Trek Superfly race bike - now under 19lbs, pics page 5
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Never done a build thread, but they seem to be the done thing in these here parts. So... I had a Top Fuel race bike:
It cracked here:
But Trek had no carbon 26" seat stays left, so I got one of these for virtually nothing (big up Trek, awesome result):
Didn't take any photos, but I took it all apart, so I'm left with this:
Not the lightest, but not too bad (including mech hanger, seat clamp, armour etc), having changed to alu bottle cage bolts:
Then I bought a pile of stuff to go back on it:
Still waiting for some Light Bicycle carbon rims, being delivered tomorrow.
Added in some nice light finishing kit (the seatpost is very marginal as to whether it's long enough, but I had it sitting around anyway):
For now I'm reusing the XTR brakes, the stem and bars off the Top Fuel. Probably going to embrace fashion and get a 90mm stem (that's short), and I've got a 710mm Mt Zoom flat bar on order. Consistently impressed with their stuff - order 3 bits on XCRacer and you get 10% off.
Using the SID that came on the stock bike, don't like the Xloc remote and the World Cup is silly money. May well take the MoCo out of the SID, done it on two previous ones, saves c100g, and I don't notice the lack of compression damping, the lockout is just something to clutter the bars and get broken. Even more annoying on the newest forks as the default setting is locked.
The Top Fuel was 19.89lbs with Rocket Rons in its lightest guise, I'd quite like to get this under 19.5, but not totally convinced I'll manage it - thru axles front and rear, heavier fork, wheels, tyres etc. We'll have to see!
In the mean time I still have the XT brakes (with 160/160 rotors if you want), I-spec B 10 speed shifters and the DT X1800 wheels (with DT350 Straight Pull hubs) if anyone is interested!
It cracked here:
But Trek had no carbon 26" seat stays left, so I got one of these for virtually nothing (big up Trek, awesome result):
Didn't take any photos, but I took it all apart, so I'm left with this:
Not the lightest, but not too bad (including mech hanger, seat clamp, armour etc), having changed to alu bottle cage bolts:
Then I bought a pile of stuff to go back on it:
Still waiting for some Light Bicycle carbon rims, being delivered tomorrow.
Added in some nice light finishing kit (the seatpost is very marginal as to whether it's long enough, but I had it sitting around anyway):
For now I'm reusing the XTR brakes, the stem and bars off the Top Fuel. Probably going to embrace fashion and get a 90mm stem (that's short), and I've got a 710mm Mt Zoom flat bar on order. Consistently impressed with their stuff - order 3 bits on XCRacer and you get 10% off.
Using the SID that came on the stock bike, don't like the Xloc remote and the World Cup is silly money. May well take the MoCo out of the SID, done it on two previous ones, saves c100g, and I don't notice the lack of compression damping, the lockout is just something to clutter the bars and get broken. Even more annoying on the newest forks as the default setting is locked.
The Top Fuel was 19.89lbs with Rocket Rons in its lightest guise, I'd quite like to get this under 19.5, but not totally convinced I'll manage it - thru axles front and rear, heavier fork, wheels, tyres etc. We'll have to see!
In the mean time I still have the XT brakes (with 160/160 rotors if you want), I-spec B 10 speed shifters and the DT X1800 wheels (with DT350 Straight Pull hubs) if anyone is interested!
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That frame looks awesome, nice one!
You should go for some carbon rigids, would be a full on flyweight racer.
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Yeah it was a shame about the Fuel, I actually rode it cracked for 3 months with no ill effect.
Great choice of scales as well.......
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The mrs' kitchen scales! Do the job though certainly!
I'm feeling the need for a 29er xc bike for all day rides. I think it could be good for eating up miles with minimal effort.
Rims turned up today - Light Bicycle hookless, 355g and 356g, look interesting, sure tyres will stay put, but it'll take a bit of getting used to. I'll stick pics up when I'm not on an iDevice!
Just need nipples now and it's all ready to go!
Only thing was delivery time, they said 7 days and I ordered them on the 10th December and they only just arrived - took a while in customs and that once they got here, but it was at least 3 weeks until they shipped.
Nice build too.
Still got the shock, seatpost, rocker and chain stays. Not that much use now!
Was hoping to actually build the Superfly this weekend, but life got in the way as always. Still waiting for nipples from CRC too, been "processing" for a week now :roll:
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A couple of dodgy photos of the rims - they're 3k matte finish, more subtle than I might have expected, in a good way. Quite deep too. They do look a bit weird without a bead hook, it doesn't even look like a particularly abrupt angle at the bottom of the sidewall, which I was sort of expecting!
Nipples got dispatched today, the fiancée is out tomorrow, so I can crack on with the build, probably...
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We'll have to see! I generally run 25psi, and have certainly gone softer, but hopefully I won't die!
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Threw a few bits on it last night, cranks came to 513g:
32t ring was 50g, ESI Chunky grips were 55g. Photos didn't really come out, badly lit garage and my hasty phone photos.
Certainly lighter options whilst there's a host of narrow/wide rings on the market, admittedly all more expensive though. Puts them 80-90g lighter than XT/SLX. 100g heavier than a THM M3, but 1/3 the price! Vaguely tempted by a set of Lightning cranks at some point - 150g lighter, and 'only' $610.
Weighed the SID remote lockout too - 77g for lever/cable, so the lockout assembly is coming out. The lever feels plasticky, and if the cable sticks the fork locks out. Reckon the MoCo DNA will save another 100g or so, just hope they've not done anything that means removing it will affect the rebound damping, didn't on older forks.
Joking aside should be interesting though, did you manage to pick up those xx1 cranks, arms only?
I got all my XX1 from Starbike who were cheapest at the time - worth a shop around though, CRC came close when they had £50 off £500 offers on.
X01 from them here, for a whopping £7 less!
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