Pasteys new banshee viento hardtail build .

lawman

good god man, you go through bikes than ryan giggs goes through his brothers wife!! :shock:

those bars look awful too, the stuff sorta suited the banshee, but the lynskey is just pure understated perfection, that kit is anything but understated

pastey_boy

Cat With No Tail wrote:

get rid of that awful gold cap and bashring on the cranks, swap that awful stem for something silver and you're good to go.

Much nicer looking frame too

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i know you despise my chainset accessories and gold bits with a passion but i like them, i cant help it, i have extremely bad taste, on a plus note ive got to admit the lyskey is an amazing bike. after going straight from the banshee to the lynskey the difference is huge. im not knocking the banshee because it was a great bike. it handled great was a good weight and not too harsh for alu. the lynskey is on another planet, the frames a pound lighter it feels like i have an inch of suspension at the rear yet it tracks as well as the banshee. the geometry of the lynskey seems better too. its longer in the toptube and seems to like the 50mm stem and it seems more suited to the 140mm fork. did think about the 2011 model but for some reason they have decided to go with a 27.2mm seatpost dia instead of the 2010's 31.6mm which would have meant a new dropper post.

pastey_boy

leaflite wrote:

I definitely think the "raw" frame makes it look better. Just hope it doesnt crack like all other lynskeys seem to.

the lifetime warranty should come in handy then .

pastey_boy

having had a good look at the bike i have decided to tone down the colours a bit especially the gold. stem is going but the bars stay as they feel awesome. going to remove the gold grip clamps and just have red. may remove the cranks golden caps but the bashring stays. also going to put my xtr spd's back on as flatties are not doing it for me. as you can probably figure im going to have the mother of all clearouts so keep your eyes peeled on the classifieds

leaflite

pastey_boy wrote:

having had a good look at the bike i have decided to tone down the colours a bit especially the gold. stem is going but the bars stay as they feel awesome. going to remove the gold grip clamps and just have red. may remove the cranks golden caps but the bashring stays.

:shock: Finally!

This has the potential to look amazing if you get the colour scheme right. Removal of that stem is definately in the right direction!

cat_with_no_tail

Thank god for that!

Should look really nice once you sort that lot out. I think the bars will actually look good if you're keeping the whole thing red.

Shame about the gold decals on the forks though.

pastey_boy

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Thank god for that!

Should look really nice once you sort that lot out. I think the bars will actually look good if you're keeping the whole thing red.

Shame about the gold decals on the forks though.

i could take the decals off as the originals are lacquered on underneath, will see how it looks. got a gun metal ish colour stem on its way and some red ahead spacers. may get some goodridge red fittings for my hoses and some red brake pad pins. i do have a kcnc radiant r3 headset lying around doing nothing, its gold but not a very strong gold its more brass coloured like my chain, its over a hundred quids worth of headset and it seems a shame to waste plus i can get a red top cover for it. will see how it looks.

cat_with_no_tail

STOP!!!




Put the pimping spanner down, and STEP AWAY FROM THE BIKE!

pastey_boy

Cat With No Tail wrote:

STOP!!!




Put the pimping spanner down, and STEP AWAY FROM THE BIKE!

thepimp spanner has somewhow grafted itself to my hand !!!!! just had a laugh taking that gold crank axle bolt out, the non drive side rounded off so i had to drill 2 4mm holes in it insert 2 4mm allen keys into the holes then i clamped both allen keys with a big adjustable spanner to remove it , worked but now i have a knackered piece of golden pimpery

Anonymous

pastey_boy wrote:

just had a laugh taking that gold crank axle bolt out, the non drive side rounded off so i had to drill 2 4mm holes in it insert 2 4mm allen keys into the holes then i clamped both allen keys with a big adjustable spanner to remove it , worked but now i have a knackered piece of golden pimpery

If you rounded that off, then you have done something very, VERY wrong indeed. The standard item is a plastic bolt that whouls be finger-tight. There's just no way it can round off unless you've done something ignorant or stupid.

