My C'dale Jekyll Carbon 1 HiMod build 2011 (DISCONTINUE)

Xgreygoose

Hi guys,
Thought I would start up a new tread regarding my new bike for this year. The 2011 Cannondale Jekyll Carbon 1 Hi-mod. This will be my first AM bike and first non-lefty in a very, very long time.
I haven’t received the bike yet but should have it by early to mid to March. It has been on order since Oct 2010. :evil:

Plan to change most of the components once I get the bike. Some parts will be traded in and others will be kept as spares.
Some parts are similar to the Ultimate version but did not go for the Ultimate due to the colour scheme and wheelset. Not a big fan of the Crank Brother Cobalt.
As I have most of the components , I thought it would be nice to share some detail of it with you guys.


The Jekyll Ultimate version weights around 26lbs mark. I wanting my Jekyll to be less than 25lbs but this build’s first priority is strength and stiffness.
As the Jekyll comes with the new Reverb post its going to be tough to get it under 25lbs. If I plan not to use the post then it will be easier. Also may use 2.2 tires instead of 2.4 tires.
I guess I will have to wait and see until I receive the Jekyll before I make up my mind. So maybe around 25lbs would be more realistic.



Some photo of the Jekyll Carbon 1





Now here is a list of my Jekyll components

Frame: Jekyll BallisTec Hi-MOD Nano full carbon
Forks: Fox 32 Talas RLC FIT, 150mm, 15QR thru axle, 1.5" Steerer
Rear Shock: Fox DYAD RT2 dual shock 150/90 mm and remote lever
Bars: Edge Riser 700mm or Enve Sweep 700mm both 31.8mm clamp
Stem: Syntace Force 1.5” 95mm with Ti gold bolts
Headset: Cane Creek 1.5” integrated
Grips: ESI Chunky Green/Racer Black or ERGON grips GA1-L Lightweight GREEN or Procraft SUPER LITE grips

Front Brake Lever assy: Formula The One w/Carbon lever
Front Caliper: : Formula The One with Swiss Stop Brake pads
Front disc: Formula 2pcs Floating Rotor 180mm Black with 3 Ti Bolts/ 3 Carbon-Ti Gold Alloy bolts
Rear Brake Lever assy: Formula The One w/Carbon lever
Rear Caliper: Formula The One with Swiss Stop Brake pads
Rear Disc: Formula 2pcs Floating Rotor 180mm Black with 3 Ti Bolts/ 3 Carbon-Ti Gold Alloy bolts
Hoses: Formula Kevlar housing

Shifters: : SRAM XX with Formula MixMasters and gold alloy bolts
Cable Housing: Alligator iLINK or Shimano Yumeya
Cables:Power Corz (Front Derailleur) and Shimano XTR cable (Rear Derailleur)
Front Derailleur: SRAM XX 42/28t S2 direct mount with gold alloy bolts and Schmolke carbon bolts.
Rear Derailleur: : SRAM XX with Extralite Pulley or Custom EP Titanium Ceramic bearings Pulleys and gold alloy bolts and Schmolke carbon bolts.
Seat: Custom Fizik Gobi XM with Carbon Rails
Seat Post: RockShox Reverb height adjustable 31.6 mm zero offset or Thomson Master piece set back post 31.6mm
Seat Post Clamp: Tune QR 34.6mm or Extralite 34.6mm

Crank: Cannondale SI Hollowgram SL BB30 for SRAM XX
Chainring(s): Carbon Ti XX Full Titanium 42/26t (120/80BCD) with Carbon-Ti XX bolts
Chain: KMC black/red DLC X10SL 2011
Cassette: SRAM XX 11-36t 10speed with PRC lockring
Pedals: Crankbrothers Candy 11
Bottom Bracket: Cannondale BB30 with 132mm Spindle and Enduro Ceramic Bearings
Front Wheel: Tune Princess 20th Anniversary hub with 15mmQR thru axle conversion kit and 32h AM 26" Enve Clincher rims and Sapim CX Ray spokes.
Rear Wheel: Tune Prince 20th Anniversary hub with a full Titanium free hub with 142x12 mm thru axle conversion kit and 32h AM 26" Enve Clincher rims, Sapim CX Ray spokes.
Tire: Continental Mountain King Supersonic 2.4 and/or Continental X Race King 26 x 2.2 Sport and/or Continental Race King Supersonic 26 x 2.2
Tubes: Eclipse Light Tube and/or Continental Inner tube

