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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby xcamx » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:08 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:22 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby xcamx » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:31 pm
Haha yes will need new tyres! The bloke I bought it off used it mainly for commuting.ldrcycles wrote:Ooh that is schmick. Changing the tyres before you hit the trails or are your trails really smooth?
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby jaseyjase » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:49 pm
One in one out! Went to a student who was also a cannondale fan.eldavo wrote:What happened to the Cannondale?
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby eldavo » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:53 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby jaseyjase » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:13 pm
Definitely like new, built up but with young kids didn't have anytime to really ride and decided they wanted to do a different style of mrb riding.eldavo wrote:Wow I respect that philosophy Well done. Is this one of the Blue Pigs that seem to be like new builds just not popular going cheap, or your own build?
The proceeds from the cannondale paid for a big chunk of it.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby eldavo » Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:13 pm
I've only started exploring urban offroad on bicycle since getting this fat-MTB thanks to the super knobs and short 22/42 gearing that obliged me to find the steepest offroad around to practice climbing. The traction of low pressure 3-6psi tubeless and huge knobs is cheating on a grand scale compared to traditional MTB.
I ride nature strips to save the knobs and get around between bush reserves or the beach, finding some but steep bulging spongy buffalo grass that is several decades old well manicured and never compacted is the most surprising energy thief! Climbing sand or loose dirt/mulch at least lets the wheel spin and you can get traction and carry on. Even greater cheating is being able to ride from the nature strip straight onto the beach, and back off again, no stopping for pressure changes now. Tubeless works so well, running 6psi and it bleeding off to 3psi sealing double gees is no sweat.
I swapped this MTB build/show setup from Crazy Bob to Kenda Small Block 8 (35psi) and took the tyres/bike for a local test single trail, I learnt the track routes allow sandy bits to be downhill, so need to loop around, made me quickly appreciate the fat-MTB and it's cheat-factor =D
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby chriso_29er » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:01 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby Kalgrm » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:22 pm
How are you liking the Thudbuster on that beast, eldavo? I've got one on my SS rigid and may swap it on to my fat bike (when that arrives from the dealer). I thought the TD might have been overkill on top of the balloons - what are your thoughts?
Nice looking ride and I love the story you're telling. That's exactly what I plan to do with my new steed: urban exploration.
Cheers,
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby familyguy » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:28 am
I need to remedy the soft Elixir 3 rear brake. I put some flat pedals on it for quick, good cheap fun with the kids and trail use in near future.
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Re: Post Your Ride
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Post Your Ride
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Re: Post Your Ride
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Re: Post Your Ride
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby singlespeedscott » Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:12 pm
There's nothing like hitting some techy stuff on an old school XC race bike with 26" wheels .TDC wrote:No, it's the 2014 P team 26". Small frame, so i think it gives nice proportions. Really sweet to ride. Kind of old school handling with the short top tube and steep head angle. Intense and engaging on the technical stuff, and climbs like a mountain goat. Ultimately I would like a 650B, but I had all the gear to build the 26. 10.7 kg without pedals and cages.
I know why I went for 29er's 15 years ago. At the end of a 24hr race the comfort and easy going nature of the big wheels helps to compensate for a tired body and mind
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby dmwill » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:40 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby Duck! » Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:34 am
And I added this one to stable almost a year ago but never got around to taking pics....Duck! wrote:My toy:
Very custom spec. 2012 Anthem X1 26er frame, Shimano Deore XT wheelset & M666 SLX IceTech brakes, 2011 Shimano SLX 3x10 crank & derailleurs, 2013 XT I-spec shifters & Rock Shox Reba fork, and a rather assorted finishing kit thanks to another forum.
Ranges between 11.4 & 11.6kg, depending on which tyres are on.
2011 Anthem X Advanced SL 1 - one of the highest-grade MTB frames Giant ever made. Pretty well stock except for tyres when I got it - M770-10 XT groupset inc. wheelset, Giant alloy bar/stem/seatpost, Fizik Tundra saddle, Fox F100 RLC fork & RP23 rear shock - it's come under the subtle upgrade treatment, swapping the better bits off the old bike; FSA carbon bar & stem, Control Tech carbon seatpost, Fizik Gobi saddle, SLX IceTech brakes inc. rotors + M780 XT I-Spec direct-mount shifters, and currently trialling a SLX Shadow+ clutched derailleur salvaged & resurrected from a crash repair job at work. Not sure I can tolerate the heavy shifting enough to consider it a worthwhile upgrade, but I'll tweak the clutch tension to see if I can find a better balance. I have a set of carbon rims to go in it, once I can scrounge the funds for a pair of XTR hubs to build into them, also want to do a full XTR groupset on it for my "significant birthday" next year.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby silentbutdeadly » Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:31 am
That's odd. Running an Anthem 29er (2015 frame) and a steel XC hardtail with a XT and Zee clutched 10spd derailleurs and XTR shifters and don't really notice a 'heavy' shift on either bike. Though both are pretty much full length housings whereas the old Anthems were piecemeal (and the routing wasn't/isn't great)...Duck! wrote:...currently trialling a SLX Shadow+ clutched derailleur salvaged & resurrected from a crash repair job at work. Not sure I can tolerate the heavy shifting enough to consider it a worthwhile upgrade, but I'll tweak the clutch tension to see if I can find a better balance
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby trailgumby » Sat Sep 19, 2015 1:47 pm
The front derailleur was the worst. An XT shifter matched with an X-7 direct mount FD is not a match made in singletrack heaven; especially so when the OEM supplied Jagwire cabling filled with trail crud. Substituting an XT derailleur, even with the tight cable bolt clearance with the frame, is dramatically better; my thumb no longer protests on longer rides.
Clutch derailleurs are the bomb. I can count the number of dropped chains in the last 2 years on my 2x10 setup on the knuckles of one finger. And no more chainslap. I wish Shimano made them for road bikes.
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