My Pitch with a few upgrades fitted today Pt.2

Steve_b77

After todays handy work I thought I post some pics of my Pitch Comp.

I've fitted a DHX 5.0 Air, a Hope Head Set, Seat Collar and now a pair of Fox 36 Vanilla R's in place of the stock pikes wadday reckon?



Frame: Specialized Pitch - Medium with Fox DHX 5.0 Air
Forks: Fox 36 Vanilla R's - 160mm Travel
Bars: Sunline V2
Stem: Sunline V1 All Mountain 60mm
Headset: Hope - Red
Grips: Outland Lock-ons
Bar Ends: N/A

Front Brake Lever assy: Hayes Stroker Ryde
Front Caliper: Hayes Stroker Ryde
Front disc: Hayes 203mm
Rear Brake Lever assy: Hayes Stroker Ryde
Rear Caliper: Hayes Stroker Ryde
Rear Disc: Hayes 185mm
Hoses: Hayes


Shifters: SRAM X5
Cables: SRAM/Jagwire
Front Mech: Shimano SLX
Rear Mech: SRAM X7 Med Cage
Chain Device: Race Face 36t Bash Ring

Seat: Charge Spoon
Seat Post: Crank Bros. Joplin
Seat Post Clamp: Hope (non-QR)

Cranks: Shimano SLX
Chainring(s): Shimano SLX 36/22
Chain: KMC X9.93
Cassette Shimano XT
Pedals: Outland CNC'd with Sealed Bearing
Bottom Bracket: Shimano SLX

Front Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss 5.1D
Spokes: DT Swiss Double Butted
Hub: Hope Pro II
Tube: Kenda - Presta
Tire: Maxxis High Roller Super Tacky - 2.35"/Maxxis Ignitor 2.35" Exception

Back Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss 5.1D
Spokes: DT Swiss Double Butted
Hub: Hope Pro II
Tube: Kenda - Presta
Tire: Maxxis High Roller MaxPro 2.35"/Maxxis Ignitor 2.35" Exception

Weight: 31lbs

Other info: Got a crud catcher too

biggstevie

Shame the bike wasnt in the kitchen :P

wings988

You really should clean the roof of your conservatory

Steve_b77

wings988 wrote:

You really should clean the roof of your conservatory

Haven't got time, had to do my bike and fit a new headset to my mates too

grizzlybear

LIke what you've done there , whats it like with the DHX outback?

I've made a few changes to my pitch pro and love riding it ...they're brilliant bikes

Steve_b77

grizzlybear wrote:

LIke what you've done there , whats it like with the DHX outback?

I've made a few changes to my pitch pro and love riding it ...they're brilliant bikes

Don't know really only ridden it up & down the road!!

I'm off to Llandegla tomorrow so I'll soon find out, I'd imagine there's a bit of fettling to be done with the shock and the rebound settings on the fork, but that should do it.

capoz77

How heavy are you? what made you go for the firm spring?

I ride a stock pike spring (think these are medium?) i'm 14stone, and I find it plush, responsive and a good soaker for the downhills, with great small bump compliance.

Fannybaws

You will regret the Joplin seatpost-trust me.....

altern_8

you should get some red skewers just to fin it off.........

stev0

nice fench...

Steve_b77

capoz77 wrote:

How heavy are you? what made you go for the firm spring?

I ride a stock pike spring (think these are medium?) i'm 14stone, and I find it plush, responsive and a good soaker for the downhills, with great small bump compliance.

Always thought I was getting too much sag, so I spoke to Tim @ TF tuned and he said the stock spring in Pikes is good for riders between 11 and 12 stone, no more really.

I'm 13st so i went for teh Firm, it feels so much better, firmer but just as plush.

Fanny - I've heard the horror stories, had mine for around 5 months, if you keep it clean and regualarly serviced it's all good, I've had no issues with mine at all.

altern8 - I'd like a red Hope rear skewer but they only sell them in pairs AFAIK, and with having a Maxel it'd be a waste of money

Whytepeak

Get someone to go splits with you, then you can both enjoy hope goodness

pdid

£13 for a single hope skewer:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=31896

capoz77

what about those black DT swiss skewers with the red writing? look kind of pimp

how do you find that mud guard in terms of general crap in your face spray? what kind is it?

edit just had a look at thsoe hope 2009 rear skewers I WANTZ!

Steve_b77

capoz77 wrote:

what about those black DT swiss skewers with the red writing? look kind of pimp

how do you find that mud guard in terms of general crap in your face spray? what kind is it?

edit just had a look at thsoe hope 2009 rear skewers I WANTZ!

I was thinking of doing the DT RWS thing on the back at some point

It's not too bad actually, certainly stops quite alot of stuff, it's '08 crud catcher

grizzlybear

I'm 12 stone and have changed mine to a firm spring because it felt like it wasn't coping to well and made my wrists ache ...don't have that problem anymore !!

capoz77

Those white pikes do look very 8)

Think I may pick up one of those front crud catchers, are they held on with elastic strap thingies?

Do you find it helps with cleaning the bike as in not as much crud to remove from frame etc?

all these questions LOL

grizzlybear

Am trying to put a pic on here and it won't work :evil:

capoz77

host with photobucket.com then copy and paste the URL surrounded by

grizzlybear

am already with flickr but it doesn't seem to work ?

grizzlybear

Steve_b77

Extra upgrade alert!!!

Anonymous

how does it feel with the extra length on the fork? looks hella slack.

Steve_b77

IT actually feels very good, rips the downs and climbs pretty much as well as the pikes, mosre stable thru tight berms etc.

Surprisingly I found I could generate Air Time easier, which is nice.

As for the slackness, the picture is at a funny angle and my deive slopes a bit too, it's not that bad really, probaly 1/2 a deg slacker than standard