Other bits: X12 Syntace Axle, Schmolke carbon screws, Titanium bolts, gold alloy bolts Extralite pulleys, Titanium Experimental Hybrid ceramic pulleys, Syntace 1.5" Litecap with gold alloy bolt, Star Nut, RESET Racing Comp spacers, Tune DC15 QR, and...........................


Photo's of my components . (Tuned and weight of parts will come later )

Detail photo's of my Jekyll wheelset


Special Tune logo to celebrate 20 years of Tune


With a full Titanium free hub


Tune Rear hub with 142x12 mm thru axle conversion kit

Tune Princess front hub with 15mmQR thru axle conversion kit


Not the lightest but pretty good for an AM set.




Some SRAM XX stuff

11-36t with a red PRC lockring






Gear Cables
Shimano Yumeya Gear Cable housing/cables

Power Corz cables

I-Links



Crankset


The new KMC black/red DLC (diamond like coating) X10SL chain.


Pedals. Will probably upgrade to Wade's Ti Spindle to increase riders weight limit.



Brakes (Not arrive yet)

Carbon lever

180mm floating rotor with Ti bolts and Carbon Ti gold alloy bolts


MixMasters with gold alloy bolts and Schmolke carbon screws



Handlebars: Enve Sweep 700mm and Edge Riser 700mm




Grips




Stem: Syntace Force 1.5” 95mm with M6 Ti gold bolts

Syntace 1.5" Litecap with gold alloy bolt

Star Nut

RESET Racing Comp 1.5" spacers 5mm and 10mm



RockShox Reverb seatpost (Not yet arrived)

Tune 34.6mm QR and Extralite 34.6mm seat clamps

Fizik Gobi XM with carbon rails



Tires and Tubes





Other bits:
X12 Syntace Axle

New Tune DC 15QR(Not yet arrive)

Gold bits and Schmolke carbon screws

Custom made Titanium Experimental Hybrid ceramic pulleys 11t

Extralite pulleys


To be continued.............................

ry1978

That's going to be a serious peice of kit!! The new Jekyll looks amazing

toby_winkler

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

You are one lucky man!

getonyourbike

this is going to be SWEET!!!

bobpzero

amazing bike build. wanted to ask you or if i should ask formula. when they will be making their new formula the one master cylinder as a spare part. would be nice to upgrade from last years.

chick0

Been waiting for this build

tri-sexual

i'm waiting like an expectant father
cant wait til the bike arrives

Marin_B17

i like "kept as spares", you must have a seriously large wallet and be an increadible cyclist!

Holyzeus

8) 8) 8)

Xgreygoose

ry1978 wrote:

That's going to be a serious peice of kit!! The new Jekyll looks amazing

Yes I think it's going to be good. My first AM build. Really looking forward to it

Toby_Winkler wrote:

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
You are one lucky man!

Me too, I think I'll be in :shock: :shock: :shock: once I see the bike arrive from Cannondale

getonyourbike wrote:

this is going to be SWEET!!!

"Sweet as cheery pie"

Marin_B17 wrote:

i like "kept as spares", you must have a seriously large wallet and be an incredible cyclist!

My wallet has the biggest hole in it. The harder I work the bigger the hole . The wife is starting to notice.
If I was a incredible cyclist I would get sponsorship from some big a$$ company and not have to pay for anything. ......I wonder if I could ask Steve Peat SPS for some spare Enve rim's

Xgreygoose

bobpzero wrote:

amazing bike build. wanted to ask you or if i should ask formula. when they will be making their new formula the one master cylinder as a spare part. would be nice to upgrade from last years.

