W.I.P Kinesis Pha5e**UPDATE 14/04/12**

jay12

just bought a Kinesis Pha5e from ebay for just £150!!
should be here before friday so no pics yet.

Rough plan:
about 140/150mm Marzzochi fork off ebay for under £150
SLX double chainset,slx f mech, slx r mech, deore cassete,sram chain,deore shifters
hussefelt stem,sunline v2 headset,fsa seatpost,fsa handlebars, saddle(most from ebay to get everything as cheap as possible)
then use brakes,grips and wheels from current bike for the time beeing
i want it to be tough but also quite light as well

btw this is my first ever build. i hope i enjoy it

ilovedirt

niiice man! big step up from your raleigh, you'll notice no end of improvement!
As for forks, what's your budget? i'd really reccommend getting some used pike 454's if you can, they can be had for around 200 notes in good nick if you keep your eyes peeled.

Oh i just ordered that SLX double crankset the other day for my scott, got dispatched today, can't wait

jay12

i don't want too spend much at first tbh. i want to get some revelations later in the year/next year. anyway some marzocchis will be 100000000 times better than my current forks

ilovedirt

haha fair enough, try and get some marzocchi Z1's or something then, anything older than 2006, the newer stuff is crap.

HandjobDan

Definately need pics when it's finished, I just hope you don't keep me waiting as long as I did for you to have pics of the Blur!

Building it yourself is briliant fun and extremely rewarding. You'll have a great sense of achievement when yuor finished, any Q's just ask, I'm not a pro or anything but I've built all my bikes I've owned as an adult.

jay12

thanks dan.
i will take pics of any new bits that arrive

Kiblams

Nice one Jay!

Is it just the frame that you have bought? or a dated bike to upgrade?

I recently built my first bike and it's awesome riding something completely unique

Can't wait to see how it goes, god knows you have earned it riding that Raleigh!

lawman

jay, a guy is selling some revelations in the calssifieds get them he wants 180 quid i think

jay12

Kiblams
i have bought the frame and will be buying bits and also for the time beeing use some bits from my current bike.

lawman
thanks. but first i need the frame,headset and stem to be able to know what steerer tube length i need

Anonymous

Alrite Jay,
might be selling my marzocchi xc 500 ( 2007 ) air type in mint condition
there the tst version with 5 adjustments.
the pic on my sig

jay12

raceface gt wrote:

Alrite Jay,
might be selling my marzocchi xc 500 ( 2007 ) air type in mint condition
there the tst version with 5 adjustments.
the pic on my sig

they need to be above 135mm. that looks like 100mm :?

Anonymous

there 100mm Buddy..

Whytepeak

Nice move Jay - all the best with the build, you'll love it, (assuming everything arrives on time and fits... )

I'll look forward to seeing it.

Shire

Excellent news Jay, think the pha5e will be the ideal bike for you!

Will be good to see others drool over your bike thread rather than the other way round for a change

Looking forward to seeing the pics

n.battison

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12661055

Would they be any good to you??

Neil

jay12

thanks everyone for the kind comments
n.battison:they are a bit too big.

ok anyway it arrived today and it looks absolutly amazing. it's light, the hydroformed bits look like a work of art. the frame needs facing and when i get the headset,chainset(comes with bb) i will send it off to the lbs to fit them. and also it looks better in real life

ilovedirt

looks nice, liking those welds, nice and clean

Whytepeak

MMMm pha5e

Looks nice Jay - bit small though?

MacAndCheese

Looks very nice, I like the gloss grey colour - should go well with pretty much any fork you find too which is good.

jay12

Whytepeak wrote:

MMMm pha5e

Looks nice Jay - bit small though?

no. 14" is good but also it has a top tube as long as my current bike

HandjobDan

Frame looks good. I find that TT is a better measure of whether a frmae is the right size than ST.

Whytepeak

HandjobDan wrote:

Frame looks good. I find that TT is a better measure of whether a frmae is the right size than ST.

This is true, to an extent (about as far as the seat post will extend)

Also Jay - nice plane

jay12

MacAndCheese wrote:

Looks very nice, I like the gloss grey colour - should go well with pretty much any fork you find too which is good.

it's not really gloss. i think it's the way it turned out in the pics. looks better in outdoor light

cat_with_no_tail

Nice looking frame there Jay, looking forward to seeing the finished product.

blister pus

my local LBS guy has the battleship grey Pha5e with some fancy raceface chainset / drivetrain-ery and kit going on and it looks the dogs bollocks. Should be good Jay.

Anonymous

shame you couldnt get the frame with the bridge between the seat and top tubes but that is an ace looking frame, ive been sorely tempted to build one ever since i started riding.

im looking forward to seeing the build.

jay12

sheepsteeth wrote:

shame you couldnt get the frame with the bridge between the seat and top tubes but that is an ace looking frame, ive been sorely tempted to build one ever since i started riding.

im looking forward to seeing the build.

yeah. they couldn't fit it onto the 14" frame. they still sell them at crc and wiggle so you better be quick before they run out forever

teacherman

Hmmm, liking the phase 5's - 'Ardcore

get it built up jay - quick!

jay12

just ordered a shimano deore chainset
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHIMANO-DEORE-CHAINSET-EXTERNAL-BB-FCM590E422L_W0QQitemZ380184021185QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item5884bbc8c1

and a sunline v2 headset
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19282

should be here before friday. i can then get the build onto a start

and right now i'm looking at these forkshttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARZOCCHI-ALL-MOUNTAIN-SL-SUSPENSION-FORKS-130mm-150mm_W0QQitemZ280449559644QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item414c18ac5c mmmm... i want them

Anonymous

good choice of chainset, they are from bargainsville.

jay12

sheepsteeth wrote:

good choice of chainset, they are from bargainsville.

thanks. it's the chapest i could find and also it's new and from rutland so that's another bonus. i was going to get a slx double but it's hard to get dual pull front mechs for cheap so i found that deore chainset and IMO it looks nearly as nice as an SLX