Orange Blood - forks arived (Updated 31-3-10)

XxxBFGxxX

Finaly i can start a new thread.

Just been down to see my new orange blood frame 17" in black.



Fox DHX 3



RS new maxle light


And to bad in the weight deoartment either



Proposed spec

Frame: Orange Blood 17" Glossy black with custom graphics. Gloass black with a orange out line
Shock: Fox DHX 3 with Ti spring
Forks: RS lyric U-Turn
Bars: Fun Fat Boy 750mm
Stem: Hope
Headset: Hope
Grips: Fun Combats


Front Brake: Hope Tech V2
Front disc: 203 Hope floating
Hoses: Braided

Rear Brake: Hope Tech V2
Rear Disc: 180 Hope floating
Hoses: Braded


Shifters: Saint
Front Mech: Saint
Rear Mech: Saint
Chain Device: E 13

Seat: Charge Spoon
Seat Post: Thompson lay back 410mm
Seat Post Clamp: Hope

Cranks: RaceFace Atlas FR Double 24/36
Chain: PC991
Cassette: PG990
Pedals: Gusset Slim Jim
Bottom Bracket: Hope


Rim: Mavic 729 Painted neon orange/red
Spokes: Sapim
Hub: Pro II
Tire: ???

Rim: Mavic 729 Painted neon orange/red
Spokes: Sapim
Hub: Pro II
Tire: ????

will update this as i get parts and have them, fitted

cat_with_no_tail

Looks good. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

Any idea on how long it'll take to complete?

XxxBFGxxX

forks getting ordered this month then just drive train and brakes. Plan is no later than the begining of summer. i want to be out riding

The Big Cheese

Looks nice mate, VERY tidy frame

VERY untidy workshop!!!!

XxxBFGxxX

The Big Cheese wrote:

Looks nice mate, VERY tidy frame

VERY untidy workshop!!!!

thanx to the first commnent

and to the second comment its not my work shop. If it was it would be worse lol.

Flynny2010

Any idea what forks your going to put on it? It's gonna be a sweet looking bike! 8)

XxxBFGxxX

Lyrcs mate nice black set.

will put a full spec list up when i get chance. just to show what is gonna be fitted

Flynny2010

Nice mate! Looking forward to seeing it!

Tolk

That workshop looks familiar, is it in southampton, shirley iirc. Used to buy all my gear from there when i lived there!

Bought my DDG Shooter from there back in 2001!

XxxBFGxxX

Tolk wrote:

That workshop looks familiar, is it in southampton, shirley iirc. Used to buy all my gear from there when i lived there!

Bought my DDG Shooter from there back in 2001!

it is mate its GA cycles botem of shirly road

XxxBFGxxX

proposed spec list added to the OP

The Northern Monkey

Awesome!

What spacing is the rear hub/dropouts on the blood?

XxxBFGxxX

normal i think mate. do you mean from one side to the other?

if so it takes my wheels of my other bike so 135 i belive

The Big Cheese

It's also refreshing to see someone who actually has a frame to start a W.I.P thread......

Can't wait to follow this....

Da Mighty Chicken

Very sweet mate, looks lovely, should take a real beating

Where you getting the custom graphics from?

XxxBFGxxX

Da Mighty Chicken wrote:

Very sweet mate, looks lovely, should take a real beating

Where you getting the custom graphics from?

did get some of ebay but there to small. waist of 17 quid. so now getting sholing press to make some up for me. not cheap either they wanted 80 quid for the full set. but i am now doing somit a little diffrent

and yes it is being built to take a beating mate. lmfao

The Big Cheese

XxxBFGxxX wrote:

Da Mighty Chicken wrote:

Very sweet mate, looks lovely, should take a real beating

Where you getting the custom graphics from?

did get some of ebay but there to small. waist of 17 quid. so now getting sholing press to make some up for me. not cheap either they wanted 80 quid for the full set. but i am now doing somit a little diffrent

and yes it is being built to take a beating mate. lmfao

I take it the frame came with some decals as stock? What was wrong with them?

