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Mini DH bike thread.

manimal

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
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Blindly running into cactus
a true "mini" DH ;) my son's 20" hotrock w/ minute fork, magura hydro rim brakes (rear) and avid mechs (front).



and my 4 yr old daughters "mini" DH ;) ;)

bringing back the lounge seat!

 
leprechaun

leprechaun

Turbo Monkey
Apr 17, 2004
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SLC,Ut
I don't have a pic of my 09 reign X standing still...but..THANKS LITTER MAG!

I took 4 years off of racing DH and signed up 30 cat 1 at Bootleg, front der/DRS and all. I did put DH tires on though..and ligheneing bolts. Almost won and got booed by 30yr olds who think i should be racing pro. Haha! Hey man-i got a kid and no DH bike!! And no more Semi Chump.

I'll be racing the stock bike class (160mm fork limit) in the Utah series this summer.

I don't see myself on a DH bike again. Mini DH is too much fun! C'mon 2010 Lyric 170!!!

Rumor has it the 2010 Reign X will be here in August/september....!!!


 
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1453

Monkey
Aug 20, 2007
813
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down the road from Pleasure Point
I'm gonna be laughed at for this but I just finished this little bike. It's a cheap frame that I picked up and I decided to give it a shot. It's surprisingly stable and really flickable, and tire hasn't rubbed the frame yet. Got an XT 8-speed shifter on Lx derailluers and shifting is crisp as hell.

 
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Gary

Gary

my pronouns are hag/gis
Aug 27, 2002
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manimal - your son's bar stem combo is almost as OTT as my daughter's :biggrin:

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[hijack] What pads does your son have? [/hijack]
 
phutphutend

phutphutend

Chimp
Nov 13, 2008
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Here you go, proper mini DH. Orange Patriot.

Spec has changed a little since this pic. Boxxers at 7". Now has Fox Vanilla RC, with reduced stroke to get 6.4" travel. Angles are slackened off to real DH figures; 63HA, 13"BB, 56"WB.

 
drkenan

drkenan

anti-dentite
Oct 1, 2006
3,441
1
west asheville
1453 said:
I'm gonna be laughed at for this but I just finished this little bike. It's a cheap frame that I picked up and I decided to give it a shot.
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There's nothing wrong with building up a cheap bike. If those are as solid as their 20" bikes then you'll have a blast riding it. I noticed recently that they discontinued their FS line and now are only making hardtails.
 
William42

William42

fork ways
Jul 31, 2007
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Anybody else notice how hard manimals 4 year old daughter is shredding that berm? Both your kids are going to be rippers when they grow up, its going to be the athertons all over again.
 
urbaindk

urbaindk

The Real Dr. Science
Jul 12, 2004
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William42 said:
Anybody else notice how hard manimals 4 year old daughter is shredding that berm? Both your kids are going to be rippers when they grow up, its going to be the athertons all over again.
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Amen, she's railing it.




I gotta go garage saling and find one of these to build up for my 2 yo. He'd love it.
 
Sandwich

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
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1453 said:
I'm gonna be laughed at for this but I just finished this little bike. It's a cheap frame that I picked up and I decided to give it a shot. It's surprisingly stable and really flickable, and tire hasn't rubbed the frame yet. Got an XT 8-speed shifter on Lx derailluers and shifting is crisp as hell.
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probably the nicest budget build I've seen. Great brakes, and that frame was way cheap through jenson. I've ridden one, and it is indeed a nice, snappy little ride. I forget which I rode, the 7 or the 5" version, but it felt tight. It did seem to have a high BB and the TT was too short on the one I rode. Otherwise cool.
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
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Sandwich said:
probably the nicest budget build I've seen. Great brakes, and that frame was way cheap through jenson. I've ridden one, and it is indeed a nice, snappy little ride. I forget which I rode, the 7 or the 5" version, but it felt tight. It did seem to have a high BB and the TT was too short on the one I rode. Otherwise cool.
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Kinda makes sense coming from a company with a street/bmx background. People used to riding street and twennies would feel right at home.
 
manimal

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
7,213
22
Blindly running into cactus
finally got an updated pic of my BR. just switched it over from winter all-mountain to summer DH. changed the 2.1 block 8's to DHF/High Roller, 32T chainring back to 36T and tweaked my fork back to gravity plush.
 
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davidb

Chimp
Sep 14, 2008
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another chainlove build


taking up DH should be fun

<--xc racing and singlespeeding is my thing due to lack of skills lol

putting on a new lg1 as i type this
 
MMcG

MMcG

Ride till you puke!
Dec 10, 2002
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Burlington, Connecticut
This thread is dangerous! That little devil on my left shoulder is saying - "you need a bike like this, you need a bike like this"

And that Balfa 2Step DH in the classifieds is echoing what the little devil is saying! Yikes!
 
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1453

Monkey
Aug 20, 2007
813
0
down the road from Pleasure Point
Sandwich said:
probably the nicest budget build I've seen. Great brakes, and that frame was way cheap through jenson. I've ridden one, and it is indeed a nice, snappy little ride. I forget which I rode, the 7 or the 5" version, but it felt tight. It did seem to have a high BB and the TT was too short on the one I rode. Otherwise cool.
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thanks :)

the unsagged BB height is about 14.5, no worse than the Ruckus (AM one) I have.
 
no skid marks

no skid marks

Monkey
Jan 15, 2006
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ACT Australia
Turned my DH bike, into my do it all/mini DH bike.
Reduced the rear travel with a smaller DHX5 to 6.5", and slapped all my kit from my Pitch on to it(not stock gear). Unfortunatly I'm stuck with the White Bros inverted forks because anything else is too tall, even these give the bike a 65 degree head angle, but I'm going to put softer springs in them so I can weight the front more, and see if I can find a TPC cartridge or something else I can put in them for superior damping.

Got some new Nuke Proof pedals, they weigh about the same as my old Mag Welgos but are thinner, and a better shape, love em.

I'm running a PO1NT 50mm stem, Deity Dirty30s cut down to 740mm, give a lot of feel and control, but are a squeeze in the tight stuff, and not the best for climbing, but it's all about the decants, and fast flowy single track for me, and I'm happy to suffer for the rest.

Also running my Elixir CRs with A2Z saw rotors(stupid light, and bite well enough), 6" rear, 7" front.


Couldn't find an I-Beam post with enough set back that I need:o, so I'm running this RaceFace, and a SDG BelAir with Ti rails, cause I think they're the best.
 
HAB

HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
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Seattle


Mine as it sat almost a year ago. Don't have an up to date pic. It's now sporting different tires, Flow rims on the same Hope hubs, and the biggest change, -1.5 degree headset reducers to give it a more DHish 65.5 degree HTA. Just spent a weekend at Platty on it, it ripped. Weighs about 33.5#.
 
HAB

HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
11,594
2,036
Seattle
manimal said:
geez...how is yours 6lbs lighter than mine?! :rant:
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There's NOTHING heavy on mine. 1760g wheelset, single plys, tubeless, ti spring, ti railed seat, thomson stem/ post, sunline bar, air fork, blah blah blah.
 
lachy_mtb

lachy_mtb

Monkey
May 25, 2008
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Finally got my mini dh going. For the tracks in Australia really it is enough. It rides great and its 14.3kg. Really want to get a coil rear shock, thinking elka if i can get one in aus
 
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