DMR Bolt build help.

free
free Posts: 567
edited December 2011 in MTB buying advice
I'm thinking about buying a DMR Bolt frame for general shredding, playing, bit of downhill trailing.

It will be the first time I've built a bike up from scratch and could use some help in picking a spec that will work well with the frame.

Ideally, after buying the frame I don't want to spend much more that 12-1300 quid the rest. I already have a spare set of complete wheels (Fulcrum Red Heat 20mm thru axle front and 12 mm thru axle rear) so I'm basically buying:

Forks -
headset -
brakes -
BB -
Running a 1 x 9 set-up ideally so:
Rear mech -
Cassette -
Shifter -
Chain guide -
Chain ring -
Cranks -

The rest of the set-up (bars, stem, seat post, pedals etc) I'll mess around with but any advice on build from the above list would be extremely helpful. I don't want to build up something that is completely mismatched and just doesn't work as I'm hoping the Bolt will.

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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    Depending on whather you are willing to go s/hand on stuff then here are my suggestions:

    Forks - s/hand coil Pikes or Lyriks, depending on how light/heavy you are willing to go, and how jumpy
    headset - is it 1.5? Spec list on website doesn't say
    brakes - New SLX
    BB - SLX
    Running a 1 x 9 set-up ideally so:
    Rear mech - SLX with Tiso jockeys
    Cassette - XT 11-34
    Shifter - XT
    Chain guide - Superstar
    Chain ring - Anything really. Middleburn/Renthal/steel deore
    Cranks - SLX
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