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Component Deals & Selection / Good price for Fox 32 Float ctd remote?
« on: March 18, 2015, 10:52:06 PM »
http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/fox-32-float-29-ctd-remote-fit-100-tapered-qr15-432377/wg_id-8720
Anyone know if this is a particularly good price on this fork?
Also for the IP-036 with a L or XL frame 100mm or 120mm appropriate?
Anyone know if this is a particularly good price on this fork?
Also for the IP-036 with a L or XL frame 100mm or 120mm appropriate?
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29er / Looking for advice on build.
« on: February 16, 2015, 11:20:35 PM »
Have been away a while and lurking recently again. Did a bunch a research a while back when my bikes direct bike HT was stolen. Picked up a used cannondale prophet FS 26er to race on in the meanwhile.
I'm getting back to the desire to build a bike instead of pick up another used or bikes direct bike.
Never really solicited crowd advice yet, curious what y'all think.
My background:
My primary bike use is adventure racing (or bike orienteering) which tends to have lots of road riding and usually less technical mtb terrain. I mean it is really not fun hauling 30+lbs of Cannondale prophet with a full race pack up the side of a mountain. My only other use is training for races and sometimes I join the roadies on my MTB for long rides instead of using my old trek road bike.
Id consider myself an early intermediate mountain biker who is willing to be ballsy come race day... Or if biking at night (always love doing things at night I wouldn't do during the day!) Anyway if stuff gets too steep/ hairy I'm walking. But been getting better over time.
I'm guessing light weight and road efficient is probably my number one priority while being technically capable.
Oh and some nice big disc rotors... Had run in with brake fade while trying keep my bike under 60mph on a very steep long mountain road on a mcguyverly repaired tubeless tire that delaminated, bubbled and exploded on me leaving me a tennis ball sized shredded area. Long story short I'd like to try to reduce having to worry about brake fade again if it makes sense.
I'm trying to keep the build around 2k give or take a few hundred and will be selling the prophet to help fund the new bike (which is sad since the FS was fun to ride, definitely made things a bit easier too)
So suggestions? I'm thinking HT 29 spending the money on the rims and frame with moderate components otherwise and a lockout fork. Imagine a FS with lockouts on both rear and front might be out of my budget... and maybe even counter intuitive to meet my needs.
Not in a rush as I still have the prophet so I will try to snipe good deal on the components but I'd like to try to get the ball rolling soon. Really appreciate any advice!
I'm getting back to the desire to build a bike instead of pick up another used or bikes direct bike.
Never really solicited crowd advice yet, curious what y'all think.
My background:
My primary bike use is adventure racing (or bike orienteering) which tends to have lots of road riding and usually less technical mtb terrain. I mean it is really not fun hauling 30+lbs of Cannondale prophet with a full race pack up the side of a mountain. My only other use is training for races and sometimes I join the roadies on my MTB for long rides instead of using my old trek road bike.
Id consider myself an early intermediate mountain biker who is willing to be ballsy come race day... Or if biking at night (always love doing things at night I wouldn't do during the day!) Anyway if stuff gets too steep/ hairy I'm walking. But been getting better over time.
I'm guessing light weight and road efficient is probably my number one priority while being technically capable.
Oh and some nice big disc rotors... Had run in with brake fade while trying keep my bike under 60mph on a very steep long mountain road on a mcguyverly repaired tubeless tire that delaminated, bubbled and exploded on me leaving me a tennis ball sized shredded area. Long story short I'd like to try to reduce having to worry about brake fade again if it makes sense.
I'm trying to keep the build around 2k give or take a few hundred and will be selling the prophet to help fund the new bike (which is sad since the FS was fun to ride, definitely made things a bit easier too)
So suggestions? I'm thinking HT 29 spending the money on the rims and frame with moderate components otherwise and a lockout fork. Imagine a FS with lockouts on both rear and front might be out of my budget... and maybe even counter intuitive to meet my needs.
