My custom Rockhopper (now with carbon goodness)

DCR00

This is my bike - 2008 Specialized Rockhopper. Bought it 2nd hand off a good mate about 10 weeks ago. It started life as a Rockhopper Disc, but ive made a few changes since...

Gets used primarily for commuting, but with one eye on some off road action. This represents my return to biking after a 15 year sabbatical. Used to own a Cannondale which i built myself from scratch, and a GT, but they both got nicked in quick succession, which put me off for a while. Then i started driving....

Anyhoo, here are a few piccies



XT 4 pots, front and rear. Ashima SOS pads and G2 rotors (for now)





XT Shadow rear mech and XT cassette



Race Face Dues Stem, Race Face Ride flat bars, XT Dual Action shifters



Easton EA50 seatpost, Selle Italia Yutakk seat (bit unusual, not to everyones taste, but very comfortable), Specialized Mini Seatpak



I have an SLX chainset waiting to be fitted, and next on the list is to add some colour (red anodised bolts, skewers etc)


Thoughts welcome

Anonymous

nice, i like the look of that

DCR00

Some more tasty bits added to the Spesh

SLX Chainset with red chainring bolts. Was a triple, but have reduced to a double.



XT Shadow Mech with red bolts and jockey wheels



Deore front mech with new bolts (spot the red frame bolts as well)





Red anodised stem cap (stem bolts are now titanium)



And my favourite bits, XT 4 pots with added anodised goodness (hope skewers are also new)





Next up will be some red Jagwire gear cables and a Hope seat post clamp (yes, in Red)

Chunkers1980

BTW - your rear mech is not on right.

The screw plate should be almost horizontal, so the cable into the mech is almost vertical.

You then get a better line and remove some of your excess cable.

That's if the pics were not taken while WIP

Chunkers1980

i.e like the pic before you started 'blinging' it.....

DCR00

Oops, thanks for the heads up :P

giantculler

excellent!

DCR00

More things added to the Spesh today

FSA K Force Flat bar 640mm
Grey superstar grips with white rings
Goodridge gear cables in white
Superstar spacers

Well chuffed with the bar. Its wider than the RaceFace bar it replaces, but it feels a bit more comfortable. Much more forgiving as well. First foray into carbon and me likey. And the bar was a bargain off eBay.

Finally have the sealed gearing i need so badly. My commute is getting muddier and muddier, so the Goodridge cables are needed.



The bike is now down to 12kgs bang on. Wheels need doing next to pull it down towards 10kgs.

dubcat

Very nice. Which wheels you go going for?

jklash1987

Where did you get the red bolts, and red jockey wheels from? Thanks.

njee20

Those forks weigh a ton! I'd have changed those long before ti bolt kits!

thel33ter

Get these, they'll take nearly 1kg off, and be more noticable than the wheels unless you spend quite a lot, and white will the the biz 8)

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop ... 10_613.htm

MountainMonster

That looks good now, but ditch the forks and wheels and drop some weight.

DCR00

You are reading my thoughts gents

Next up for the 'hopper...

Fulcrum Red Metal 3 wheels

Rockshox SID Race forks

Swapping out the shimano 4 pots. I do love them, but they weigh nearly a kilo, so moving to something lighter. Was eyeing up some Formula Oro K18's (CRC have a complete set for £150), but that means changing the shifters, which i quite like

Swapping out the wheels and forks should take me under 10kgs

@klash - ti and alu bolts and jockey wheels are from Toronto Cycles

SDK2007

If you using this on the road surely it would have been better to remove the granny ring and keep the large ring on.
I know from riding my XC bike on the road and I hardly shift down from the large front ring and would like larger to get more speed on the down hills.

You must max out at what - 25mph ?

DCR00 wrote:

Swapping out the wheels and forks should take me under 10kgs

I think you will do well to lose more than 2kg from a Fork and wheel change.

Tora to SID - 680g saving
Wheels - 500g saving (£400+ wheelset)

jklash1987

DCR00 wrote:

@klash - ti and alu bolts and jockey wheels are from Toronto Cycles

Thanks , how long does delivery usually take?

DCR00

jklash1987 wrote:

DCR00 wrote:

@klash - ti and alu bolts and jockey wheels are from Toronto Cycles

Thanks , how long does delivery usually take?

about 7 days, but they only charge $5, which is buggar all

DCR00

SDK2007 wrote:

If you using this on the road surely it would have been better to remove the granny ring and keep the large ring on.
I know from riding my XC bike on the road and I hardly shift down from the large front ring and would like larger to get more speed on the down hills.

You must max out at what - 25mph ?

DCR00 wrote:

Swapping out the wheels and forks should take me under 10kgs

I think you will do well to lose more than 2kg from a Fork and wheel change.

Tora to SID - 680g saving
Wheels - 500g saving (£400+ wheelset)

Most of my riding is trail. Im lucky enough to live about 2 miles from the Trans Pennine Trail, which leads to roughly 1/4 mile from my work. True that i could stick a larger ring on, and i may do so, but am happy with the current set up.

Not sure where you get the 500g saving on the wheels. My OEM wheels weight around 4kgs. TBF thats with 600g of tyre and a few hundred gram of sprocket, but given that the Red Metal 3 weight around 1400 grams, i still stand to lose way more than 500g (TBF the bike is under 12 kgs now since i fitted the Gusset pedals)

SDK2007

Sorry, I didn't' intend to come across as harsh, just trying to be realistic with weights.
For sure if you're talking about changing tyres, cassettes as well as wheels and forks then 2 kg is probably achievable.

I just looked up the Metal 3 wheel set and according to Fulrum and CRC sites they weigh 1685g at their lightest. Add the skewers and you're looking at 1870g for the set.

http://www.fulcrumwheels.com/jspfulcrum ... tecx=false

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=42566

Where did I get the 500g saving on the wheels from?
Changing your wheels but keeping the rest the same, the weights work out as follows :

Fulcrum 3 wheels - 1870g
Brake Discs - 200g (assuming 160mm all round)
XT Cassette - 260g
Tubes - 250g (assuming standard tubes)
Tyres - 1120g (assuming wire bead Conti Twisters)
Total - 3780g

So not far off your 4kg estimate of current wheel setup above.

DCR00

my tyres dont weigh 1120

they are supersonics so they only come in at 740 for the pair

i totally got the wheel weights wrong (wishful thinking maybe)

seems that i do only stand to lose around 750g from the wheels, but combined with the savings on the forks and the calipers, i should be close to 2kg

Matt_

Nice bike. You've got me wanting to bling mine up now!

DCR00

cheers Matt

added white gussett pinhead pedals and some titanium bolts today

will get some pics up this week

DCR00

well after all that about not getting a new frame, ive only gone and bought a 2009 Scott Scale 20 frame

frame, ritchey headset and a set of 2009 Fox F100 RL for 800 sheets, which i reckon is a pretty good deal

picking up tom morning

so this thread will be changing to My Custom Scale 20

thel33ter

Thats gonna be one silly light bike when its done. Will you need to replace all the red stuff now?

DCR00

luckily no

the frame is black and red, so the red bolts should be fine