Another new Bike :D sort of...

David Lund

Iv finaly managed to build up my new Santa Cruz Bullit frame which i bought a few months ago. all the kit is swapped from my old Dawg so some of it is not intirely suitible as you can see but im pretty happy with it
She rides beautifuly although i havnt taken it out for a proper ride e.g. Dalby yet but might be able to get up there on sunday.
Yes i am 6 ft 5 and probably too tall for it (its still a large frame) but i love it.....
so.. What do you lot think? and what shall be the first upgrades? i have money and i need to spend it haha

BlackSpur

New shock would be on my upgrade list.

David Lund

Yea i was thinking about that, what would you recomend? i was thinking maybe Fox DHX but iv never ridden a coil before so i might see how it goes for a while.

clarkson

or a fox rp23

David Lund

Possibly the rp3s but maybe possibly too lightweight if i start to get a bit more brave on the downhills. Does anyone have thoughts on the fox vanilla shock too? as the DHX maybe out of my price range no matter how nice they look
Also due to the bullit not having a replaicible gear hanger i was thinking about getting a shimano shadow rear mech to reduce the chance of anything major happening. :?

Anonymous

David Lund wrote:

Also due to the bullit not having a replaicible gear hanger

What? :shock: I hope you're kidding. that's an expensive crash waiting to happen.

Buy the flimsiest rear mech you can find, so that it goes before your frame does.

In all seriousness, I wouldn't touch an ally frame without a replaceable hanger with a 10 foot barge pole.

lachoman

I would hacksaw 80% of the way through a cheap mech and sacrafice that in a crash because if it doesn't have a replaceable hanger, a new swingarm will cost a f###load.

David Lund

The shock i have at the moment is a fox vanilla but it is obviously an older version (no idea how old) and the red, rebound i think, adjustment is missing. not ridden a shock before iv no idea if its running well or not..
any suggestions?

Prowlus

Try a rp23 as everyone says . Its a proven shock despite being costy , I'd take it over rocos or monarchs any day

David Lund

Yea i know about the RPs but as i said its a 7inch bike and as i get more confident on the downhills and jumps i wouldnt be too sure about its strength and abilities and think i might be a bit more happier with a bigger shock purely for piece of mind as i (hopefully) get better

BlackSpur

DHX coil?

David Lund

Yea unfortinalty the DHX coil is a little out of my money range at the minute so the obvious thing to go for would be the Vanilla coil which is what iv got at them moment realy so im unsure weather its worth it.

BlackSpur

By all means ride with what you have at the moment, I was just suggesting what couls be done in the future, however far ahead that may be.
Forks are something I'd possibly look into in the future, as I think the Bullit is designed for longer travel forks.

god1406

change the kona grips!

I used to have them, before switching to lovely lock-ons

get some BFL levers for the (Hayes 9?) brakes...

trail jacker

get some bigger rotors if you want to burn cash, that always looks good on a full suss bike, depending on the riding you do that is