Mrs B's Birthday Blizzard

bomberesque
bomberesque Posts: 1,701
edited February 2010 in Your mountain bikes
Mrs B's hardtail is older than the hills (well, more than 10 years anyway) so ev4en though it's still a good bike ('99 Cannondale F1000) the fork especially is dated and anyway I needed to get her a new bike so I could trip over the One for you, one for me meter to allow me a Spider 2 later in the year ... and Wiggle had a small '09 Blizzard frame for half off and Mrs B is Canadian and enamoured of the maple leaf motif, so here it is;

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Guard cat am looking after your bikez
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Jack casts a critical eye over the hose lengths

Frame: Rocky Mountain Blizzard. Reynolds 853 and old school non replacable dropout
Forks: '10 SID Teams
Bars: Race Face Next XC carbon
Stem: no-name 90mm placeholder till we work out what stem length she wants
Headset: Cane Creek something
Grips: ODI Ruffians
Bar Ends: eh?

Shifters: XT
Cables: Fibrax full length outers
Front Mech: XT
Rear Mech: XT
Chain Device: nope

Seat: SDG I-fly titanium
Seat Post: Race Face Deus XC (26.8 dia I mean really who the hell specs that)
Seat Post Clamp: RM (came with the frame)

Cranks: XT
Chainring(s): XT (22/32/44)
Chain: XT
Cassette: SLX
Pedals: CB Candys
Bottom Bracket: HT2

Front Wheel: Easton XCOne Factory wheel
Tube: Maxxis Fly weight
Tire: Nobby Nic 2.25

Back Wheel: Easton XCOne Factory wheel
Tube: Maxxis Fly weight
Tire: Maxxis High Roller 2.35 Kevlar single ply 60a

Weight: not sure, south of 25lbs I expect but the frame's not super light (2kg pretty much on the nose) and the tyre choice could be lighter
Everything in moderation ... except beer
Beer in moderation ... is a waste of beer

If riding an XC race bike is like touching the trail,
then riding a rigid singlespeed is like licking it
... or being punched by it, depending on the day

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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    I dont like your brake set up. It's the wrong way round :wink:
  • bomberesque
    bomberesque Posts: 1,701
    Andy wrote:
    I dont like your brake set up. It's the wrong way round :wink:

    arf. She's canadian, they're a funny lot
    Everything in moderation ... except beer
    Beer in moderation ... is a waste of beer

    If riding an XC race bike is like touching the trail,
    then riding a rigid singlespeed is like licking it
    ... or being punched by it, depending on the day
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    as are the Euros.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • bomberesque
    bomberesque Posts: 1,701
    just so we're clear, I have *my* brakes the correct way around, which makes borrowing Mrs B's bikes for a "test" ride sometimes a bit dodgy, althgouh swapping leavers over on avids is pretty easy.
    Everything in moderation ... except beer
    Beer in moderation ... is a waste of beer

    If riding an XC race bike is like touching the trail,
    then riding a rigid singlespeed is like licking it
    ... or being punched by it, depending on the day
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    But otherwise, very nice!

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