2011 Specialized Camber Elite - Now Retired

And I'm back on a bike!!!!!! 
After a few years out I decided life is to short not to be out in the p*ssing rain with freezing cold feet, bombing down a hill on 2 wheels so I mustered up £600 and found a bargain!!!! I was going to buy a new HT Cube from a mate in the trade but found myself ogling over the FS bike porn on fleebay and succumb to the power of travel at both ends of the bike
. Found this 2011 Spesh Camber on Bumtree and it is immaculate, previous owner had it sent to him as a replacement for a stolen Scott and just never rode it so has been sat in his garage for 18months and means I picked it up for a tidy £550.
Full spec
Rear Shock: RockShox Ario RL, air spring, rebound adj. and LO
Fork: RockShox Recon Gold TK, TurnKey damper, 120mm travel
Stem: Specialized XC, 3D forged alloy
Speed: 27
Front Mech: Shimano SLX M660E
Rear Mech: Shimano Deore XT Shadow M772, long cage
Chainset: Shimano Hollowtech, Octalink spline
Bottom Bracket: Shimano, Octalink spline, cartridge bearing, 73mm
Front Brake: Custom Avid Elixir 3 R SL, tool-less reach adj., alloy backed organic pad, HS-1 rotor, S/M:180mm rotor, Others: 200mm rotor
Rear Brake: Custom Avid Elixir 3 R SL, tool-less reach adj., alloy backed organic pad, HS-1 rotor, S/M:160mm rotor, Others: 180mm rotor
Rims: Custom DT Swiss 445D
Front Hub: Specialized Hi Lo disc, loose ball
Rear Hub: Specialized Hi Lo disc
Tyres: Specialized The Captain Sport, 60 TPI, wire bead, 26x2.0


It's been heli tapped, lubed up and had the cow horns and bell removed and now I can't wait to get out and get some mud on it!!!!!

After a few years out I decided life is to short not to be out in the p*ssing rain with freezing cold feet, bombing down a hill on 2 wheels so I mustered up £600 and found a bargain!!!! I was going to buy a new HT Cube from a mate in the trade but found myself ogling over the FS bike porn on fleebay and succumb to the power of travel at both ends of the bike

Full spec
Rear Shock: RockShox Ario RL, air spring, rebound adj. and LO
Fork: RockShox Recon Gold TK, TurnKey damper, 120mm travel
Stem: Specialized XC, 3D forged alloy
Speed: 27
Front Mech: Shimano SLX M660E
Rear Mech: Shimano Deore XT Shadow M772, long cage
Chainset: Shimano Hollowtech, Octalink spline
Bottom Bracket: Shimano, Octalink spline, cartridge bearing, 73mm
Front Brake: Custom Avid Elixir 3 R SL, tool-less reach adj., alloy backed organic pad, HS-1 rotor, S/M:180mm rotor, Others: 200mm rotor
Rear Brake: Custom Avid Elixir 3 R SL, tool-less reach adj., alloy backed organic pad, HS-1 rotor, S/M:160mm rotor, Others: 180mm rotor
Rims: Custom DT Swiss 445D
Front Hub: Specialized Hi Lo disc, loose ball
Rear Hub: Specialized Hi Lo disc
Tyres: Specialized The Captain Sport, 60 TPI, wire bead, 26x2.0


