UPS paid me a visit

punkassean · Apr 21, 2004

saw the Tazer VP at sea otter. looked pretty cool, Are you gonna race the Tazer at firestone? It would probably be good for that. The guy who beat Carlin by 0.4 seconds for 1st at Sea Otter was on an Enduro SX w/Talas.

punkassean · Apr 21, 2004

damn similar names....

oh yeah tracer, thats what I said

Brian HCM#1 · Apr 21, 2004

Fedex just stopped by and brought me a pair of red Chris King hubs

kidwoo · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by Brian HCM#1
Fedex just stopped by and brought me a pair of red Chris King hubs

wow, that's weird..............who's do you think they are?

Fedex never just stops by and leaves stuff at my house. I usually have to pay for it through a retailer before they give it to fedex.

hmmm.........lucky you.

Brian HCM#1 · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by Zark
Nice Brian! ISO Discs?

Si'

Brian HCM#1 · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by Acadian
if you transform them in Salt & Pepper shakers, they might see some use!

Either that or use them as a baseball and use your blue subie as the backstop. I still throw fairly hard:angry:

Brian HCM#1 · Apr 21, 2004

Originally posted by Acadian
took you a while to think of that reply eh? : ahaha

PS: I need to get out of here, drink a beer and bleed those fokers...

I had a beer last night, and didn't have to rebleed my brakes, cause it only takes one time for me...........rookie

MMcG · Apr 23, 2004

That's a used frame?? Very rarely used at best! Sweet deal you got there Zark.

Hey lemme know how it rides with the Shiver SC up front will ya.

Thanks.

Mark

toughguymagee · Apr 23, 2004

Nice looking bike. She should do well on the trail.

spookydave · Apr 23, 2004

I've got a older tracer that I used to ride the $hit out of. I raped it for some parts to get my bullit together.
I've just started collecting the stuff to get it back on the trails again.
They are great xc bikes. And yes, your's looks killer and that was a GREAT price for it.

Spunger · Apr 23, 2004

Nice looking frame there Noah, just gotta get it built up now

Remember that shiver takes a 8" disc up front. I was surprised when I tried to fit a 6" disc on mine, hehe it didn't fit!

MMcG · Apr 23, 2004

Originally posted by Spunger
Nice looking frame there Noah, just gotta get it built up now

Remember that shiver takes a 8" disc up front. I was surprised when I tried to fit a 6" disc on mine, hehe it didn't fit!

I'm runnin a 7" Avid on my hardtail with Shiver SC up front - are you serious that it won't take a 6" rotor?

MMcG · Apr 27, 2004

Wow - it looks great! Tell me how you have it set up in terms of wheelbase and bb height (they are adjustable on the Tracers aren't they?)

How does the front end feel with the Shiver SC on it? I mean does the bike feel balanced or a little front heavy using that fork?

MMcG · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by Zark
It is a little front heavy, but not too bad. I don't know what the wheel base H/A or BB height are but nothing feels too out of whack there. The suspension feels pretty even front to back even though the Shiver has almost 5" and the back is only 4"

Thanks! Keep me posted on how it rides once you get some good trail time on it.

jncarpenter · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by Zark
Its amazing what you can do with washers

...I like to use chainring spacers personally

math2014 · Apr 27, 2004

Zark congrats on the bike,

Can i also join the FSR militia with my SX?

BTW what is that rear tire and rim?

math2014 · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by Zark
It sounds like you already have joined the militia:devil:
Enduro SX's are sick, you must be loving it!

The rear wheel is a Mavic 521 laced to an XT
The tire is a WTB mutanoraptor 2.25", its a lovely tire out here in the dry hardpack.

Awesome rig. Unfortunately intense/santacruz are 50% more expensive in the UK than in the US so they are not an option for me.

I really love the SX, however i am still trying to sort out my riding position for technical stuff...

Also i need to buy a new wheelset...since i got a crappy low-end xc-set from my old rockhopper and it really brings the whole bike down.

I am thinking about either D321 or D521 with 2.2" tires.... problem is... i hate non-disc rims (d521) and i am afraid that the d321 might be too wide for 2.2 tires.

VIVA LA FSR militia!

Dingus McGee · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by math2014
Awesome rig. Unfortunately intense/santacruz are 50% more expensive in the UK than in the US so they are not an option for me.

There has GOT to be some way around that. Can't you havew someone buy you a frame Stateside and ship it to you?

math2014 · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by Zark
Don't go 321's on that bike, keep it light and nimble. A 521 is a fine rim. Why don't you like non-disc rims? Just the looks?

Yes i admit it...it is just for the looks, apart from a rigid and strong rim i would like a pimp one as well (ideally a crossmax XL looking rim)

Talking about D521...it is only 85gr lighter than the D321, will this make much difference? I also heard that the wider rim would provide more stability on the ride (and tire) . I am interested into 2.2-2.4 tires only.

Finally i was considering the Sun Singletrack rim... but most in the forum didnt comment on them highly... shame...coz the singletrack sounded like a disc version of the D521.

Enter Flamesuit. Waiting for flame (for being such a pimp).

math2014 · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by Dingus McGee
There has GOT to be some way around that. Can't you havew someone buy you a frame Stateside and ship it to you?

UK customs are hard to be deceived and you usually end up paying the usual UK price.

If i could get US prices in Europe (1300$ for bullit, 1600$ for V10) i honestly would have gotten 1 V10, 1 blur, 1 chameleon , 1 M3... all at the same time...

math2014 · Apr 27, 2004

Originally posted by Zark
The wider rim would flatten out the tread pattern too much w/ those tires IMO.

I've heard bad stuff about singlewides, but not singletracks. A couple buddies have singletracks and like em. I'm a Mavic devotee though.

Damn couldnt things be a bit simpler...

50% of the monkeys tell me D321 and 2.2 tires =NoGO
50% say Go

:S

Anyhow i ll look into the singletrack rim or the new MTX...if i can find anything online for it....coz so far...i cant.

Basically... the whole idea is to create a light DH/FR bike with the SX, so i dont want to over-downhillize it a lot. So far i got NS cranks, Z1s, XTdiscs etc etc.... ideally i would like 2.3-2.4 tires (Cinders, NBX, Contis) at around 700gr.

Here we go...more search...

math2014 · Apr 29, 2004

Happy BDAY ZARKMAN

Best wishes from your new Greek friend... i wish you could come in Greece so that i could offer you some top notch holiday time...

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