commie meta 5 WIP - complete!! pics page 2

ilovedirt

Ok, so following glentress the other week, i decided i needed a larger frame. Posted the scott frame off to it's new owner this morning, and look what arrives for me in the post a couple of hours later! (took a bloody week to get it off UPS)

Can ya guess what it is yet?



Yep! It's a commie meta 5!





The paint is pretty tatty as someone has attempted their own paintjob so i got it for what i consider to be a decent price (less than i sold my scott for). All the paint will be coming off today and tomorrow afternoon anyway and i'm going to take it back to raw alu, i may keep it like that, i may get a new paintjob done, i'm not decided yet. It depends how it looks. I'll post some more pics as it progresses.

Also, i wasn't expecting these to come today, but since they did, here are some pics!

jay12

looks great. i would get it sprayed in green

nice wheels. how much were they?

mfereborn

powdercoat it kawasaki green with a white rear triangle

Nice frame, i'll swap you for my trek

ilovedirt

Haha, it's going just raw alu for now

and the wheels cost me £230 posted from winstanleys, jay

ilovedirt

Here we go, front end stripped down, new hope headset fitted, forks and stem fitted, new hope seatclamp for red tarty effect
Bearings ordered off ebay and posted today, it's well on its way now!

Please excuse the horrible quality photo!

Da Mighty Chicken

Fixed for you

Anonymous

Careful with the raw ally look. It'll need a lacquer of some sort.
My brother "polished" his old GSXR once, "oh wow, look, it's shiny!" But the morning it had turned white with oxidisation

ilovedirt

Cheers DMC, thought i sorted that!

And yeah, i may tape off the BB and headset and give it a quick laquer, shouldn't be too hard i think...

ilovedirt

New pedals, on offer at £32 right now at superstar, bargain. Apologies for the crap focus.

toasty

How's it looking now, a few days after stripping?

ilovedirt

it's maybe a little duller, i may see about laquering it on sunday...

Da Mighty Chicken

Sweet pedals, me likey

What are you doing with the rear swing arm, gonna be bare metal too?

Can't wait to see it all done.

ilovedirt

Yeah, they look really nice!

And yep, bare metal all over, got my some black decals on order for the front triangle though, if they arrive tomorrow i'm going to slap them on and get it laquered on sunday.

Da Mighty Chicken

Cool, laquer sounds like a plan too.

Any ideas when you'll finish the build? I don't want any competition now

ilovedirt

haha don't worry, it'll be a couple of weeks now as i'm working up until tuesday and then i'll be at download festival all week/weekend, so don't expect to see any more progress for a week or two! It's gutting as i just got paid but can't order anything yet!!

joshtp

before applying dacals and laquer, give it a quick polish with some fine wire wool, shouls just enshure it looks its best before you lock it into looking that way for ever.

BTW, it looks amazing, absolutely love the whole red black and polished look. very sweet.

ilovedirt

Rear end stripped and polished, ready for laquer. I won't get a chance to do anything else for a week now though at least, so don't expect any updates for a while!

Apologies for the crap photo, i'll take some decent pictures with my decent camera when it's all finished etc

joshtp/mbukman wrote:

before applying dacals and laquer, give it a quick polish with some fine wire wool, shouls just enshure it looks its best before you lock it into looking that way for ever.

BTW, it looks amazing, absolutely love the whole red black and polished look. very sweet.

That was indeed the plan and thanks

ilovedirt

No more progress on the frame, hoping to get it laquered next week though. I did however, order and recieve some lovely shiny new parts!

SRAM X.9 rear mech:





SRAM PG990 cassette:





SRAM X.0 shifter:



Pro FRS bars to match my stem:



Hope rear skewer:




Please excuse the bad image quality and the fact that i'm such a tart ::)
Next on the list, renthal chainring, cables, chain and possibly seat, then that will be all the parts i need!

ilovedirt

Got the stickers on and started laquering today, for some reason i got sent two sets of stickers, so some front and rear, going for a minimal look...

Da Mighty Chicken

Looking good there matey 8)

ilovedirt

thanks! really excited to get this built up, once it's laquered, i just need the bike shop to change the bearings and then it should just be a case of putting it all together!

Da Mighty Chicken

Cool.

I may have missed it being mentioned but are you going for 1x9 set up?

ilovedirt

i am indeed, putting the same crankset and chainguide from my scott on there (new chainring though probably)

ilovedirt

Spent the weekend laquering the frame, got the frame bearings changed yesterday at the LBS, spent today reassebling and building the bike up. It's now fully built, all i have to do is sort out the chain guide and index the gears and it's ready to go. Unfortunately i didn't have time for any fully built pics but i did take this one.

Anonymous

that looks beautiful.

ilovedirt

Thanks! Wait until you see the full build!
I chipped the laquer in a few places around the pivots due to general ham-fistedness, but luckily you can't tell from the photo

Northwind

yeehaamcgee wrote:

My brother "polished" his old GSXR once, "oh wow, look, it's shiny!" But the morning it had turned white with oxidisation

It was a GSXR, it was going to happen sooner or later, that's Legendary Suzuki Build Quality.

joshtp

thats stunning!

Mancunianfightingcat

That looks fantastic. I wanted to strip my Orange 5 and leave it 'au naturel'.
Orange advised me that it would look crap as it had already been painted, but now you've got me thinking again.

What did you use to strip the paint?

ilovedirt

Mancunianfightingcat wrote:

That looks fantastic. I wanted to strip my Orange 5 and leave it 'au naturel'.
Orange advised me that it would look crap as it had already been painted, but now you've got me thinking again.

What did you use to strip the paint?

Wickes own brand paint stripper, a scraper, then sandpaper and varying grades of wire wool to finish it. (tried wilkos own brand paint stripper, it was crap, wickes is much better).

ilovedirt

So it's finally finished! Just had to sort out the chain guide and index the gears today. Already taken it for a local ride, and loving it so far! The rear end just feels so much more controlled than on the scott and is much more pedallable, particularly out of the seat. Still need to sort out some minor cockpit niggles though.

so, photos and speclist:













Frame: 2007 Commencal Meta 5.5 VIP
Forks: Rockshox Pike 454 coil
Bars: Pro FRS
Stem: Pro FRS 70mm
Headset: Hope
Grips: Lizardskins Peaty
Bar Ends: N/A

Front Brake Lever assy: Avid Juicy 5
Front Caliper: Avid Juicy 5
Front disc: Avid G2 185mm
Rear Brake Lever assy: Avid Juicy 5
Rear Caliper: Avid Juicy 5
Rear Disc: Avid G2 160mm
Hoses: Avid


Shifters: SRAM X.0
Cables: Teflon coated inner, Clark outers
Front Mech: N/A
Rear Mech: SRAM X.9
Chain Device: Superstar Laser

Seat: Bontrager Race Lite
Seat Post: Bontrager Race Lite
Seat Post Clamp: Hope

Cranks: Shimano SLX
Chainring(s): Blackspire downhill singlespeed
Chain: KMC X.9
Cassette: SRAM PG990
Pedals: Superstar Nano CNC
Bottom Bracket: Shimano SLX

Front Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss EX500
Spokes: DT Swiss double butted
Hub: Hope Pro II
Tube: Airwave
Tire: Maxxis High Roller 2.1

Back Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss EX500
Spokes: DT Swiss double butted
Hub: Hope Pro II
Tube: Airwave
Tire: Maxxis High Roller 2.1