Custom Scale 20 (now even lighter!)

DCR00

Morning all

Just a taster of whats coming....



The frame and forks are in amazing condition. Look to me that they have only been used once or twice - result !

Should start work on it this weekend

DCR

xterra

great frame!! like to see it built up.. Any idea what spec your going for yet??

DCR00

the spec is the same as the rockhopper it replaces

except for new wheels (Fulcrum Red Metal 3) and new forks (seen in pic)

njee20

And as you're no doubt aware you'll need a new front mech (E-type) and seatpost (34.9) too.

DCR00

the bloke threw in the e-type mech

will get a shim from Superstar, as ive only just bought an FSA SLK seatpost which i dont want to get rid of

scale20

That will look sweet when done. I had the 2007 Scale 20 and loved it, ebayed it for a new bike then kicked myself in the face for doing it

A really fast bike, and flies uphill. You won't be disapointed.

fat sam

i bet thats gonna be super light when finished

DCR00

'Hopper has been stripped (30 mins it took me. Been a while since i stripped a bike, but that aint too shabby), and the cockpit and brakes have been fitted to the Scale - sorry no pics yet 8)

scale20

be good to see the pics.

Will there be an avatar change too?

MountainMonster

Lovely frame! Wheels look a good fit colour wise as well.

DCR00

Evening all

some more progress pics

Hope SS BB fitted



with E-Type mech (and some anodised red goodness). See how clean the chain suck guard is ? this frame is virtually unused



Frame shot with the cockpit added



SLX crankset added



V clean XT Shadow Mech (being fitted tom)



Wheels with tyres (not going tubeless just now)



More pics tom. Bike should be done by then.

getonyourbike

very nice mate, that'll be seriously fast... whoosh

DCR00

Pretty much done



Only the seatclamp and front brake to sort

Initial weight estimate is 10.5kgs

Ideally i want to break the 10kgs mark. Toying with swapping out the 4 pot calipers for some Formulas, which would shed around 700g.

If ican get the tyres to work on UST then that would shed another 500g as well...

MountainMonster

Very nice looking, and sounds like with the mods you want will be a very decent weight as well.

Nice build!

badly_dubbed

top class!

ive strted my first custom build and am looking forward to the process!

jakeeeeeee

mmmmmmmmm................lol love the bike !!!

langster

Very tasty, nice seat

gezzza

its nice but flats they dont belong on a carbon xc machime

DCR00

i just cant get on with riser bars. I did try them, but i prefer flats.

im old school you see

will do a proper weigh when its done

cheers for the comments

DCR

gezzza

I was talking about the pedals

DCR00 wrote:

i just cant get on with riser bars. I did try them, but i prefer flats.

im old school you see

will do a proper weigh when its done

cheers for the comments

DCR

DCR00

LOL

You think i should go for SPD ? not sure my knees would like that

Plus i like my Stan Smiths too much to go to using SPD shoes

another, better pic (still getting to grips with my new camera)



this time with frame tape added and tyres pumped up properly. Am itching to take it out, but am having trouble sourcing a Red Hope seatclamp to finish it off...

brake caliper adaptor should be here tom, so will tick that off

DCR00

oh, and 2nd weigh in was closer to 10kgs

DCR00

brake adaptor here

obtained from Koo-Bikes - great service and rapid despatch

just need to find a seatclamp....

badly_dubbed

Would recommend SPDs I switched a year or so back and cannot go back to flats, but its personal preference at the end of the day really

DCR00

front brake now sorted. Fitting it and seting it was a pig.

love these hope brackets





LBS getting seatclamp for tom lunchtime

EarlofBarnet

That's lovely. Proper xc machine. Definitely something I aspire to build at some point.

DCR00

Having been let down by Hope and the LBS, i didnt get the seatclamp i needed today, so i have managed to fit the smaller clamp. Only 2mm out, so managed to cram it on and get it fastened.

Took it out for a quick ride out the back of the house and jesus its rapid. The Fox forks are a massive improvement over the Toras, especially as the lock-out actually works LOL. Frame feels v different from the Hopper, in a good way

Only slight change i need to make is a new rotor for the back. The G2 i have in there just now is slightly warped, so needs replacing.

Doing 20 miles on Tuesday (work and back), so looking forward to that

mcj78

Liking it - was gonna get one of those saddles, got the black gel-flow one before I seen the Troy Lee editions

Andy

That saddle angle looks painful!

DCR00

LOL, i do like it to angle back slightly. Feels like im sliding off otherwise. TBF the angle of the pic makes it look worse than it is.

Its a v comfortable saddle. Compared to the Spesh saddle that was on there before, its like a comfy chair.

kopite1979

I`d have gone for black pedals personally... apart from that, VERY nice bike!
Where you get the red jockey wheels from?