Custom Trek ex9 Pearl white build**** complete****

Anonymous

Aint been on the scene for a while due to work commitments over sea's,
got offered a trek yesterday at a fair price in mint condition,, would normally go for the likes of Dale, Gt's or Giant,

Spec

Bars Easton monkey ea 70 in white
stem easton ea 90 in white
Grips Lock on Lizards fornow
Brakes Avid juicy 7 after sum carbon levers though
Saddle Bonty race titanium
Seat pin race face carbon
Shifter Sram x9
Front mech XT
Rear mech XO Carbon black box
crank Xtr old style with polished crank arms
BB hope gold ceramic
Rear rp23
Front Fox Vanilla r after sum white ones though or sid..
Rims 2 sets dt swiss rims spokes and hubs require rear hub build though on bearing. other set standard bonty ones and hubs..
tyres Racing Ralphs evo


splashed out on sum new items..

some 2012 Sid rlts 3 in white
hope rotors in red with ashima rotor bolts
hope pro evo 2 hubs on the mavic xc 717 rim with dt spokes
kcnc ceramic jockey wheels should arrive tommorow
and kmc sl chain

Anonymous

weighing in at 26.6 lbs at the min,
comments welcome.

Wheelspinner

This looks very tidy indeed, nicely detailed too. Those pedals look like real shin-killers though!!

Never a fan of Trek roadies, but I like their MTB's. Have an o-o-o-o-old rigid frame from 1993, still original and utterly indestructible.

IT66T

Your bike looks great but i can't comment on weather their good or bad as i've never ridden one but yours certainly looks capable of handling well and i've got a pair of similar pedals which i'm happy with but mine only gets used for trails and commuting so i've not had any untoward moments with them catching my shins ..

Anonymous

My kcnc jockey wheels arrived in the post this morning .
Quick pic just need to put them on and test the new upgrade and bed the brakes in.

Next is ti bolts all round just need to work out the sizes for stem callipers etc

Anonymous

Jockey wheels arrived so a few pics
Also took all the old heli tape off and applied some fresh also due to a piston head and detailer I applied 3 coats of super resin polish followed by some dodo juice wax just to protect the paint work.

IT66T

Wow that just looks amazing 8) .

Anonymous

Cheers can't ride though needs a new cassette due to chain lol

road_donut

Looks cracking that pal 8)

Anonymous

Cheers buddy

PimpMyBike

That looks sweeet !

Anonymous

Cheers pimp
Not finished yet though

Anonymous

Quick update whilst down my LBS for an xt cassette, today decided to do a bit more color coding.

Hope headset in blue
Hope gold stem washer
Gear cables in white
Still waiting for my hope seat pin to arrive

paul.skibum

Fantastic looking bike but WTF is up with those pedals?! XTR cranks matched to what look like the most basic ageing pieces of crap going - get some proper flats in appropriate colour scheme!

People like you make me sick :evil:

Anonymous

Straight to the point there Paul lol
Yeah pedals are on the list after getting sum super star nano not to sure the color though..

Not in favour of SPd,s

Anonymous

Quick update,
Pedals arrived this morn
Went in favour of sum Outland Cnc weighing at at 365 grams a pair
Also arrived the seat clamp

Nelson56

Really nice ride!

Anonymous

Cheers nelson,
Just missed a deal on te eBay on sum juicy ultimates gutted

Anonymous

Well sum more goodies came in the post today,
My carbon rock guard



And my kcnc foam grips

Tintin rize

Nice bike and ride nice too

jayson

Very nice mate looks slick. Big fan of trek myself:-)

Anonymous

Thanks for the comments jayson.
Yeah rides realy nice aint finished yet though looking at sum more tweaks.

Like your remedy nice rigs

How you getting on with the Merida

jayson

raceface gt wrote:

Thanks for the comments jayson.
Yeah rides realy nice aint finished yet though looking at sum more tweaks.

Like your remedy nice rigs

How you getting on with the Merida

The merida is actually a great bike, its alot lighter than i thought it would be when i got it originally and the frame is a work of art, practically every tube is sculpted and shaped on it even the head tube is barrel shaped.

My true love is my remedy though, took me 2 years to get the money together for her which only made it all the more satisfying when i finally collected her from evans. Was like a giddy little school boy when i walked in the place, very embarrassing LOL

Im prepping her for the alps at the mo so everything on her is being replaced for bigger harder wearing stuff.

Matt-r8

You need Hope brakes in your life, with blue caps and levers. Really nice looking bike

Thewaylander

Matt-r8 wrote:

You need Hope brakes in your life, with blue caps and levers. Really nice looking bike

Don't wish that on anyone mate, thats just mean...

Matt-r8

I have m4's and X2's on my bikes and love them.

Anonymous

Matt-r8 wrote:

I have m4's and X2's on my bikes and love them.

Cheers Matt

Was looking at hopes but would need to change the match makers lol

Matt-r8

I didn't use match makers on my remedy. At first I thought I was going to need them until a made pointed out you can push to go up and down the gears. 2010 XT shifters. With the SRAM X0 shifter it's not a problem at all.

paul.skibum

raceface gt wrote:

Straight to the point there Paul lol
Yeah pedals are on the list after getting sum super star nano not to sure the color though..

Not in favour of SPd,s

Ha ha - Sorry! New pedals are an improvement - not sure about the foam grips though - I had some like those and they just span round and round - ripped them off and replaced with RF Good'n'Evil grips - good density and stay put reliably.

Anonymous

Race face grips are good,
Yeah I've had foam grips before and they were poo, however these k nc Eva are soft and light and try we're a bitch to get on there's no movement in these wots I ever.

Ross_Davidson

Love it man ! And loving the custom decal