demo 8 build?

rian
rian Posts: 91
edited June 2010 in MTB workshop & tech
hi ive just started my first job as a bike mechainic, i just wanted to know a few things?
im going to building up a custom demo 8, im getting the demo frame in ltd edition colours sam hill green and black, and getting black boxxer races, shimano saint rear mech, shifter, brakes, cranks, bb chainrings, ill be getting a 9sp close racio casste from work as well as chain, i realy wanted the mavic deemax ust wheels (the cheeper ones) im clear they must have 20mm front hub to accomadate for the boxxers but the rear one is 10mm axel with 135mm spacing will that accomadate for the demo 8 frame? i will also be getting sun direct mount stem and nuke proof 760 dh bars, sorry to blab on but imm soooo excited and and realy hope some of you say it will all work together...well.
please if you have any suggestions please tell me, but i want to keep it black, green and yellow as fave colours and i love specialized monster team!!
thankyou
rian

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    you may have issues with the rear wheel/hub.

    presuming the hub is 135/10mm and not a 12mm through axle you will need to re-dish the rim as the demo requires a zero dish rear wheel.
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  • rian
    rian Posts: 91
    cheers for replying nick but what does that mean, could you recomend some decent downhill wheels what are that sort of colour and will the rest of the bike work fine?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    whatever ready built wheel builds you order will need the rear sorting.

    TBH you would be best chatting with the boss/wheel builder about this. if the hub is compatible it is not that hard to sort the wheel dishing. (re the hub I am only going on what info is on mavics webby).
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • rian
    rian Posts: 91
    so what is re-dishing? and would my wheel builder know what this is and be able to do it?
    cheers nick and is the rest of the buil good?
    thanks alot mate
  • ESHER SHORE
    ESHER SHORE Posts: 818
    so what is re-dishing? and would my wheel builder know what this is and be able to do it?

    dishing is the relationship between the wheel rim, relative to the centre-line of your frame / rear hub

    with Specialized, they commonly use an offset dish on their gravity bikes like the Demo, SX Trail and Big Hit

    your wheel builder will need to loosen one side of your wheel's spokes, and tighten the opposing side, to effectively shift the rim across to suit your frame
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