Thanks. Have you check out there new online store http://store.formula-brake.com/

I think they have some upgrade/spare parts already. I so wanted the limited green "The One" brakes but I didn't think it would match the bike, wrong green

Xgreygoose

tri-sexual wrote:

i'm waiting like an expectant father
cant wait til the bike arrives

Hey tri-sexual,

"Happy Lunar New Year".
Yep, does kind of feels like my first born, but it better not take 9months to get it. Cannondale are so behind with this year's 2011 models. Thinking I should have went with the Ultimate version as I would have got it now. "Come on! where is my bike!" :evil:

Xgreygoose

chick0 wrote:

Been waiting for this build

Tell me about it. So looking forward to it. My first sub 24/25lbs AM bike and with two forks Man it's going to feel heavy at first Think I should bling it out more?
I'm off on a two month USA/Cananda MTB road trip this summer. Wanting to rip the trails with this build.
"Come on Cannondale!!!!"

BTW "Happy Lunar New Year".

chick0

Xgreygoose wrote:

chick0 wrote:

Been waiting for this build

Tell me about it. So looking forward to it. My first sub 24/25lbs AM bike and with two forks Man it's going to feel heavy at first Think I should bling it out more?
I'm off on a two month USA/Cananda MTB road trip this summer. Wanting to rip the trails with this build.
"Come on Cannondale!!!!"

BTW "Happy Lunar New Year".

I'm going to be interested to hear your views on how the TALAS compare to your recent Leftys, since your so accustom to them.

I think your going to be rather surprised how well the most up-to-date AM/ trail bikes climb, the extra weight is about the same as riding with or without a full camel pack, and once you get over that peak, these new Jekyll's are going to absolutely bomb, so the extra Ibs are worth it for the extra fun factor alone

Happy Year of the Rabbit 2011 to you too mate !!

jacob2910

that must have cost a pretty penny

allthegearnoidea

LOVE the list of parts already and waiting for the bike!!!
going to be something special thats for suure!!!

get your self a std DH bike, then every time you think its heavy, pick that up and then o back to the jekyll! 8)

Xgreygoose

jacob2910 wrote:

that must have cost a pretty penny

F%$K yeah!!! Please don't tell the wife

allthegearnoidea wrote:

LOVE the list of parts already and waiting for the bike!!!
going to be something special thats for suure!!!
get your self a std DH bike, then every time you think its heavy, pick that up and then o back to the jekyll! 8)

Cheers, for sure. I am looking forward to this build. In to the unknown, with a difference type of MTB and a strange new fork for me. Also I am stopping myself in not going OTT with super light weight parts

Stoo61

:shock:

joshtp

you have WAY too much money, but your bikes are absolutely stunningly gorgeous!


this one is no exception


true masterpieces. nice one my friend.

Xgreygoose

joshtp wrote:

you have WAY too much money, but your bikes are absolutely stunningly gorgeous!
this one is no exception
true masterpieces. nice one my friend.

Thanks. I am looking so forward to it.
And yes, I do love my bikes but I love to ride them even more.

Tinman_66

Christ on a bicycle that's one hell of a spec list. Can't wait to see this built up, come on Cannondale deliver the dam thing.

chick0

John, i was just having a closer look at you impressive spec, as i only had brief scan earlier when i first saw your new thread, as i was a little busy at the time.

These Enve Rims are seriously cool, and damn light for the AM sector. This is the first time i have come across them.

I also noticed that you have gone for Tune hubs again, how have you found the robustness of them in the past?
I'm about to do a wheel build, and was thinking going for King and Kongs with ZTR rims and Sapim CX Ray spokes, but i'm a little hesitant about how strong the Tune's will be for Trail and AM abuse ( are Prince and Princess more robust?).

Charlie..

Xgreygoose

Tinman_66 wrote:

come on Cannondale deliver the dam thing.

