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Stinky's New White Machine!

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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That bike wants A Line!

JD, where's the white DH rig?
I'll snap some pics tonight, I promise. I will be at the new house and the DH rig is in the new garage. I have the camera with me, so I will get something posted.

Mine isn't as color coordinated as yours, though.
 

jimmydean

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Sep 10, 2001
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Jimmy,
what DH rig do you have?
I bought a white VP Free for $400 off ebay because I needed a frame for this season that had a 150mm rear but would still trail ride. The wheels came off my old DHi. I have a 66 fork as well, but it's the basic black.

I REALLY wanted a new 150mm Bullit, but I couldn't spare $1000 with so many other projects. I miss my Bullit.
 

Leppah

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Cool.
I used to ride a DHI also. It was the older design with the rotating concentric bottom bracket. I liked it a lot.

There's a local out here selling his 08 Bullit for $2500. Super nice build. A bike shop employee. IF it were a large, i'd be on it. Air shock, single ring, FOX 36.
 

stinkyboy

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I dig it, everything that you need, nothing that you dont. Needs a white bar though, seriously. I use the same grips, anything else feels like I'm gripping a pencil.
I think the same thing. I'd like a 31.8 Azonic bar, but it means giving up the bad azz little Thomson stem...
 

AngryMetalsmith

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I have no idea where I am
Too old to be a DH bum, but Rolling into OR will be a good start... My life is a restart in the next week or two...
BullSh1t!!!

Do you remember DH Builder ?

I met him at Windrock years ago, he was in his 50's at the time.

Let's just say that after riding with him that I can never use the age excuse again.

If you have some dollars put aside go ride where ever you want to.
 

jimmydean

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Gold Salsa clamp, gold ODI grips, and olive drab pedals.

<edit> I couldn't get a shot of my "Cock Ho" sticker on the down tube.
 

Leppah

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It's my commuting, DH, XC, trail, do everything else rig. Everything else I own has a motor.
I'd like something like that. right now i have a 5" trail bike that i ride most of the time. I'd really like something around a 6" bike with a slack head angle.
 

jimmydean

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I'd like something like that. right now i have a 5" trail bike that i ride most of the time. I'd really like something around a 6" bike with a slack head angle.
This has 8/6 but the VP setup does pedal well. I put a 34 tooth ring on the front to give me a little more range. I haven't trail ridden it much since I finished building it, but I will be alternating weekends soon between street moto, dirt moto, DH, trail.

My riding season is very full this year between the multitude of vehicles I have acquired over the last 6 months. I need a bigger garage, like gonefirefightin has.
 

Leppah

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I wish i had more bikes. But if i had more than the 4 i have already, i'd be even more pressed for time to ride the ones i really like to ride. Plus, kinda hard to ride as much as you'd like to when you have kids. If i did get power toys, i'd get some hella big moobs. Even bigger than they are already. Everybody i ride with would be axin me if they could have some milk with their clifbars.
 

jimmydean

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I wish i had more bikes. But if i had more than the 4 i have already, i'd be even more pressed for time to ride the ones i really like to ride. Plus, kinda hard to ride as much as you'd like to when you have kids. If i did get power toys, i'd get some hella big moobs. Even bigger than they are already. Everybody i ride with would be axin me if they could have some milk with their clifbars.
Riding with kids is easy.



Getting them to help on the climbs is a bit harder.
 

jimmydean

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Thanks.

I will likely switch to Maxxis High Rollers before race season, but those came with the wheels. I bought a takeoff kit on ebay that included wheels, tires, tubes, cassette, and the Hayes Stroker brakes (that are AWESOME) for $325. The whole build was about $1000 including at the crap off the DHi.