My Kinesis Maxlight XC Pro2

mattbarnes

Here it is in its current form but there are plans for a few changes. Lets face it, we're never really 'finished' our bikes are we?

mrfmilo

There you are:



Nice bike. How much does it weigh?

mattbarnes

mrfmilo

Thanks, you're a gentleman. I'm clearly technologically inept. HOW DO YOU DO THAT??

The spec is as follows:
Frame: Maxlight XC Pro2 (Crystal White)
Forks: FOX F100X
Wheels: HOPE Pro2 Hubs, Stans 'Olympic' Rims, DT Revolution spokes, DT alloy nipples, KCNC Skewers, Continental 'Light' tubes
(Front and Rear)
Tyres: Maxxis Larsen TT Exception Series (Front and Rear)
Brakes: Avid Juicy 7 (Front and Rear) with Alligator Cirrus 160mm Discs
Bars: KCNC SC Bone flat bar
Bar Ends: Smica
Stem: KCNC SC Wing
Headset: KCNC Kudos Q1
Seat Post: KCNC SC Pro
Saddle: SDG Ti Fly
Front Shifter: SRAM XO trigger shifter
Rear Shifter: SRAM XO Gripshift
Front Mech: Shimano XT
Rear Mech: SRAM XO
Chainset: XTR M970 Cranks (custom - hand polished) with TA Specialties Sismic rings
Chain: KCNC Superlight 9Spd
Pedals: Crank Bros. Eggbeater SL
Cassette: Shimano XT
+ HOPE Seatclamp, KCNC headset spacers, Avid Flak-Jacket cables, Bontrager Ergo grips.

It weighs in at just over 21lbs. Not stupid-light but a good compromise of weight to strength.

Anonymous

that is very pretty, i like.

jay12

the white and red combo work really well

that spec is very good as well and it's really light too. nice job

dunker

really like that lovely build

mrfmilo

mattbarnes wrote:

mrfmilo

Thanks, you're a gentleman. I'm clearly technologically inept. HOW DO YOU DO THAT??

The spec is as follows:
Frame: Maxlight XC Pro2 (Crystal White)
Forks: FOX F100X
Wheels: HOPE Pro2 Hubs, Stans 'Olympic' Rims, DT Revolution spokes, DT alloy nipples, KCNC Skewers, Continental 'Light' tubes
(Front and Rear)
Tyres: Maxxis Larsen TT Exception Series (Front and Rear)
Brakes: Avid Juicy 7 (Front and Rear) with Alligator Cirrus 160mm Discs
Bars: KCNC SC Bone flat bar
Bar Ends: Smica
Stem: KCNC SC Wing
Headset: KCNC Kudos Q1
Seat Post: KCNC SC Pro
Saddle: SDG Ti Fly
Front Shifter: SRAM XO trigger shifter
Rear Shifter: SRAM XO Gripshift
Front Mech: Shimano XT
Rear Mech: SRAM XO
Chainset: XTR M970 Cranks (custom - hand polished) with TA Specialties Sismic rings
Chain: KCNC Superlight 9Spd
Pedals: Crank Bros. Eggbeater SL
Cassette: Shimano XT
+ HOPE Seatclamp, KCNC headset spacers, Avid Flak-Jacket cables, Bontrager Ergo grips.

It weighs in at just over 21lbs. Not stupid-light but a good compromise of weight to strength.

Right click the image you want to post, click on properties and you will see a URL, ending with jpg. Copy at past that between the tags and voila.

And not stupid-light?? :shock: Light enough for me!

mattbarnes

Ah, like this....?

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or this

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mrfmilo

No, the image can't be on your computer, has to be on the internet. So upload it to Photobucket, flickr etc. etc. and then right click......

mattbarnes

:roll:

Its official, I really am cr@p at this. Fingers crossed...



and

mrfmilo

Better

rapid_uphill

nice spec, did you polish the crank yourself?

mattbarnes

I did. I'd had them from the time they were released in 2007 (?) and after a couple of years of abuse they were starting to look scruffy. It was a it of a chore but they're ceratinly always a talking point. I'll be ditching them soon as I'm going for a double ring set-up.

jay12

mattbarnes wrote:

I did. I'd had them from the time they were released in 2007 (?) and after a couple of years of abuse they were starting to look scruffy. It was a it of a chore but they're ceratinly always a talking point. I'll be ditching them soon as I'm going for a double ring set-up.

shame. they are so shiny

ravey1981

Nice bike, do you race? Do they still make gripshift shifters then? I was just thinking the other day its ages since I've seen any...

jay12

ravey1981 wrote:

Nice bike, do you race? Do they still make gripshift shifters then? I was just thinking the other day its ages since I've seen any...

sram X0 gripshifters are stil being produced and are £80 odd for the pair http://www.sram.com/en/srammountain/components/x0/twistshifter.php
they also make x9 versions too for a bit cheaper

ravey1981

Ah so they are... Always been a shimano man myself. Tried the sram triggers but didn't like them....

mattbarnes

ravey1981 wrote:

Nice bike, do you race? Do they still make gripshift shifters then? I was just thinking the other day its ages since I've seen any...

I did a couple of local races this year and I'm hoping to do a few more next year. The Maxlight is perfectly at home on the race circuit so it seems a shame not to horse it around.
As odd as it seems, I run an XO Gripshift for the back and an XO trigger to operate the front mech. Strange I know, but I like it.

mattbarnes

A few changes/upgrades...

Still not finished though!

alexj2233

I'm liking the new fork decals, it's a nice touch. Where did you get them??

mattbarnes

Got them from ebay. A bargain price of £3.50. Just search for 'Fox decals' and see what comes up.

stu8975

Are those regular bolts on the rings with spacers?

Splottboy

As the pic was loading, I was liking it til...

I saw the carbon rear end.

Just me I suppose, not into the C stuff for off-road, but nice set up overall.

Thinking of a similar "negative" version based on deep green frame/black rear.

Watch-this-space...

mattbarnes

Are those regular bolts on the rings with spacers?

Yeah, they are regular bolts (albeit with a slight 'modification') and washers. Because the cranks are all carbon, I had to use the washers to spread the load to avoid damaging the spider.

mrfmilo

8) Prefer DH bikes but wouldn't mind one of those 8)

jaysonski

nice looking bike, the new crank is nice, the old one looked great, how did you polish it?
XO gripshifters are brilliant, i had them before they released thumbshifters, i liked the fact you could 'trim' the front mech to stop chain noise when moving up & down the rear block.
great attention to detail, ive started buying all the anodised straitline stuff for my el guapo, im gonna put some pics up when its finished

reevie25

I like all the red bits on your bike, love the custom look of the fork decals. I'm very jealous