Giant Anthem x3 with lots of upgrades!

scratchy27
scratchy27 Posts: 13
edited August 2011 in Your mountain bikes
My Giant Anthem :D
It gets very well used and handles everything i throw at it from xc races to weekends away to Afan, Brechfa, Coed y brenin etc....tho i do put on a shorter stem and a Rocket Ron 2.25 for the Wales trips :D
As quick as mates on Orange 5's Treks ex 8's and Spesh Enduros on the downy bits in wales (bottom out the suspesion tho) and thrash them all on the uphills :D:D

Let me know your thoughts about anymore upgrades....

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Frame: Giant Anthem x3
Forks: Fox 32 F100 rl
Bars: Easton monkeylite nt
Stem: Giant connect 100mm
Grips: Specilaized xc
Bar Ends: Easton ec90

Front Brake : Hayes stroker trail
Front disc: Ashima airotor 180mm
Rear Brake Hayes stroker trail
Rear Disc: Ashima airotor 160mm

Shifters: Sram xo
Front Mech: Shimano xt
Rear Mech: Sram xo

Seat: SDG bel air rl
Seat Post: Easton ec70
Seat Post Clamp: Hope

Cranks: Shimano xtr 960
Chain: Kmc x9-l gold
Cassette: Sram pg980 9 speed 11-32
Pedals: superstar mag lite cnc
Bottom Bracket: shimano

Front Wheel: xtr 975
Tyre: Nobby Nic 2.25 tubeless

Back Wheel: xtr 975
Tyre: Racing Ralph 2.1 tubeless

Weight : 24.8 lbs :D [/img]
2010 Giant Anthem
2011 Giant Tcr

Comments

  • chrisjnr19
    chrisjnr19 Posts: 231
    I love those colours, It looks bloody great! :D

    How are you finding the Ashima's, very tempted by those?
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  • scratchy27
    scratchy27 Posts: 13
    Thanks Chris!

    The Ashimas work well and are very light but i haven't used them in Wales yet!
    Reading reviews of them before i got said that they don't suit all brake calipers and you can get a 'pulse' feeling when braking.

    I sometimes wish i had got the floating xtr or xt rotors instead tho :?
    2010 Giant Anthem
    2011 Giant Tcr
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    looks nice, your front tyre looks like its on backwards though. is that a deliberate thing or am i wrong (this does happen on the odd occassion!)
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  • scratchy27
    scratchy27 Posts: 13
    I just checked the front tyre and i'm glad to say it's on the right way :)

    I have got this wrong before :oops: .......more than once :lol:
    2010 Giant Anthem
    2011 Giant Tcr

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