The dirty snowball is finished

stumpyjon

Well it's white with black bits so it's a bit like a dirty snowball.



Hee finally got this image upload thing working (only took 500 posts :oops: ). Well it's finally finished, took approx 6 hours to build and then 3 weeks waiting for tyres and wheels both of which came today.

Spec is

Full XT 08 groupset including wheels (courtesy of Singletrack magazine competition 8) 8) 8) 8) ).. Kinesis Maxlight XC Pro II frame (with carbon seat stays 8)). Rockshox Reba Team dual air forks. Easton stem, seat post (EA70) & Monkey Lite bars (EC70 carbon 8) ). Maxxis Ignitor 2.1 LUST tyres. Fizik Gobi saddle. Titanium bottle cage bolts 8) 8) (alright I carried away with the credit card).

Whole thing weighs in at bang on 25 lbs, 11.4 Kg. Haven't ridden it yet as the whether is pants tonight (and a little bit of me is saying fit some mudguards and a bit big of meis screaming Nooooooooooooooooooooooo.....).

god1406

it almost makes you want to not ride it... mmmm clean

nice bike. I looked at the Kineses XC120 for a while. I'm also quite liking the XT wheels!

icedmind

nice bike
is it 85mm travel fork?

The Big Cheese

very nice stumpy - looks great.... good choice kit! 8)

redvee

Why complicate matters and have gears?? SS all the way

supersonic

Hills ;-)

Nice bike, quirky looking!

stumpyjon

icedmind

is it 85mm travel fork?

100mm.

SS

quirky

How so :?:

supersonic

I don't mean in a bad way lol, to me it has a unique look to it. Maybe its the wheels!

KonaMike

Very nice looking bike,I love those frames !!

hamboman

looks brill.

also looks like the forks are sucked in a bit and not up to 100mm - my friend has reba race forks and says they leak air over a period of a a few weeks. Perhaps that's happened here?

stumpyjon

The forks might have dropped a bit, I was mucking around with the air pressure last night but haven't had a chance to set everything up properly yet. SS no worries, didn't think you were having a dig. Wheels are pretty cool, go with the frame nicely in IMHO. Not bad for nowt .

And cheers sheepsteeth, you can now see your recommendations in the flesh including the tyres :!:

cunning-stunt

Very nice 8)
A Maxlight is my next purchase for a frame build rather than complete bike,and I do like the look of it in white

Johnny Napalm

Very nice bike! 8)

Anonymous

just as i thought it would be, gorgeous.

stumpyjon

Well it's had it's first proper outing. Feels much faster and more responsive than the Stumpjumper (but I'd forgotten what riding a hardtail is like, have to start being more careful with line choices :oops: ). Seems to climb quite well and I was in a higher gear ratio for most of the ride (same setup as the Stumpy).

Got a chainstay protector (in black & white naturally) for it yesterday and I'm glad I did, there were a number of paint chips missing from the right hand chainstay by the time I got to my LBS (and that was only 5 miles on tarmac).

the Ignitors seem OK, even in the mud, not as good as the Trailraker but not bad. Just got to set the fork up properly, don't think I've set the nagative air pressure properly, seem to get about 70% of the travel fairly easily and then it just stops (Reba Team dual air).

Marjory Stewart BAxtor

pictures like that give my life meaning and purpose

ukjmr

Top bike, but I'm bound to say that as my XC bike is the same frame and forks! RF cranks, XTR transmission and XT/717 wheels - all lovingly built in my kitchen! I'd normally have my old Enduro for battering but since it needs a new rear shock I'm singletracking on the Kinesis tomorrow so I could do with a nice chainstay protector. Recommendations?

johnnyrotten

Nice job Stumpy. I love a bit of bike porn!

downhillholty

god1406 wrote:

it almost makes you want to not ride it... mmmm clean

not worth having if it dont get dirty!!!

Chaka Ping

Since this post has been resurrected, let me ask how you're getting on with those wheels?

milkywhite

hamboman wrote:

looks brill.

also looks like the forks are sucked in a bit and not up to 100mm - my friend has reba race forks and says they leak air over a period of a a few weeks. Perhaps that's happened here?

Probably not. if you run your neg air high then the fork gets dragged down into its travel a bit more. Let a bit out and you see it extend a bit.

I only got 90mm out of my Reba forks for ages. Haven't checked to see what I get out of them now, bt to be honest it doesn't matter. They're well controlled and plush, so they do the job.

stumpyjon

Chaka

wheels have been fine, no probs. Seem to work pretty well with the Maxxis Ignitors tubeless setup as well. Lose a little bit of air over a few weeks but it's not noticable really.

Milkywhite

turned out there was a faulty seal in the damper leg (right hand one) so all the oil went to the bottom of the right stanchion. Result was about 20mm of undamped travel and no loackout. My superb LBS where I bought them from diagnosed the problem and sorted it in less than 24hrs. They're now running fine and I've even managed to get full travel out of them (which was a bit scary as I don't ride that hard usually).

Have to admit it's not as clean now as when I first built it, white might look great but it's a b*gger to keep clean. Done a good few miles on it now, still love the Stumpjumper but for shorter rides this does make it a fun couple of hours out.

ukjmr

I got a DMR chainstay neoprene jobby for mine, does the job which is just as well as the paint job on mine is hard (i.e. doesn't scratch easily) but it is brittle and chips really easily. I built mine up from scratch as well, nice feeling isn't it. 8)