WIP Scott genius mc40 now completed with pics finished

ellsbells1973

Rebuilding a 2008 Scott genius mc40, robbing a lot of parts from my old giant which I managed to knacker at grizedale last week
frameset- genius mc40 130mm
rs recon 351 u-turn 85-130
genius rear shock with 3 settings and bar remote
shimano slx triple chainset
shimano xt f&r mechs
shimano lx shifters
shimano slx brakes
mavic 717 wheelset with avid rotors, 185 front & 160 rear
race face evolve bar and seatpost (seatpost shim from superstar components)
race face ride 60mm stem
cane creek zero stack headset
lizard skin moab grips
wellgo pedals
charge spoon saddle
continental mountain king 2.4 front and race king 2.2 rear
complete build weighs in just under 28lbs without the pedals

ilovedirt

Nice, i have one of these, lovely frames! Also INCREIBLY similar to my build! check my sig
loking forward to pics!

ellsbells1973

ilovedirt wrote:

Nice, i have one of these, lovely frames! Also INCREIBLY similar to my build! check my sig
loking forward to pics!

yeh they are a cool looking bike, even though it's covering my consevatory floor at the moment, how easy is the rear shock to set up?

ilovedirt

fairly easy, it's pretty much set and forget, and there's an air pressure table printed on it

ellsbells1973

ilovedirt wrote:

fairly easy, it's pretty much set and forget, and there's an air pressure table printed on it

nice one, never even noticed it wrote on the rear of the piggyback shock, hopefully get it built by sunday as my old bike is stripped down, so should only take a few hours bolting it all back together, I am itching to get out on it even if it's only to the shops :P

ilovedirt

nice one, it's never that simple though is it? :P

VWsurfbum

i have had a ally MC50 2007, and now have a MC20 2008 and i love it, it does eerything! and watch people fall by the wayside when you get to the climbs, plus long days in the saddle its awesome!

VWsurfbum

i have had a ally MC50 2007, and now have a MC20 2008 and i love it, it does eerything! and watch people fall by the wayside when you get to the climbs, plus long days in the saddle its awesome!

ellsbells1973

finally got the bike completed this morning, just need to get some different tyres as the nobby nics are pants, and are ultimately down to me having to build this bike

The Big Cheese

Nice build, why are you having issues with the NNs? I found them superb

ellsbells1973

The Big Cheese wrote:

Nice build, why are you having issues with the NNs? I found them superb

it might just be me, but i push them beyond the limits of grip in the wet,i have never crashed so much with these tyres on, or is it just an excuse to buy some new ones :P

The Big Cheese

ellsbells1973 wrote:

The Big Cheese wrote:

Nice build, why are you having issues with the NNs? I found them superb

it might just be me, but i push them beyond the limits of grip in the wet,i have never crashed so much with these tyres on, or is it just an excuse to buy some new ones :P

They are not the grippiest in wet conditions, but are a superb trail tyre in normal/dry conditiond, more of a summer tyre.

I recommend the Kenda Nevegals 2.35 for general to wet/slightly muddy conditions. Held up for me in attrocious weather in Cornwall, until I slipped on a rock garden (but that was bad riding from me - have various scars from that crash)

ilovedirt

like it! lovely build there
i'm running a tioga factory DH 2.1 up front on my scott just because i had it lying around and thought it might be good for wet riding - turns out i was right, my front wheel almost never washes out, not great on roads though, as you can imagine.

ellsbells1973

just added new 60mm race face stem and set of tyres, conti mountain king 2.4 front and race king 2.2 rear, and the blue v8's are going for a set of whites one's