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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: December 29, 2014, 04:49:28 PM »
Quote from: cmh on December 28, 2014, 06:31:50 PM
The ESI grips are primo, you're gonna like them. I go back and forth between ODI Ruffians and ESI grips, but my wife's been running nothing but ESI for years now.

Sounds good! I've only read good things about them!

Quote from: ponderosa on December 29, 2014, 01:31:27 AM
Not going to pretend to be all that experienced here, but I would add $110 to your budget and get the carbon wheels from Iplay or similar on Novatech hubs for $560.  I just got the 30 millimeter id rims, & I will be darned if these are not Roval rims, (which with DT hubs cost $1500).   these are going to be an awesome upgrade to ride on, but beyond that, the thing I'm most excited about is not having to true wheels as frequently, or likely at all! These wheels are Beefy, strong, and light.

I would REALLY love to have carbon wheels also, but it depends on how cheap I can get the other components :-).

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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: December 25, 2014, 08:42:02 AM »
Christmas time!

I've got these ESI Chunky Grips as a present, they look and feel very nice.


I plan to buy the: M786 rear derailleur and the M785 brakes in january.

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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: December 03, 2014, 09:38:00 AM »
UPDATE

Just a little update, I've bought the Race Face Narrow Wide 32T chainring in green! It looks nice.

Here it is!


And I didn't show you the Shimano 16T cog in the last post, so if you wanna know then it looks like that.

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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: November 21, 2014, 03:42:38 PM »
Yeah Vipassana I rushed home from school to buy it!

And by the way it was at the german shop called Rose. They have great reputation in Germany. And I live in Denmark so the delivery wasn't very pricey.

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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: November 18, 2014, 08:23:00 AM »
UPDATE

So I found an offer on the RockShox Reba RL at 300$! And there was only 1 left, because of that I bought it.

It's the version with: 100mm, Tapered, Maxle Lite. The fork pump and service kit was included!

Here is a pic:


I did also buy a Shimano 16T cog for the XT cassette if I'm going to make the OneUp upgrade. I know that they also include a 16T cog with their 42T cog, but I just read on some forums that it ain't that good.

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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: November 07, 2014, 02:52:10 PM »
Thanks for the feedback guys.

I would also be most happy with carbon wheels instead of alu, when (almost) all the other things of the bike are made of carbon. I'm looking forward to see which decision I make! :)

But my next item on the shopping list is:
Shimano XT M785 Brake Set
Shimano XT M786 Shadow+ GS Derailleur

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29er / Re: Velofranner's Build
« on: November 06, 2014, 04:56:50 AM »
Thanks for the suggestion JohhnyNT, I will try to consider that. I've also looked at the XMIPLAY IP-HR930C with the DT 240S hub even though they are over my budget! They just look very nice!

Here is a little update of the components I got:

I like these blue boxes :)

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29er / Velofranner's Build
« on: November 05, 2014, 12:56:47 PM »
Hi All

So I've just received my first components for the build! And I thought it was a good time to start this build thread :)

I'm planning to have the build done next summer (It's a long time away, but I can manage it). Currently I don't know quite yet to get the IP-057 or the IP-256, but I think I will buy that eventually, so there is much time to think. I'm also a bit unsure which wheels I'm gonna buy, so if you have any suggestions then they are welcome, but a price around 450$ would be great.

All my carbon parts is gonna be UD Matt, and with green: ESI Chunky Grips and a Race Face Narrow Wide chainring it's gonna look great I think.

I will update the thread when I get more components. I will also post pictures of all the components.

UPDATE
I will buy the IP-036 frame instead.

And finally here is my build list:

The blue boxes is the things that I currently have bought.

/Velofranner

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29er / Re: IP-057 Frame Size
« on: October 15, 2014, 03:05:47 PM »
Hi guys

Thanks again for the info! :-)

I actually managed to measure my inseam a bit more precise: 87cm instead of the 89cm. But I don't think it change anything you have told me yet.

Hope to hear from more

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29er / Re: IP-057 Frame Size
« on: October 12, 2014, 03:53:46 PM »
Thanks for the help guys! :)

But I will just wait and see if there are more who had the same decision to make, before I buy it.

And by the way, my build is gonna take some time, I don't quite have the money to all of the components right now.

So I think it's gonna be done next year.

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29er / IP-057 Frame Size
« on: October 12, 2014, 10:52:45 AM »
Hi all

After reading so much about the IP-057 on this nice site, I decided that I will build a "chiner" myself.

But before I can buy the frame I need to have some advice on the frame sizes. My height is 186cm and my inseam is 89cm, I don't know if I should go with the 19'' or the 21''?. I asked Peter from XMIPLAY and he said I should try to ask you guys. I have also tried to find the answer in the big thread on mtbr, but with no luck. So I hope you can help me decide.

/Andreas

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