Superior XP930

persiks

Hi, guys!

I’m a bike enthusiast from Latvia. Like a user emsens, I also drive with Superior mountainbike. In my opinion, I am an amateur in XC discipline, but I can ride very well. Before my SUP I was riding with my Cube Analogue 2005 bike or something like that. After freehub breakage, i decide to upgrade my Cube, but when I bought my Avid Juicy 7 2009 brakes, I realized that my Cube frame isn’t enough good for upgrading.

-The I bought Superior XP930 2008 frame (weight about 1550g) To saving money I got second-hand fork – Rock Shox Tora SL white. Infamous fork.



It was my first Superior custom bike with Shimano parts – SLX shifters, XT shadow mech & stuff.

After this mod, i decided to go on SRAM religion.

-Now is winter, i guess.. about -15oC in Latvia. With bike now isn’t possible to move because of salt and lot of uncleared roads. Therefore, now I upgrading my bike with new parts.

Parts of my Superior before extra upgrading of nowadays:











These are the parts wich I will keep. (And my PG991 chain, ONE lock-on grips, Fizik Nisene saddle, FSA headset, FSA seatpost, Truvativ Stylo 3.3 crankset)

-The biggest purchase few days ago was Fulcrum Red Metal 5 wheelset. (Remove my custom alexrims wheelset)

Before:


After:


To sum up my topic, I think i will keep my Superior frame for a long time. In this winter I want to buy:

*Manitou Minute or Fox 32 RLC fork
*SRAM PG-990 cassette
*Shimano front Mech to change my LX mech.
*And some stuff for bike looking.

So. Maybe you can offer me 160mm rotor, XT front mech, maybe cassette.

And sorry for my bad English knowedges.

MountainMonster

Not bad, I had never heard of Superior bikes before the other guy from Latvia, and seem to be alright. Upgrades look good so far, fair bit of cash spunked. Lucky guy!

persiks

http://www.superior.cz/en/main-page - Superior WEB page.

http://www.superior.cz/en/archive/model ... tml?id=104 - XP930 Factory bike of 2008 year.

Brand - Superior, i guess is the most used brand frames in Latvia besauce of good dealer with nice prices. Strong, lightweight frames. Okay, okay, Trek & some other brand bikes are popular too.

In spring i try to get back on wheels.

wilkij1975

Nice looking bikes them. What sort of price do they go for?

persiks

http://www.veloprofs.lv/lv/products/3/10/

There is the bikes with price. In webpage currency is LVL.

1 LVL = ~0,82 punds.
Price for bike /0,82 is price in pounds.

But i can get these bikes little bit cheaper because of good dealer.

emseens

http://veloprofs.lv/photos/product_281_l.jpg
this one cost roughly 1700pounds
now on Christmas it's about 1100pounds

thel33ter

emseens wrote:

http://veloprofs.lv/photos/product_281_l.jpg
this one cost roughly 1700pounds
now on Christmas it's about 1100pounds

Wow, thats a bargain for that spec. Manitou forks seem very popular over there too, they are quite rare here.

persiks

Spring is coming, so I'm more active about my bike building.

A couple a days ago I bought Fizik Antares saddle, sram PG990 red cassette. Now I just need a fork for my SUP.

persiks

Now it is finished!

persiks

Frame: Superior XP930 Matte Black 2008 (1500g)
Forks: FOX Talas 32 RLC 2008
Bars: Race Face Ride 660mm
Stem: FSA OS190
Headset: FSA
Grips: One Lock-on

Brake set: Avid Juicy 7 with various rotors.
Shifters: SRAM X.0
Cables: Shimano SP++
Front Mech: Shimano LX
Rear Mech: SRAM X.9

Seat: Fizik Antares White/Black
Seat Post: FSA SL280
Seat Post Clamp: One

Cranks: Truvativ Stylo 3.3
Chain: SRAM PC991
Cassette: SRAM PG990 Red
Pedals: Shimano M520
Bottom Bracket: Truvative GXP

Wheelset: Fulcrum Red Metal 5
Tires: Schwalbe Rocket Ron
Tubes:Bontrager XXX Lite










In basket of CRC now is Hope seat clamp & bolt - blue, set of blue Clarks Hydraulic hose kit and gear kit, Raceface Evolve stem and some little stuff.

