Santa Cruz Blur LT Carbon build now almost finished
Dick Scruttock
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Just placed my order for a Santa Cruz Blur LTc frame in black/silver. Si at 18bikes is getting straight onto Jungle and hopefully they should have it by the time i return from Atlanta on Saturday.
Spec at the moment is:
Blur LTc frame in Large,
Push tuned RP23 boost valve shock,
Cane Creek taper headset,
2011 Rock Shox Revelation World Cup with a carbon taper steer and 15mm maxle,
DT Swiss 240's hubs with Stans crest rims built by JRA,
Raceface evolution bars,
Thomson 70mm 0 rise stem,
Rock Shox Reverb seatpost,
X0 direct mount front mech,
Sram X0 2x10 2011 rear mech in red,
Sram XX 2x10 shifters,
Fizik Gobi Carbon railed saddle,
Sram PG1099 cassette (11-36),
Truvativ X0 2011 double chainset (26-39),
Hope ceramic bottom bracket,
Formula The One MY10 front and rear brakes,
Schwalbe Nobby Nic evo tyres front and rear both ran tubeless.
Almost finished now, just want to add a 2x10 drivetrain and its done. Going with a XX and X0 mix.
Spec at the moment is:
Blur LTc frame in Large,
Push tuned RP23 boost valve shock,
Cane Creek taper headset,
2011 Rock Shox Revelation World Cup with a carbon taper steer and 15mm maxle,
DT Swiss 240's hubs with Stans crest rims built by JRA,
Raceface evolution bars,
Thomson 70mm 0 rise stem,
Rock Shox Reverb seatpost,
X0 direct mount front mech,
Sram X0 2x10 2011 rear mech in red,
Sram XX 2x10 shifters,
Fizik Gobi Carbon railed saddle,
Sram PG1099 cassette (11-36),
Truvativ X0 2011 double chainset (26-39),
Hope ceramic bottom bracket,
Formula The One MY10 front and rear brakes,
Schwalbe Nobby Nic evo tyres front and rear both ran tubeless.
Almost finished now, just want to add a 2x10 drivetrain and its done. Going with a XX and X0 mix.
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Couldn't resist the carbon eh?
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I test rode a medium and it felt great but then there is test riding and there is using one everyday and it started to feel cramped, this was especially evident when doing a long ride. Rode a large carbon on Saturday and ordered one today. It felt a lot better riding position.
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Hopefully my Formula The Ones will be here soon after, i have finally seen the light that the alternatives to Hope brakes and parts are well worth looking into. The Formula R1's on my Anthem have blown me away and i am growing to want a quieter freewheel as well :oops:
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Great service from Chainreaction, only ordered it yesterday lunch and it arrived this morning.
Weight of medium black alloy LT2 frame and headset:
Weight of Large LT Carbon frame and headset:
Biggest change is meant to be in the rigidity of the frame in comparison to the alloy version.
So i started building it up:
Need my new brakes now and then i can fit the shifters and finish the build:
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Also decided what wheels to go for. Chosen a custom set from Justridingalong who have been really great putting up with my emails asking questions and help. Going for DT240 hubs with a 20mm front one, notubes Crest rims, DT supercomp black spokes and red anodized nipples. All this getting rounded off with a pair of Schwalbe Nobby Nic snakeskins
So i fitted them on loosely:
And then i weighed it:
Now the old wheels, tyres and cassette came in at just under 10lbs so i think as it stands now it would come in at a high 26lbs. Hopefully with my new wheel and tyre package it will weight in at 25lbs which is what the aim is.
Just need to sort out the match maker clamps for the shifters (i was sent 4 right lever ones and i needed 2 of each) and fit my frame wrap when it gets shipped (16th or so).
If he wants to give me his address i'll pop round and er, "look after" his new ride.
Well get home on Sunday and will be home for 4 days so will get some good hours riding in then, then a quick trip to Hyderabad followed by another 3 days off so get plenty time to get the miles in when i am home.
I had a update from JRA, wheels were dispatched yesterday and will have arrived at my home today
If you spent less time taking photos of components and their packaging you'd probably have had a chance to ride it by now! ;-)
Still need the frame wrap kit so in the meantime i will be adding more miles on the Anthem and the road bike.
Frame wrap kit? Pourquoi?
Might be... Put it this way i had a a additional 15 days of unpaid holiday the other month...
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Bit of a update, got home this morning so fitted the tyres up to the new wheels and slotted them on the bike.
Its nice to have a freewheel thats pretty quiet after years on Hope hubs
O and i threw it on the scales:
Just needs pedals and a chain adding and its ready to ride. Might treat it to a KMC Gold SL chain
All built up now, gears setup, pedals and chain fitted and taken for a quick spin up the road.
Slight issue with the revelations, think i might need 2 new valve cores in them but will post in technical to see.
im looking forward to the bike of the yr vote in the forum awards in december
Anyhow had a first spin on her earlier after fitting the new KMC X9L gold chain, only 4 miles of road but i just wanted to bed things down and make sure everything was working ok and nothing was going to fall off
First impressions are Formula The One my10 brakes are 100% better than the hope brakes i used to run, so much more power and feel to them, cannot really comment on the frame itself as road is no proving ground for such a bike, also the DT240 hubs are sooo much more pleasing on the ear than the hope racket i have put up with in the past and have to still tolerate on my giant. The Giant will soon be changing away from hope, made in the UK is not always best.