheels are a light build of Hugi 20mm front laced with Supercomps to a Stan's ZTR Freeride rim and the rear is the same except using a WTB 12x150 hub. I originally wanted a Hugi rear but it just wasn't happening. I'll probably build another set up soon with Hadley hubs and may go nuts and try some CX Ray spokes for the sake of testing. I finished it off with
foam grips, I like them, end of story. Final weight with a 2.5 Blue Groove (folding) and a 2.35 Nevegal (folding) sealed up tubeless was 37 pounds.
Saturday was the first shake down ride to see if I screwed anything up and to get a feel for the way it rides. In a word, the ride was amazing. I met up with a couple of XC guys I ride with at Shindagin park and they were expecting me on my Titus and I was curious if I would be able to hang with them with a bike that weighs 13 pounds more than my normal XC rig. We covered 12 miles of mostly XC trails early in the morning before the humidity set in and I couldn't believe how well the bike pedalled. I didn't take a great deal of time to dial in the 5th or the Breakout+ before the ride figuring that I would tweak some things during the ride but the only time I touched either one was to add 1 turn of rebound dampening to the 5th at about the 8 mile mark. I'm sure I'll make some more adjustments but following the setup guidelines posted on the IH site for the 5th was a good choice.
The two things that surprised me the most besides the pedalling characteristics was how well the bike handled twisty singletrack, even at the 7" setting up front, and how well I was climbing even with the added weight and taller front end. I pulled most of the climbs, was hanging with everyone on the twisties and when we hit Emergency Room, I was airing it out over all of the jump lines. I also got a chance to hit a couple of the stunts in the park and the bike was very stable and confidence inspiring.
Basically, at the end of the day, I don't think I could ask for a more versatile bike. I think the 7point and I will be together for quite a while. It handles the local trails exceptionally well so far and I don't anticipate any problems when I finally get to take it out for some shuttled or lift assisted riding. There will be a few changes to the build as I go like a different saddle, a slightly longer stem, actually wrapping the chainstay, and a few bits for the sake of weight loss.
If I have any nits to pick, I'm not entirely crazy about the cable routing but I may change that before too long. Rear shift cable clearance at the bottom bracket may end up being an issue and the cable stop on the back of the seat tube is perfectly vertical when it would have been nice if it were slightly angled toward the drive side because of the angle of the pull on the Saint front der. The paint looks good but doesn't appear to be the most durable but time will tell. The supplied seat post clamp is about as strong as Utah beer and will be replaced with a Salsa and I need to get the 90 degree fittings for the Maguras.
Upon opening the box, I found that I was missing the SDG seat and seatpost which I meant contacting Supergo. I didn't expect much from them and after a few calls to check on the status, I received another saddle and post directly from IH.
I then got a little busy with some other projects and changing jobs and the poor bike sat in my dining room for some time. I finally got some free time and I stripped the bike down to just the frame, shock, fork (and axle), headset, stem, derailleurs, boomerang, seatpost clamp, and bottom bracket and it tipped the scales at 19.4 pounds.After a long wait for a rear hub (and actually ordering a different hub) and a few weeks of waiting for the front brake, I got the thing re-built this past week. I didn't go nuts changing things around but I replaced the Hayes Mags with BFL levers with some Magura Louise FRs with 210 front and 180mm rear rotors. The X.9 triggers were swapped out for some X.0 twisters. SDG goods were replaced with WTB and Thomson. Wheels are a light build of Hugi 20mm front laced with Supercomps to a Stan's ZTR Freeride rim and the rear is the same except using a WTB 12x150 hub. I originally wanted a Hugi rear but it just wasn't happening. I'll probably build another set up soon with Hadley hubs and may go nuts and try some CX Ray spokes for the sake of testing. I finished it off with
foam grips, I like them, end of story. Final weight with a 2.5 Blue Groove (folding) and a 2.35 Nevegal (folding) sealed up tubeless was 37 pounds.Saturday was the first shake down ride to see if I screwed anything up and to get a feel for the way it rides. In a word, the ride was amazing. I met up with a couple of XC guys I ride with at Shindagin park and they were expecting me on my Titus and I was curious if I would be able to hang with them with a bike that weighs 13 pounds more than my normal XC rig. We covered 12 miles of mostly XC trails early in the morning before the humidity set in and I couldn't believe how well the bike pedalled. I didn't take a great deal of time to dial in the 5th or the Breakout+ before the ride figuring that I would tweak some things during the ride but the only time I touched either one was to add 1 turn of rebound dampening to the 5th at about the 8 mile mark. I'm sure I'll make some more adjustments but following the setup guidelines posted on the IH site for the 5th was a good choice.
The two things that surprised me the most besides the pedalling characteristics was how well the bike handled twisty singletrack, even at the 7" setting up front, and how well I was climbing even with the added weight and taller front end. I pulled most of the climbs, was hanging with everyone on the twisties and when we hit Emergency Room, I was airing it out over all of the jump lines. I also got a chance to hit a couple of the stunts in the park and the bike was very stable and confidence inspiring.
Basically, at the end of the day, I don't think I could ask for a more versatile bike. I think the 7point and I will be together for quite a while. It handles the local trails exceptionally well so far and I don't anticipate any problems when I finally get to take it out for some shuttled or lift assisted riding. There will be a few changes to the build as I go like a different saddle, a slightly longer stem, actually wrapping the chainstay, and a few bits for the sake of weight loss.
If I have any nits to pick, I'm not entirely crazy about the cable routing but I may change that before too long. Rear shift cable clearance at the bottom bracket may end up being an issue and the cable stop on the back of the seat tube is perfectly vertical when it would have been nice if it were slightly angled toward the drive side because of the angle of the pull on the Saint front der. The paint looks good but doesn't appear to be the most durable but time will tell. The supplied seat post clamp is about as strong as Utah beer and will be replaced with a Salsa and I need to get the 90 degree fittings for the Maguras.
). When I get it done I'll post pics, weight, geometry...etc.