Maybe you have an idea what to change or upgrade?

Greetings from Latvia.

buzz1

looking good
how about these to match seatpost and stem (and saddle).
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBFSMAXIMUS ... -handlebar

persiks

Thanks mate!

If we speaking about bars.. I want Race Face Turbine bar with 3/4 rise. I don't like bars with big rise.

Seatpost I want from Raceface products.

persiks

I've upgraded few things on my Superior bike, for example - tires, handlebar. And few weeks ago I sold my FOX Talas and bought new FOX F80 RL with remote.

New pics









Enjoy!

thel33ter

That is a superb looking bike, the black forks look much better than the grey ones.

Good job

persiks

Thanks!

Now I only want to change my red bontrager bottle cage swap with black bottle cage of RavX or bontrager collection.

In this winter or begining of 2012 Superior will sell new SUP collection.

New Superior XP930 bike

thel33ter

One of these would look great.



http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 2b0s53p644

persiks

Nice looking bottle cage. Spec dealer in Latvia also offer this bottle cage. I think - it's time to buy someone. Thanks.

emseens

Those bottle cages are crap, they damage bottle really hard.

ilovedirt

I still don't see why anyone uses bottle cages anymore...

persiks

You prefer Hydration Pack? Main discipline in my country of mountain biking is XC marathons, where better the hidro pack isn't on your back. It is only my opinion.

cycletech

What I have seen of this bikes so far and the 2014 range; they are going to make a BIG impact here in the UK
Great frames with good spec!!!

Some of the models are now available in the UK, with the full range coming soon View http://www.superiorbikes.co.uk/ And do a Google: Superior team 29 carbon review

Cqc

Nice bike, preferred the look of the talas forks, but hey. Avid juices are actually the best brakes ever, so good choice there... I would upsize the rotors also, but overall, nice bike!

The Rookie

Dealer here
http://www.chickencycles.co.uk/index.ph ... =177&ord=2

cycletech

The new XC 809



And XP 927 CRB

The Rookie

Cqc wrote:

Avid juices are actually the best brakes ever, so good choice there...

Are you for real??????? Adequate, yes, best ever, your 'avin' a giraffe, they aren't even the best Avid!

persiks

Haven't been in this forum for about a year. I leaved cycling previous season because of new work, family stuff and so on, but in this season I will be back with new bike: Superior X979 frame with parts from 2014 Superior Team 29 bike. Will show you the new bike next month.

I ended my last season with this bike: www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... t=12882703

rockmonkeysc

The Rookie wrote:

Cqc wrote:

Avid juices are actually the best brakes ever, so good choice there...

Are you for real??????? Adequate, yes, best ever, your 'avin' a giraffe, they aren't even the best Avid!

I would disagree with that. They are cheaper and more reliable than any other Avids which in my opinion makes them the best Avid brakes. I preferred my old Juicy Sevens to my frustratingly unreliable and inconsistent X0 trail brakes.

Interesting bike. Looks like a nice xc hardtail.

MysticWolf

Nice Bike...

The Rookie

RockmonkeySC wrote:

The Rookie wrote:

Cqc wrote:

Avid juices are actually the best brakes ever, so good choice there...

Are you for real??????? Adequate, yes, best ever, your 'avin' a giraffe, they aren't even the best Avid!

I would disagree with that. They are cheaper and more reliable than any other Avids which in my opinion makes them the best Avid brakes. I preferred my old Juicy Sevens to my frustratingly unreliable and inconsistent X0 trail brakes.

OK, so they may be the best Avids (least worst) - although I'd say the older Elixer were better (pre taperbore) - but still Margura, Shimano and Formula (apologies to any I've missed) are much much better!

It is a nice looking bike though, yes!