Giant Reign 2010 upated 14/06/12

1mancity2

Going to be respraying the frame white with some custom decals from Slik graphics, should be done by end of Feb, also new parts added so will update again soon....

Started out with just the frame and built it into a nice aggressive trail machine,

2010 Giant Reign frame with fox rp2 shock size Medium
Rockshox Revelation Race 140mm
Shimano Slx twin and bash cranks with welligo M1 pedals
E thirteen Heim2 chain device
Hope Pro2 hubs laced to Mavic EN521 Rims
Hope M4 Brakes with Hope floating rotors
Rockshox Reverb seatpost
Hope 70mm OS stem with Renthal Fatbar cut to 760mm 10 mm rise
Maxxis Minion 2.35 front, Maxxis High Roller 2.35 rear

MountainMonster

Some lovely bits on there!

Looks well nice.

bennett_346

Personally i would of gone for blue finishing kit but it still looks a fun bike to ride

DCR00

nice, i like that a lot

1mancity2

Already had the red kit so seemed a waste not to use it, also it will be getting a revamp over winter.

Acid Yellow frame!!

DCR00

1mancity2 wrote:

Already had the red kit so seemed a waste not to use it, also it will be getting a revamp over winter.

Acid Yellow frame!!

are you doing the respray yourself ?

im tempted to do mine, but cant quite decide whether to pay or try it myself

1mancity2

DCR00 wrote:

1mancity2 wrote:

Already had the red kit so seemed a waste not to use it, also it will be getting a revamp over winter.

Acid Yellow frame!!

are you doing the respray yourself ?

im tempted to do mine, but cant quite decide whether to pay or try it myself

Yeah doing it Ral 1016 with some custom decals which I am playing around with at the mo, either an outline darker yellow or red.

1mancity2

Update bump.

DodgeT

Lookin good

Cubic

Probably a stupid question, but what is the fabric thing in between the front forks, above the wheel?

1mancity2

Cubic wrote:

Probably a stupid question, but what is the fabric thing in between the front forks, above the wheel?

It's a nenoprene mudguard by Rapidrace products.

1mancity2

Ok since I took the first photos Ive never been happy with the routing for the dropper post and was going to weld some lugs onto the frame to attach it but decided to try another method, cheers to DodgeT for the glue (sniff).





M part cable clips glued to the frame.

1mancity2

Also changed forks to 160mm Domains, far more suited to the riding I do, also gone are the red components and replaced with black,



New 203mm rotors both ends, rear wheel now has 10mm bolt through axle,

1mancity2

Just ordered the paint, white with a hint of blue to make it really bright, lacquer with silver sparkle added to give the white a nice glint, oh and a taster of the decals, along the lines of these but customised to the bike,

A planty

can't wait to see the firsted product, got a feeling it's going to look sick. good luck with the final build

bluechair84

Hmm a laquer with a pearlescent in it? I think I could have done with something like that - Can't wait to see what yours comes out like. I was looking at the exact same decals from Slik as well thinking I'd see if they would custom them. Looking forward to this project.

1mancity2

Cheers, will keep updating as I progress.

SebSmith

What size is that rear shock ??

1mancity2

SebSmith wrote:

What size is that rear shock ??

It's 7.875 x 2.250

1mancity2

Ok so stripped it down Monday and a quick dunk in the degreaser, sand and then a coat of 2pack epoxy primer,





Then wazzed in the oven at 60 degrees over night to cure, rubbed down then 2pack artic white applied with a metallic lacquer,



White looks really good, has a blue tint with a nice fleck in certain light, camera dosn't really pick it up.

1mancity2

So the pedals look naff in white, lasted one ride before it peeled off so revamp time,



Stripped down then etched (which was missing originally)



As the frame is white I thought a different colour would be a good contrast, black starlight with matt lacquer and maybe gold, hmm sounds nice....





Sod it do the bar ends, why not....

DodgeT

Lookin good

bluechair84

Loverly jubberly

delcol

looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet,, the pedals look like new,,

are you a sprayer by trade...

1mancity2

delcol wrote:

looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet,, the pedals look like new,,

are you a sprayer by trade...

Aye for my sins

1mancity2

All painted just waiting for decals but here it is Custom Giant Reign,

2010 Giant Reign frame with fox rp2 shock size Medium, custom paint
Rockshox Domain 160mm
Shimano Saint twin and bash cranks with Superstar Nano, custom paint
E thirteen Heim2 chain device
Hope Pro2 hubs laced to Mavic EN521 Rims
Hope M4 Brakes with Hope floating rotors, 203mm both ends
Rockshox Reverb seatpost, Sdg saddle
Hope 70mm OS stem with Renthal Fatbar cut to 760mm 10 mm rise
Maxxis Minion 2.35 front, Maxxis High Roller 2.35 rear





















Will take some out door shots and decal shots when they arrive.

jay12

that look awesome!

did you use that tub of paint for the frame by any chance....

bluechair84

Yeah, that's a great finish for a tub of dulux the bike's looking good!

1mancity2

jay12 wrote:

that look awesome!

did you use that tub of paint for the frame by any chance....

Sure did applied with a brush as well

EH_Rob

Nice bike, looks lovely - should have used a roller to paint the frame though

Proutster

White Cables FTW!!

Looks good, I like white bikes - make sure you've covered it in helitape before the first outing.