[rpk1988]

Ill be short a sweet with this. It will be kinda like a picture book post instead of words. Comments are welcome.

I wanted to upgrade this bike...

In doing so, I wanted to buy a new fork. I wanted travel adj. and it to be air. The Rock Shox Pike 454 was my perfect match. Just came in today. Check it out. Its sweet.

To go along with that, I ordered up a Chris King headset. Its not here yet but it will be soon. The color I got, Pewter.

Every year we have a local bike swap, so I picked up a pair of these....

For $20. I think that is a pretty good deal.

And for a wheelset that I can hopefully have pictures of tomorrow I got a DT Swiss FR Hugi 20mm Front hub laced to a Sun Rhyno Lite. These upgrades should make this one awesome bike. Enjoy the pictures and expect more soon, especially when it all gets installed.

 

[untitledsince89]

awesome looks good

 

[SirChomps-a-Lot]

let's make it official:

Sun rhino lyte XL is the best front rim EVER.

(and cheap as hell too)

 

[MOTODH]

Sweet, RS pikes are awesome forks

 

[rpk1988]

let's make it official:

Sun rhino lyte XL is the best front rim EVER.

(and cheap as hell too)

Thats what I was told and for $35, you cant go wrong.

 

[Bicyclist]

For DJ, I love Rhyno Lite XLs. They're light and really strong too.

 

[SirChomps-a-Lot]

Thats what I was told and for $35, you cant go wrong.

Try $25, sucker:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?page=2

 

[.:Jeenyus:.]

Thats what I was told and for $35, you cant go wrong.

Wow, I got a 729 for 35...

I guess you are going wrong.

 

[rpk1988]

I was talkin' retail, not the price you pay when you work at a bike shop....

 

[DirtBag]

Nice fork. I opted for the Pike 426 Coil U-Turn for the extra heavy steerer and crown. Post a review later on the fork...

 

[lovebunny]

I was talkin' retail, not the price you pay when you work at a bike shop....

naw ep is probably waaay lower than 25

 

[rpk1988]

Nice fork. I opted for the Pike 426 Coil U-Turn for the extra heavy steerer and crown. Post a review later on the fork...

Will do.

Na, I didnt EP a rim, its just my store discount. But it was lower than $25 and I didnt have to pay shipping. That always helps.

 

[urbaindk]

Cool, that's one sexy fork. When do you want to go hit the trails that if I mention their name might just get this thread deleted. You racing next weekend or do you have to work?


Jeenyus: where did you get a 729 for $35 bucks? I need one.

 

[rpk1988]

Oh baby I am racing. But I am bring out the Prophet instead. We can hit the **** sometime soon here.

 

[rpk1988]

New Updates:

Got my wheel built. Now I am just awaiting my beautiful CK Headset. Should be here soon.

Awesome.

 

[gangstamaxx]

Thats what I was told and for $35, you cant go wrong.

Yep I have one on my Porter Pro..no complaints whatsoever. Its probobally one of the most popular rims period.

 

[urbaindk]

Oh baby I am racing. But I am bring out the Prophet instead. We can hit the **** sometime soon here.

Yeah, The ****, I like that. I think that'll start using that in the Va forum. "Anybody want to ride the **** this weekend?" What do you think?


Nice wheel by the way. I need to rebuild my rear wheel soon. It's about as round as a football.

 

[rpk1988]

Haha. Good call. If your not doing it yourself, my man Eric down at work is a good wheel builder. He's built 2 of mine now and plenty of others.

 

[Kornphlake]

New Updates:

Got my wheel built. Now I am just awaiting my beautiful CK Headset. Should be here soon.

Awesome.

Sorry to tell you but that's not the Rhyno Lite XL, it's the non XL version that is just pinned instead of welded. They're supposed to be okay rims but not quite as good as the welded XL's.

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

I getting 20 inch chrome spinners for my ford pinto too, its gonna be gnar sauce, just like that bike.

 

[rpk1988]

Sorry to tell you but that's not the Rhyno Lite XL, it's the non XL version that is just pinned instead of welded. They're supposed to be okay rims but not quite as good as the welded XL's.