It's been heli tapped, lubed up and had the cow horns and bell removed and now I can't wait to get out and get some mud on it!!!!!
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On the list of jobs to be done by my bike mechanic mate when he's down over Christmas lol he's picking me up an xt casset, some xt M770 shifters and were gonna chuck some new gear cables in because I can guarantee the grease in them dried up ages ago.
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Very nice bike. I like these bikes, nice ride.
That occurred to me too...
They ride nice so enjoy. I have the expert version with a couple of mods (incl much shorter stem).
Make sure the helitape is also on the inside of the chainstay (non drivetrain side) as I've seen pretty bad wear on Cambers there, from the brake hose.
Well without sounding to judgemental it did to me as well until I met the guy and he produced all the proper documentation with the bike and here's proof just to show I'm not the kind of chap who's happy to accept stolen gear
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Nice to see someone else who has one as they don't seem to popular, any reason for that?
Will be sure to tape up the chainstay thanks for pointing that out, how did you find doing the head tube where the cables look to rub as they hit bang on the welds on mine
I've already lined up half a dozen upgrades and I've barely done 5 road miles
As it's been sat in a garage for 18months almost everything needs adjusting!!!! The front brakes are howling and the rear is gravely but both work well :? The chain's dragging on the front mech when on middle cog, low gear and changes seem to be slow and a bit clunky (put some of the blame on the alivio shifters) but mainly the straight through housing and old grease. Saying that both front and rear shock running really plush which they should after zero use
Got new helmet and gloves on way now just need to get these little niggles sorted then I can get MUDDY
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Great, it's a nice bike, which you got for a great price, enjoy it! Unless the previous owner stole the documents
A mate has a Camber Expert that I have ridden a few times. They handle nicely and the travel on them works very well.
I believe the one you have is a 2011 model, not a 2012.
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Not sure why they aren't as popular - what you have to remember I guess is that they only came in 26er for 2011 and 2012 so they are mainly seen in 29 form. I know some people liked them a lot and others felt they weren't hard hitting enough (like the Stumpy) but weren't as good xc as an Epic for example. For me, I liked that XC / Trail blend. Although admittedly, I ride my 29er HT more as it suits my riding style and terrain more. I have started making my Camber more of an 'Evo' type model with the 50mm stem, etc now though. Upping the Trail and lowring the XC content
I fitted the following to protect cable rub and the brake hose wear:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lizard-skins-ca ... protector/
Hope that helps.
Your absolutely right!!!! Did wonder why I could only find green ones when looking on tinternet, ah well a year older than I thought but still immaculate
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Bargain as you can upgrade as things wear out.
Nice bike mate.
http://s1363.photobucket.com/user/chris ... 3.jpg.html
Bargain as you can upgrade as things wear out.
Nice bike mate.[/quote]
Yeah that's the plan although not sure I'll be able to wait until things wear out, I have an I uncontrollable need to upgrade bits already
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Muddy pics to follow
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
BTW, the fs thread is coming on nicely, some good bikes so great idea!
Absolutely loved it!!!!!!!!!! The bike is amazing and more than I'm going to need for a while, need to change the bars, grips and tyres and it needs a quick service but it was so much fun to ride. I'd forgotten how exhilarating it is to miss a tree by mm with your bars and then catch 4/5 berms perfectly. Bloody loved it
BUT........ I'm so unfit it's not even funny, like I said found a nice little blue all gravel trail near me which I thought I'd do a couple times in the few hours I had until I reached the top of the first incline, this however was nothing compared to how I was at the top of the second :shock: I was so out of breath that I was seeing dark spots and had to sit down
Oh and I seen the FS thread going strong
Sorry for the iPhone pic forgot my digi cam
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Great choice with the Spoon. The one on my Camber is now on its third bike!
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
As mentioned in a different thread the misses has shown an interest in getting out with me and the kids so I saw this as an oppertunity to make a nice little HT up for us both to enjoy, seen a few frames come and go (one of which was a small Charge Duster that went for £70!!!! only missed that coz my little boy threw up 10mins before the end of the auction
Going to add the bars, stem, seat post, saddle and pedals off my camber as these are all about to be upgraded and I think I'm going rigid for a while until I can afford to upgrade my RS recon golds, wheels are about the only thing that will set me back what I'd call a real expense on the enitial build unless anyone has a set lying about??????
Also picked up this little beauty for under £20
Going to make it a 1x10, stick on a set of pikes, add some 800mm bars, set of ST minions and a charge spoon and she'll be good to go
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
Spesh Stumpy Evo - Retired
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I chopped a bit off the end of my seat post for the same reason.
I did read that a good way of checking you've enough post in the frame is making sure there is post if you look through / tap through the small hole on the back of the seat tube. Not sure how accurate that is but it semed the accepted point of view on an american forum I read.