The Scale is done, but my patio needs weeding

stevieboy

Been busy earning and spending again and the Scale is now done ready for the NPS, the final peices of the jigsaw turned up on friday...

Stans Olympic Rims/Rev Spokes/Alu Nips/Hope Pro 2's
Selle Italia SLR Kit Carbonio Flow Saddle
Ritchey WCS 34.9mm Seatpost
Eggbeater SL's











All so I can lapped by Oli Beckinsale & Co all year long

And yes, the weeds have now been sorted ready for BBQ season

Sir HC

Topic Moved to 'Your Rides'

jamesst

wow!

Whytepeak

weight?

David Lund

That is just downright gorgeous!

ThanksBye

Must not look, i dont want to tempt fate:)

Very nice btw mate, scale my dream bike

The Northern Monkey

oh god.
everytime I look at your bike, this happens! CLICKY

That is f-u-c-k-i-n-g gorgeous.

Whytepeak

bigbenj_08 wrote:

oh god.
everytime I look at your bike, this happens! CLICKY

That is f-u-c-k-i-n-g gorgeous.

is that MBUKs Ric at 2.21?

stevieboy

Cheers for the comments guys.

As for the weight, by taking the book weight of the bike and then actual weights of parts removed and added I make it about 19.7lb or 8.95kg but I guess that's not entirely accurate.

The biggest difference has been the final mod, the wheels. Dropping the 1920g Crossrides to the 1460g of the Stans/Hope combo has made a world of difference. There is almost now no energy required to accelerate and holding speed is a heck of a lot easier.

I was a bit dubious about the Eggbeaters as my Time Aliums were faultless for a year and are really positive in the way they hold. But at 415g they stuck out like a sore thumb!!!

I could save more weight by spending silly money (that I haven't got) but the way I see it is that I wanted to build it up using 'mainstream' bits without sacrificing integrity, durability and aesthetics. My grips are 100g over weight but I love the feel of them and the SCOTT logo in them. Plus I think i've hit the sweetspot in terms of cost/weight ratio, i.e. XT chainset - it does what it says on the tin whilst being light enough, as do the XT shifters and XT front mech. The XTR rear is there purely as a piece of jewelry.

The only thing left to do is possibly tubeless using the stans kit, but it's too late to experiment now with Race 1 on Sunday. This would be for punture prevention rather than weight though.

Cheers again

Whytepeak

That is seriously light - well done, brill bike.

stevieboy

It feels even lighter now that i've started riding the Kona in Derbyshire and used the Kona as a bit of a training bike.

35lb + 5-6000ft of climbing = strong legs

llamafarmer

That just looks seriously fast mate! And I love the subtle colour scheme!

gcwebbyuk

2 words.....


.....yum yum :shock:

The Big Cheese

Very nice build - it's hard to rationalise full XTR, I got mine before Shimano went potty and upped all it's prices - if I had to do it again, it would be XT all day long.

And you don't want a bike that's so skeletal that it compromises comfort

Fantastic bike!

xtreem

That's one splendid bike.

But those pedals are so funny.

stevieboy

Tell me about it! Personally I dont like the way they look!

jakeeeeeee

drooool your scott is gorgeous. but i'm not sure about the way your rear mech hangs on the kona :?

njee20

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

How did you and the Scale get on in the NPSs then?!

getonyourbike

lol at the thread resurrection. It looks really nice but rather you riding it than me with the 34.9mm seatpost. I'm sure it'd be comfier with a 27.9 but the frame doesn't alllow it.

njee20

That and 27.9 doesn't exist ;-)

They're fairly compliant though, surprisingly so.

j96_2

tastey

metaldude72

What size frame is that Scale and how tall are you?

getonyourbike

Where the hell did I get 27.9mm from? I knew I was thinking of 27.?mm though in my messed up head

MountainMonster

getonyourbike wrote:

Where the hell did I get 27.9mm from? I knew I was thinking of 27.?mm though in my messed up head

27.2 Is the one your thinking of.

Easy mistake though.

Bill-87

Wicked