My Red Orange- Update 20/4/12 pg 3

getonyourbike

looking lovely mate, well done on a nice build

Dirtydog11

ouchthathurts wrote:

I'm also in need of some red valve dust caps because they'll look pretty

Might I recommend these

https://clee-cycles.co.uk/cc/catalog/in ... j88okbbdb2

You can buy cheaper Middleburn, Brand X etc but the quality of KCNC ones is spot on.

I can't believe I'm recommending valve caps, full review anyone?

You should also invest in some Helicopter tape, you'll only regret it later if you don't.

angry_bird

Dirtydog11

Thanks, just ordered a pair of those.

angry_bird

So I got some nice new superstar nano pedal thingys. In red obviosuly becuase it looks nice and red is the faster colour.



Closer up. I love them. I really do. Like lots and lots. Very pleased with the grip they give.



I also have some of those red valve caps but currently they're lost, I think they're somewhere in my room so I'm sure I'll find them eventually.

angry_bird

I realise the bike has a small block on the rear (and an ignitor on the front). I realise this is a stupid idea at this time of year. Rear tyre got a massive tear in the wall yesterday so until it's replacement arrives I'll be using the small block. Fortunately during the week I only use it on the roads to and from uni anyway.

jakeeeeeee

i have a racing ralph at the rear ! nice bike (again!) lol btw how do change/edit the name of the topic ?

angry_bird

Just edit the title of the thread in teh original post

Andy

What tennis racquets do you have?

angry_bird

Volkl Powerbridge 10s, although recently I'm using my old DNX 10s because they feel a bit nicer.

Andy

I approve

angry_bird

Hard not to approve really

What racquets are you using then?

Andy

I've got

1 Wilson K Six-One Tour
2 Head Flex Point Prestige (one mid, one mid plus)
2 Babolat Aeropro Drives
1 Dunlop 200 Aerogel
and some Yonex racquet but I mainly use the Wilson or the Head Prestige Mid

I like a smaller racket

angry_bird

My brother uses a K Six-One tour too, really nice racquet.

angry_bird

Oooh big news.

The most significant addition to the bike so far... red chainring bolts! Although one of them has a gold back because there were only 3 red ones left.

Anyway here's some pics of the bike in the recent times because it feels so long since I've posted some up.

Bike at Cannock in January I think, bike in the background is my cousin's Five woman type thingy that she got cheap because some bloke at orange was selling it because his girlfriend wanted a new bike or something :? :shock:


Cleaning out the shed figured I'd grab a pic of whatever was in there.
L to R.
The old 1999/2000? Dawes Edge HT Team, my road bike, brothers Cube Acid, My Red Orange, dad's Ribble something...



Bike at Cannock at some point last week



And finally, those sexy sexy bolts :P

ilovedirt

Haha very nice, I have three red chainring bolts and one silver one on my raceface cranks because i lost one of the red ones 8)

angry_bird

BIG NEWS!!!!

I replaced the grip cartridges at last, now they're much brighter red and look lots lovelier.





In other news my new wheels also arrived today, they're lovely. Really pleased with the way the colours are working together, wasn't too sure about the gunsmoke but after fooking ages deciding on what colour to get I'm glad I settled on it.

jakeeeeeee

jealous of your chainset ! :twisted:

jay12

pro2 evo... nom nom 8)

angry_bird

Ok so I figured I may as well post the spec. up seeing as I'm bored senseless right now and it means I can look at pictures of the bike, instead of looking at it in the flesh, or even riding it :? :roll:

Frame: 2009 Orange G3, Passion Red, 19inch frame
Headset: Cane Creek S8
Fork: Rockshox Reba Team 2009 Poploc Adjustable Remote
Front Wheel: Hope Pro 2 Gunsmoke/Mavic XC717
Rear Wheel: Hope Pro 2 Evo Gunsmoke/Mavic XC717
Brakes: Avid Juicy 3 160 Front and Rear
Shifters: Deore
Front Mech: Deore
Rear Mech: SLX
Chainset and BB: SLX
Cassette: XT
Chain: KMC X9SL
Saddle: SDG Bel Air RL Ti
Seatpost: RaceFace Ride XC
Bars: RaceFace Ride XC
Stem: RaceFace Ride XC
Grips: Superstar Red Lock-on
Pedals: Shimano M540 or Superstar Nanos in Red
Tyres: Kenda Small Block 8's, Maxxis Ignitors or Panaracer Trailrakers

I might even weigh it tomorrow... all I know at the moment is it's a shitload lighter than my brother's Cube Acid, although that does weigh a metric fucktonne.

angry_bird

A photo of me riding the bike, IIRC at this point I had a black eye from my crashings and the back wheel was quite a bit out of true, still a lot of fun though

angry_bird

Found this on t'interweb

angry_bird

Brakes bled after yesterdays Cannock outing...



That might explain why I wasn't able to stop though.

sanchez89

what you on about, loads of life left in that!...............

you go over FTD/Monkey trails yesterday matey? how muddy and ripped up on a scale of 1-10?

i went off piste today and it was like a ploughed feild. horrendous.

angry_bird

They weren't that bad on the whole, ranged from a 2-5 I'd say, varied a bit between the sections. Some of the other stuff was very cut up though and more in the range of 8-9, very fun though.

sanchez89

Angry Bird wrote:

They weren't that bad on the whole, ranged from a 2-5 I'd say, varied a bit between the sections. Some of the other stuff was very cut up though and more in the range of 8-9, very fun though.

oh righty, probably due to the hardpack surface, probably should have gone over and had a look.

nice getting a bit of drift in the muddy turns though, makes me feel like i know what im doing.

angry_bird

Update time. Finally got sick of the brakes, especially when compared to those on the 456, so given them away to a mate to see if they're an improvement over his something or others which he's been complaining about. So, for the price of £68 each end, I present my new Avid Elixir CRs. First impressions are I'm much happier with them, feel a lot better built than the Juicys, ok they're a tad on the weightier than you'd be hoping for but I'm not too fussed.

fat_homer

Lovely looking bike. The Juicy 3's on my other halfs rockhopper are awful, I'm surprised you've managed to go as long as you have with them to be honest.

angry_bird

fat_homer wrote:

Lovely looking bike. The Juicy 3's on my other halfs rockhopper are awful, I'm surprised you've managed to go as long as you have with them to be honest.

It took a lot of patience... constant bleeding and messing around advancing the pads etc. but generally they've always done their job, just not massively brilliantly, this winter/spring has been the last straw though, especially as I've finally managed to gain a bit of weight so theres an extra stone of me to stop now too

lawman

Angry Bird wrote:

fat_homer wrote:

Lovely looking bike. The Juicy 3's on my other halfs rockhopper are awful, I'm surprised you've managed to go as long as you have with them to be honest.

It took a lot of patience... constant bleeding and messing around advancing the pads etc. but generally they've always done their job, just not massively brilliantly, this winter/spring has been the last straw though, especially as I've finally managed to gain a bit of weight so theres an extra stone of me to stop now too

jeezuz wept if you got fed up of fiddling with the juicy's then you are gonna have alot of fun with the elixer's!!! simple rule with avid, stick to the low end stuff, their high-end range is plagued by reliability issues, lost count of how many sets I saw at the LBS back in the day! why more people don't go onto rose bikes and get xt's for less than £130 a pair is beyond me!

Bike looks fantastic though!

fat_homer

Well hopefully lawmans wrong and they turn out to be worth every penny. I do agree about the XT's, for the money they are great, so much so that when funds allow, I'll be getting Deore's to replace the Juicy's.