My Viper "with new wheels at last"

buzz1

After some time off the bike I finally got back on and treated her to some new Mavics and a few other bits, coz she's worth it!




FRAME Viper RC1.0 Virtual Pivot Suspension - 125mm
SHOCK Manitou Swinger 3 Way air SPV
FORK Rock Shox Recon 351 Coil U-Turn 85-130mm
HEADSET Hope Gold with head doctor
STEM Da Bomb floata 60mm / black - gold bolts
HANDLBARS Reverse Fli XL / white (now raceface atlas AM gold)
GRIPS Pro FRS lock-on / black and gold
FRONT BRAKE Avid juicy 7 - gold bolts - Magura SL 180mm wavey rotor
REAR BRAKE Avid juicy 7 - gold bolts - Magura SL 160mm wavey rotor
BRAKE LEVERS Avid juicy 7 with gold bolts/white superstar cables
F/R DERALLIEUR Shimano XT M770 shadow - XT M771 duelpull with NC17 gold bolts
SHIFTERS Shimano XT M770 - gold bolts
CASSETTE Deore HG80 Saint/SLX
CHAIN Shimano HG93
CRANKSET Raceface ride XC ISIS / black - NC17 gold crankbolts - Middleburn gold chainring bolts
CRANK BOLTS NC-17 - gold M15
BOTTOM BRACKET FSA platinum ISIS
PEDALS Crank Brothers 5050XX gold/black
RIMS Mavic crossride disc 24 hole QRM
TYRES FRONT WTB Prowler SS 26 X 2.3 folding
TYRES REAR WTB Prowler MX 26 X 2.1 folding
TUBES Decathlon 26x1.95-2.10 - gold MOWA dust caps
SADDLE Charge spoon - brown
SEATPOST Da Bomb Hellfire XC
SEAT BINDER Hope - gold
WHEEL SKEWERS Hope QR - gold
CABLES Goodridge gear cables - white with gold MOWA cable guides

toastedone

Very nice, I am liking that a lot, Is there a chance of a pic of your chainring bolts? I am looking for some for my project, I bought some KCNC ones but they are not the colour i am really looking for.

Thanks

buzz1

toastedone wrote:

Very nice, I am liking that a lot, Is there a chance of a pic of your chainring bolts? I am looking for some for my project, I bought some KCNC ones but they are not the colour i am really looking for.

Thanks

they're not a bad match for the rest of my gold bits, some come out a little orange as I've found out through trial and error :?

leaflite

Nice!

How is the frame? I was considering getting a viper frame a while back (£500 at crc for the freeplay full suss inc rp23 shock) but went for the titus ftm from on one in the end.

buzz1

Yeah it feels great, I've had it nearly 3 years now and the spec has changed alot in that time but I've got just right now.
I like the look of those freeplays myself, and for the money I dont think you can go wrong.

quattrojames

Great colour scheme, I like that a lot.

toastedone

Buzz thanks for the inspiration, I was always going for a black/gold theme on my new 456 carbon. i bought some NC-17 crank bolts and chainring bolts after seeing yours, one other question i have is where did you get your calliper bolts from and are they Ti.

Thanks

buzz1

toastedone wrote:

Buzz thanks for the inspiration, I was always going for a black/gold theme on my new 456 carbon. i bought some NC-17 crank bolts and chainring bolts after seeing yours, one other question i have is where did you get your calliper bolts from and are they Ti.

Thanks

Hi toasty, glad it's inspired you, the bolts are from pro-bolt, http://www.pro-bolt.com/Products/Alumin ... socket_cap they're very strong and dont round off like some makes.
Looking at these bars at the moment, any thoughts?

toastedone

Bars are nice, would look good on there, are your bolts aluminium on your callipers?

toastedone

Bars are nice, would look good on there, are your bolts aluminium on your callipers?

buzz1

Yeah, they are ally bolts.
I know some people frown upon ally bolts for things like brake calipers or stem face plates, but they've been on there a while and I ride it pretty hard with no problems at all.

toastedone

Thanks for the info buzz, appreciated

buzz1

A quick update on the bike
new bits: gold atlas bars, white da bomb stem, gold superstar grips, conti mountain kings, blackspire bash ring