my Planet-X Jack Flash

chaz1979

hello,
newbie here, thought id introoduce myself by showing yis me pride and joy,
bought over 10 years ago and recently done up again,
looks like its been thru the wars but its all just scrapes from regular abuse,

planet x jack flash frame
xt front and rear derailleur
slx brakes, shifters and cranks,
hope pro 2s on mavic 521s,
pike uturn fork,
bbb seat post, stem,
giant bars, grips,
mudguard, snot green pedals :shock:

i use it for everything, commuting, downhill, xc, anything at all,
its done approx 100 miles since done up,
need to cut the steerer length, i will, just fine tuning heights,
anyways let me know what yis think,
name is chaz, hope ya like,
i know the photos suck, from a camera phone,
ps the on ones are nice but i prefer me jack flash

Da Mighty Chicken

Good job, looks nice.

Any idea what the original spec was?

Da Mighty Chicken

ps. Thats one long seat post :shock:

chaz1979

yeah its pretty much maxed out there, tiny frame, im 6ft 2,
mine since new, only second time doiing it up,

original spec was
mavic 321 and sup rims on some type of shimano hub,
race face crank, snapped 2 years ago replaced with deore crank till now,
marzocchi bomber z3,
magura rim brakes,
xt throughout,
planet x bars and stem, all that pretty much lasted the 10 or more years,

there's how she looked a few weeks ago, still aint hundred percent happy but il get there

jay12

nice bike. looks like a great all rounder

dynamis_dk

wow, kinda like a flashback (no pun intended) for me - had the same jackflash with a very similar original build. Recently rebuilt mine into a playbike but i has used it for XC, jumps, trials etc over the years. Great frames - glad i decided to keep it

Once I've finished the new build up i'll post it up so you have see what you think - Here it before the rebuild about a year ago:

xtreem

Is it the low quality of the first picture or you still haven't cut the steerer on the forks. :shock:
But those are very nice pedals.

chaz1979

dynamis, we should start a jackflash tribute group, jack flash owners only,

xtreem, still messing with heights on stem, aint gonna cut it till im hundred percent sure, at the moment i have it very low all spacers on top, i like it but a bit hunched, maybe one or 2 spacers and a 2" bar, bars i have are very low and widest ones ive ever owned, 720ish, so yeah new stem and bars are on the menu,
pics when thats done.