XxxBFGxxX

nowt wrong with the stock one apart from there stock lol and fitted to every orange bike i want mine to be a little diffrent and that it will be.

these are wat i got form ebay there good just not the same size as they stock ones. i am only getting the main orange one made now but getting the orange logo added infront of it.

The Big Cheese

LOL fair enough.

My only 'concern' wth custom decals is some of them out there blatantly look like they are copies.... I would rather shell at 40% more and get ones that look like official decals.

I'm a designer and have worked up many logos over the years and as such am almost obsessive about bad artworking, the problem is that a lot of the cheaper places do not use the appropriate source file to use, hence the amateur results. And are not experienced enough in appropriate applications to alter them professionally, and a lot of the ebay ones look like they were done in a shed.

I know that I most certainly wouldn't want to shell out on a £1700 frame and have decals that made it look like a knock off... LOL....

A good designer will send you proofs via email for approval. A lot of these ebay/titnerweb stores don't offer a truly bespoke service, and the reason that they are cheap is because they have thousands available cut from one template that they blow up/reduce. So you never quite get the 'right' size.

I would spend the extra monies on professional laser-cut artwork.

Make sure also you get 6-7 year vinyl as otherwise it won't last 5 mins (the transfer types are made to be laquered over. Not exposed.

XxxBFGxxX

yer i spoke to the press palce this morningthere gonna give me a prove first and i have given them a lod of pic to look at andf the origanal graphics so they can get them to match.

and yer ya right never by grapohics of ebay i know i wont again

The Northern Monkey

XxxBFGxxX wrote:

normal i think mate. do you mean from one side to the other?

if so it takes my wheels of my other bike so 135 i belive

Interesting... I had looked into getting a blood frame and transfering the parts from my NS. But I was convinced it had a wider rear spacing.

XxxBFGxxX

bigbenj_08 wrote:

XxxBFGxxX wrote:

normal i think mate. do you mean from one side to the other?

if so it takes my wheels of my other bike so 135 i belive

Interesting... I had looked into getting a blood frame and transfering the parts from my NS. But I was convinced it had a wider rear spacing.

defo not mate. i will check to make sure but i am sure my hope pro2' go strate on.

have you demoed a blood yet benj. you wont be disapionted if ya aint yet

The Northern Monkey

Isn't it a 12mm bolt through rear hub though?
I seem to remember the reason I didn't was because my rear hub is a standard 10mm....

XxxBFGxxX

yes mate its the new maxle light from rock shox its 12mm. my hubs are already converted chap

XxxBFGxxX

after much deliberation i decided to go a head today and order my forks.

I was torn between Fox and RS.

RS won only because they can be serviced and repaired at my LBS were as Fox normally have to be sent of.

RS Lyric U Turn 115 - 160 (2010) with mition control but at some point may get the DH cartridge fitted to them.




couple other decisions i have made is not to go for neon rims now and stay black. also i wil not be fitting any graphics apart from the head tube orange logo.


Next choice breaks. Am thinking Hope tech V2's

cat_with_no_tail

Good choice on forks. I had a similar choice to make myself lately, and also went for RS over Fox for much the same reason as you.

Not so sure about the brakes though. Imo, Hope are a bit over-rated. Sure, they work well enough and are pretty to look at, but there are better brakes out there.

What's your budget like? How about Formula The One? If I had the money they'd be my first choice every time.

XxxBFGxxX

no budget relay mate. i just want it to be right first time.

only reason i want hope is coz its British. so it will be a British frame and as much of the components as possible.


formula breaks is a choice i have in my head i think there only a little bit more than the hopes.

as for the forks i think fox aint doing them self's no favors by not letting more ppl have the parts like RS do. i would of had fox they did. but i think i will be happy any way

GHill

Nice forks fella. I'd be tempted to keep with the stealth look, stickers to an absolute minimum and pretty much everything in black.

XxxBFGxxX

defo ghill i am even thinking of taken the stickers of the forks aswell

GHill

If it were mine, I'd keep the Lyric sticker on the left leg, but try to remove the others.

XxxBFGxxX

that would be the right leg mate lol