PACE RC 506 updated.

scale20

I have been waiting for USE to come up with the goods in the form of a red seatpost before I posted updated pics but after 3 months they still didnt come up with one, well they did but managed to send the wrong size so I canned the idea and went for a Joplin. I have also added a white saddle since my last lot of pics.

Heres some pics, welcome any comments good or bad



















Frame: PACE RC 506
Forks: DT Swiss ECX 150
Bars: Easton Monkey lite XC carbon
Stem: HOPE 90mm
Headset: FSA
Grips: Lizard skin Peaty in white
Bar Ends:

Front Brake Lever assy: HOPE mono mini
Front Caliper: HOPE M4
Front disc: HOPE 203 mm floating
Rear Brake Lever assy: HOPE mono mini
Rear Caliper: HOPE mono mini
Rear Disc: HOPE 180mm Floating
Hoses: HOPE braided


Shifters: SRAM X9
Cables: XTR
Front Mech: XT
Rear Mech: SRAM X0
Chain Device:

Seat: SDG Bell air RL
Seat Post: Joplin 4 with remote
Seat Post Clamp: HOPE

Cranks: XT
Chainring(s):
Chain: SRAM
Cassette: SRAM
Pedals: Crank Bro's Candy
Bottom Bracket: XT

Front Wheel:
Rim: Spank Oozy
Spokes: DT Swiss with red nipples
Hub: HOPE Pro 2
Tube:
Tire: Maxxis Ignitor 2.35

Back Wheel:
Rim: Spank Oozy
Spokes: DT Swiss with red nipples
Hub: HOPE Pro 2
Tube:
Tire: Maxxis Ignitor 2.1

Weight: Not known yet

Other info:

cat_with_no_tail

Oh my! :shock:

I think I may have just had a "crisis"

fourcrossjohn

very nice

jay12

really like it., especially the red bits
what are those spank oozys like?

scale20

Cheers for the comments.

The oozy's are brilliant. I originaly went for the Spank subrosa's but when I went in to buy these oozy's had just come out on the market and they were lighter and slimer than the subrosa's so I went for them.

Straight away I found them stiffer than the DT 5.1's I had on and tyres go on and off with no probs. the only gripe I have is that they seem to scratch pretty easy.

jay12

scale20 wrote:

Cheers for the comments.

The oozy's are brilliant. I originaly went for the Spank subrosa's but when I went in to buy these oozy's had just come out on the market and they were lighter and slimer than the subrosa's so I went for them.

Straight away I found them stiffer than the DT 5.1's I had on and tyres go on and off with no probs. the only gripe I have is that they seem to scratch pretty easy.

ok cheers. i'm thinking of buying them if i break the wheels that come with the crush

Lapierre t 400

I do love those PACE bikes,looks absolutly gorgeous with all that HOPE bling

Da Mighty Chicken

Very nice, I's likes 8)

gezzza

My eyes they hurt :shock:

either they are really bad pictures or you are colour blind.

Apart from the colours that a nice looking bike

scale20

Camera's fine, It's me Im colour blind

I had most of the blue hope stuff and the red stem on my Ex 9 that i dismantled for this build, thought I would keep it along a Brit theme with the red white and blue. I would have done a welsh theme but struggled to get the green bits, thank god LOL

The white bits don't stay white for long on the trails!

Chaz.Harding

Nice ride man! The colours are a bit... crazy, shall we say, but you pull it off well!

Just aswell you couldn't get the green bits, ay...?

stuart576

I'm looking to buy a RC506 frame myself and build up but have read some reviews stating that its BB height is quite high leadig to a perched feeling on the bike. Whats your opinion? Also what weight did your build come out as and would you recomend the frame after some time thrashing it around?

Cheers

scale20

I have updated the pics now, I must have lost the links because I moved them around in Photobucket.

The BB height is high but I dont feel it gives me that perched feeling. Even with the BB height high I still get quite a few pedal strikes on the trails. The frame I have is the anodised medium. I'm 5ft 10 and its the only bike I have ridden that I can honestly say fits me to a tee. Even with a high BB there is plenty of standover room over the top tube.

I dont know what the weight is, I didnt build it with lightness in mind, I want this bike to be able to take a beating on the Snowdonia hills. I can weigh it for you over the weekend if you want a rough idea of the build weight. Although its not the lightest of XC bikes it will let you throw it around on the trails and it climbs a treat too.

If you do end up getting one theres a few things you should know. The decals on my anodised frame partialy came off after the first wash, I now have some thicker MX style decals courtesy of PACE. On wet rides or after a wash the frame will hold quite a bit of water, not the best desing for british weather! I had to go round the suspension linkage and dropout bolts and tighten them up with a drop of threadlock, I found that alough I nipped them up they tended to come loose.

Those teething problems aside I don't plan on parting with the bike, its a pleasure to ride.