I, myself never said it was an XL if you look at my original post. You guys just put words into my mouth. Haha.

 

[rpk1988]

Beautiful presents just continue to show up. I like building up a bike. Its fun. My CK headset is here, along with a shirt. Enjoy. Everything should be on by the end of this weekend. Then I will have a complete pictures for sure.

 

[rpk1988]

Finally got everything put on. It took a total of a week in a half to go from an idea to complete. Haha. Yes. Check it.

Fork set at 110mm

Fork set at 140mm (now its starting to look like a holy raked out fork batman but its not that bad)

Sweet headset. CK has fast shipping by they way. Seeing as they are in Oregan, I am in MD and it got here in 2 days.

This is the reason for the snowblower in the background of the pictures.

Look at my signature.

 

[rpk1988]

Beautiful. The snow blower came in handy for the 21.3" that we received.

 

[MOTODH]

really nice lookin P

 

[rpk1988]

Thank you.

 

[bullcrew]

Nice combo.

 

[urbaindk]

Beautiful. The snow blower came in handy for the 21.3" that we received.

Is that in pinkbike inches? We only got around 12" here in naptown.

 

[rpk1988]

The storm stalled the heavy bands over us. So no, it was REAL people inches.

 

[rpk1988]

Here is what ours looked like. Thank goodness for the blower and the neighbors should thank us. Haha. Check it.

 

[NaptownF400]

Great looking build man! Can't wait to get out with you guys this season, hopefully on a new full suspension

Any word on that demo day? I'm leaving tomorrow for Torino, be back for a week Mar 3-12, out in Harrisonburg until early April, but I'll come back for the demo if it's on the weekend. Lemme know, I'm jonesin for a new ride...

John

PS - I hope I meet Gretchen Bleiler, she's smokin

 

[rpk1988]

What kinda full susser are you getting? Someone told me when are demo day was yesterday but I forgot. Haha. I will check for you again. Its mid-April sometime. Should be a good time.

 

[urbaindk]

Great looking build man! Can't wait to get out with you guys this season, hopefully on a new full suspension

John,
Do you actually live in Naptown or do you live in Elkridge? If your in Annapolis, I'm up for urban just about any night of the week, not that there is much... Carpooling to Fredneck on the weekends wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Have grand time in Torino.


Ryan, You definitely got a lot more snow than we did. Wow.

 

[rpk1988]

Told you so. Yea man we need to start riding at the **** once it drys out a little and all the snow is gone.

 

[arboc!]

the upgrades are lookin sick...

 

[NaptownF400]

I'm actually in Elkridge, from Annapolis originally. I haven't discovered the joys of urban riding yet, but one of these days...

Torino was sick, skiing in the alps was f'in amazing... if you can shred a blue there, you can do anything in the US. Don't want to go too OT, so I'll make a seperate post in another forum.

Ryan - Demo day??? I'm really not sure what I'd like to go with at this point. Just going to try some things out and keep reading and make a decision that way I think... anything I should definately try or definately ignore?

John

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

Im from Elkridge, Landing Road right across from the trailheads. Now I live in CO though. Sucks to be you guys.

 

[rpk1988]

Why is that? I have been riding in Patapsco now for 7 going on 8 years and I love every minute of it. But I do have some friends that live in Boulder, CO that I want to go visit just so I can ride.

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

Actaully patapsco is great, used to be better though before they started taking out all the gnarly stuff and replacing it with steps and smooth trails. Once I got into DH and dirt jumping MD got pretty boring though. Last summer I spent alot of time pushing my V10 up the hill on the hilltop road side riding the trails that drop down to the dam. It makes for about a one minute run but it could be worse. Do you ever go in the Catonsville Bike Shop? I worked there from 99-03.

 

[rpk1988]

Cool. Yea, that is the one off RT.40 correct? Tucked back in that shopping center. Well then I have probably met you before because back in 2001 I was in there looking for a Giant Rainer, but then I found a smokin' demo bike deal on a Jekyll at Princeton Sports where I currently work now.

IMO, Patapsco has gotten better recently. We have found some trails that have stunts and such and the trails are better maintained. They just have a very bad time with erosion.