Kinesis Maxlight XC 130 Finished!

neon_neon

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Finally finished! woohoo!

Kinesis Maxlight XC 130 - Green
Rockshox Revalation (set to 140)
Formula Oro K24 Breaks
Ritchey finishing kit (Hndlebars, Stem, and Seatpost)
Charge spoon saddle
Ritchey disc ocr wheels - next upgrade
(panaracer fire xc tyres)

Cranks & Bottom Bracket are Truvativ (Wellgo MG1 pedals)
SRAM X7 rear mech & shifters, Shimano Deore front mech


(and before anyone says anything - No - It's not a green gate!)

jay12

welcome to the kinesis club


bike looks very nice already, love the green frame, can't wait to see it finished

Penylope

Not ordered exactly, but yesterday i gave in to the voices in my head (yet again :roll: ) and purchased a Joplin 4R!

chalkstorm

Guys

Just ordered one of these for a mate... and noticed it needs a zero stack headset. I've got the specs off the Kinesis web site - but I still have no idea what I'm looking for (only used normal headsets in the past).

What headset did you use neon?

:oops:

blister pus

yes, looking forward to some good final pix and final weight on this. I've got my beady little eye on the XC130.

neon_neon

chalkstorm wrote:

Guys

Just ordered one of these for a mate... and noticed it needs a zero stack headset. I've got the specs off the Kinesis web site - but I still have no idea what I'm looking for (only used normal headsets in the past).

What headset did you use neon?

:oops:

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Yeah Zero-stack - I used this FSA one:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=15888

Seems to get good reviews - and is very solid and smooth - no play (so far!)

Cane creek do a zero -stack one as well:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=35225

chalkstorm

Thanks Neon...

Fenred

Very nice! look forward to the pics of finished build!!

catmando

Just finished my green xc130 build on Friday

Spec
Rock Shox sector 100mm-140mm coil Uturn 9mmQR
10 Speed SLX Gear set
XT M775 Brakes
Shimano MT 65 wheels
Stem70mm On one
Gusset slade bars cut to 700mm
Seat post 400mm On one
and a comfy WTB rocket seat
weight on bathroom scales just under 27 lbs
Been out XC riding today with forks on 120mm sweet!!!!!

blister pus

sweet. how about a look at it on a separate thread then

neon_neon

Bike now finished - see above!

neon_neon

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Fitted new handlebars today - Ragley Wisers - and also flipped the stem round - I think it looks a lot better now.

First proper ride comming up on Saturday at Cwmcarn - finally! can't wait to put the Green machine through it's paces.

getonyourbike

those bars are awesome! love it

jakeeeeeee

getonyourbike wrote:

those bars are awesome! love it

+1

lawman

those bars look abit nice, and they have green bits too, think if i put a set on the mojo it'd be abit much

Fenred

Nice work...Drop a couple chain rings and it'll be puuuurfect!

hora

I was thinking 'what if I ran 140's on this'....

Interesting- how does it ride? LIGHT I bet but does it beat you up at all over rocky ground or long rides?

lawman

hora wrote:

I was thinking 'what if I ran 140's on this'....

Interesting- how does it ride? LIGHT I bet but does it beat you up at all over rocky ground or long rides?

it runs fine at 140mm, fairly slack, depends what else you run on it though, light wheels are are a must on this frame, as it begs to be hammered, its pretty comfy as far as alloy bikes go too, had mine for years, if the headangle was a few degrees slacker it would be even better though!