Xgreygoose

chick0 wrote:

John, i was just having a closer look at you impressive spec, as i only had brief scan earlier when i first saw your new thread, as i was a little busy at the time.
These Enve Rims are seriously cool, and damn light for the AM sector. This is the first time i have come across them.
I also noticed that you have gone for Tune hubs again, how have you found the robustness of them in the past?
I'm about to do a wheel build, and was thinking going for King and Kongs with ZTR rims and Sapim CX Ray spokes, but i'm a little hesitant about how strong the Tune's will be for Trail and AM abuse ( are Prince and Princess more robust?).

Charlie..

IMHO the strength/stiffness of a wheelset is more on the rims and spokes, not the hubs.
Are you going with Flow or Crest rims?
I was also heading towards Tune K&K hubs but I just couldn't help myself to the P&P limited edition hubs. Got a sweet deal plus you normal have to buy a complete package in order to get these. Also it is hard to find a full Titanium free hub.


The King and Kong is more robust than the Princes/Princess as it has less carbon on it. But of course it is heavier. Did you see that I have converted rear to X12 and the front to a QR15. This will make them even more stiff and I'm pretty sure they weigh the same as the K&K hubs now.
Saying that my Tune Prince/Cannonball sl hubs, XC Enve/Edge rims and Sapim CX Ray spokes wheelset on my Flash takes a fair amount of beating. I've had no issues with them at all.
The XC Edge/Enve rims are amazing, so stiff and strong with a rider weight limit of 110kg! So I knew I had to get the AM version,

This is a photo of the axles that came off the Tune P&P hubs. Check out the full carbon axle of the rear hub 8)


I am currently using 3 wheel hubs. The I9, Dt Swiss 190 and Tune Prince and I like them all.

I know in the past many people have had problems with Tune hubs, but I think they are pretty reliable now. I've been using them for over a year with zero problems. Of course making sure they are always cleaned and the rear hub is well lubed.
Tune was always a work in progress kind of company but they are getting better and better. You know everything is hand build. I actually when to there workshop in Germany. Its a small wooden hut.

Marin_B17

well, this is easily the most impressive bike build i've seen. u are one LUCKY and artistic man! AND, you are a fellow Scot, so extra credits for that! You ride round Cairngorm or 7Stanes at all? cya

tri-sexual

Xgreygoose wrote:

tri-sexual wrote:

i'm waiting like an expectant father
cant wait til the bike arrives

Hey tri-sexual,

"Happy Lunar New Year".
Yep, does kind of feels like my first born, but it better not take 9months to get it. Cannondale are so behind with this year's 2011 models. Thinking I should have went with the Ultimate version as I would have got it now. "Come on! where is my bike!" :evil:

kung hei fat choi

tk46hal

Very nice bike to be, but why not a carbon lefty? Just a thought!

tri-sexual

tk46hal wrote:

Very nice bike to be, but why not a carbon lefty? Just a thought!

lefty is not suitable for 2011 jekyll

Xgreygoose

tk46hal wrote:

Very nice bike to be, but why not a carbon lefty? Just a thought!

I wanted a bigger travel bike (150mm) and new Jekyll don't to lefty's. Also I want to try those strange double forks again
And has Tri-sexual said "lefty is not suitable for 2011 Jekyll" as the bike has a 1.5" head tube.

Xgreygoose

Marin_B17 wrote:

well, this is easily the most impressive bike build i've seen. u are one LUCKY and artistic man! AND, you are a fellow Scot, so extra credits for that! You ride round Cairngorm or 7Stanes at all? cya

You mean POOR man I've done afew of the 7Stanes places, but I don't think I've done Cairngorn. I was back home in Scotland last Nov. Wanted to do some riding but the weather was so nasty and baltic! Man it was F#$K freezing. I don't know how you guys do it.
I think I've been Asia too long that my blood has gone thin
Would so love to come back in the summer to do some serious riding. Maybe next year.
Off to Canada/USA this summer for 8weeks on a MTB road trip. This is one of the main reason of this build.

Xgreygoose

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