pastey_boy

yeehaamcgee wrote:

pastey_boy wrote:

just had a laugh taking that gold crank axle bolt out, the non drive side rounded off so i had to drill 2 4mm holes in it insert 2 4mm allen keys into the holes then i clamped both allen keys with a big adjustable spanner to remove it , worked but now i have a knackered piece of golden pimpery

If you rounded that off, then you have done something very, VERY wrong indeed. The standard item is a plastic bolt that whouls be finger-tight. There's just no way it can round off unless you've done something ignorant or stupid.

oh yeehaamgoo
as always you jump in with ill informed posts. if you had any experience with xtr you would know that it has an 8mm alloy bolt that actually hold the arm on as a threaded collar behind the arm tensions the arms against the bearings, also as already mentioned i had fitted aftermarket gold alloy bolts to my chainset , the non drive side bolt that torques the arm on only has a 5mm allen bolt fitment so it is very easy to round off. so all in all you are the ignorant and stupid one here it seems, stick to what you know best ,trolling and owl bothering

Anonymous

pastey_boy, I mistook the cranks for SLX at a cursory glance. I am not trolling, you fat headed, ignorant buffon.

pastey_boy

yeehaamcgee wrote:

pastey_boy, I mistook the cranks for SLX at a cursory glance. I am not trolling, you fat headed, ignorant buffon.

Fat headed :shock: your heads like an over inflated basket ball with an ugly face painted on it

Anonymous

pastey_boy wrote:

yeehaamcgee wrote:

pastey_boy, I mistook the cranks for SLX at a cursory glance. I am not trolling, you fat headed, ignorant buffon.

Fat headed :shock: your heads like an over inflated basket ball with an ugly face painted on it

Yeah, YOUR ugly face painted on it - which is why it has gold and red makeup

pastey_boy

well yes my face would be a considerable improvement i guess 8)

Anonymous

you said it was ugly. :P

pastey_boy

here she is with a few running alterations, the stem although i love it may be just a tad long at 75mm but i have a 65mm one arriving tomorrow. ive toned the gold bits down a lot and just left hints. also put my beloved xtr spd's back on.

pastey_boy

yeehaamcgee wrote:

you said it was ugly. :P

and yes im extremely ugly but you would look the same stood either way up if you put your shoes on your hands 8)

Anonymous

It's far better than the red, but by the gods, it's still not a pretty thing, eh?

pastey_boy

i love it, it does everything i require of a bike and as for looks, i find my own brother attractive so i guess my bike has to be slightly better looking than him.

pastey_boy

i thought it was thursday today until a passer by corrected me. so as im 2 days ahead of schedule i thought id change more bits on my banshee viento, ive stuck on a 65mm funn stem, a titanium one piece topcap/bold thingimibob and a kcnc radiant r3 headset. the gold ahead spacers are temporary as i have red ones coming to my house.

cat_with_no_tail

That stem makes it look about potato times better. Once you get the spacers changed that'll be spot on.

Anonymous

And the topcap.

pastey_boy

im putting a raw ti topcap and bolt on and plain red spacers. i had to stick the headset on as its a quality piece of engineering and it seemed lonely in my spares box.

Anonymous

what are those gold blobs on the gear cable?

pastey_boy

middleburn oilers, you pull the o ring to the side and there is a hole to insert the thin red tube off a tin of spray lube. one of the best bits you can put on your bike, if cables feel a bit sticky just give them a quick blast and theyre like new. £5.99 for 3 in all colours and either for 4mm or 5mm cables. also work even better if you run full length housings or sealed cables

pastey_boy

swapped the bash for a carbon jobbie and swapped my 32t front chainring for a 36t, also fitted red ahead spacers upfront. very happy with the look of the bike now as i am the ride, i know ive been going through bikes like a mad man but this ones a keeper unless i break it. only change i may make is to swap the ust nobby nics to a pair of tubeless ready ones as this will save quite a bit of weight but i will wear the ust one out first.