Not in a rush as I still have the prophet so I will try to snipe good deal on the components but I'd like to try to get the ball rolling soon. Really appreciate any advice!
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29er / Considering building my first bike... could use help!
« on: May 26, 2014, 06:13:22 PM »
Just had my mountain bike stolen yesterday (sad day).
Now that I'm going to be in the market for a new bike I'm thinking about building 29er using a Chinese carbon frame with my fallback being ordering another bike from bikesdirect. Soliciting help!
I was riding a Bikesdirect Gravity29Point3 19" purchased 2 years ago and was my first mountain bike. I should probably have gotten the 21" frame but the 19" hasn't been bad at all.
What costs should I be expecting to incur to be able to build a 057 carbon bike build with good but not great components? What might I be able to get in the $1000-1200 price point? There a good budget conscious way to get a lefty fork to drop some weight?
I remember back before I got my old bike there were discussions on buying a bikesdirect bike and a chinese frame and just moving parts over to the carbon frame, which was a little too much of an investment for me at the time.
Is this still done or worth doing? Buy a bikesdirect bike and move parts to a carbon frame?
My background:
I got into mountain bike for adventure racing and bike-orienteering purposes. I'm not a crazy technical rider and if things get too steep or rocky I tend to hike-a-bike, hopefully this will change someday but I've already tore one labrum
Adventure races I do tend to last 6-24 hours and about a depending on the event 25-50% of the time is spent on the bike on road/fire-road/technical singletrack.
I'm not the most well versed in bike parts/etc. Not sure how different the group sets perform compared to one another (i.e Sram X9 vs XX1 etc) just what I can google.
My Goals:
(1)
I'd love a lighter bike to reduce effort on elevation climbs during long endurance events.
Also I have to partake in the occasional bike-whack (aka carrying my bike up the side of a mountain, off-trail through bushes/etc)... so lighter is better.
(2)Trying not to break the bank... if I can match the level of quality in my old bike but reduce weight I'd be happy. Any specific targeted upgrades that make sense (wheels/etc) would be welcomed.
My current fallback choice is: The next model up of my old bike Gravity 29.4 in 19" just cause it's currently $700 at the moment in the 19" size (link for reference: http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/gravity/29point4.htm) if this falls through I'd look for another bikes direct bike in the $650-900 range.
Now that I'm going to be in the market for a new bike I'm thinking about building 29er using a Chinese carbon frame with my fallback being ordering another bike from bikesdirect. Soliciting help!
I was riding a Bikesdirect Gravity29Point3 19" purchased 2 years ago and was my first mountain bike. I should probably have gotten the 21" frame but the 19" hasn't been bad at all.
What costs should I be expecting to incur to be able to build a 057 carbon bike build with good but not great components? What might I be able to get in the $1000-1200 price point? There a good budget conscious way to get a lefty fork to drop some weight?
I remember back before I got my old bike there were discussions on buying a bikesdirect bike and a chinese frame and just moving parts over to the carbon frame, which was a little too much of an investment for me at the time.
Is this still done or worth doing? Buy a bikesdirect bike and move parts to a carbon frame?
My background:
I got into mountain bike for adventure racing and bike-orienteering purposes. I'm not a crazy technical rider and if things get too steep or rocky I tend to hike-a-bike, hopefully this will change someday but I've already tore one labrum
Adventure races I do tend to last 6-24 hours and about a depending on the event 25-50% of the time is spent on the bike on road/fire-road/technical singletrack.
I'm not the most well versed in bike parts/etc. Not sure how different the group sets perform compared to one another (i.e Sram X9 vs XX1 etc) just what I can google.
My Goals:
(1)
I'd love a lighter bike to reduce effort on elevation climbs during long endurance events.
Also I have to partake in the occasional bike-whack (aka carrying my bike up the side of a mountain, off-trail through bushes/etc)... so lighter is better.
(2)Trying not to break the bank... if I can match the level of quality in my old bike but reduce weight I'd be happy. Any specific targeted upgrades that make sense (wheels/etc) would be welcomed.
My current fallback choice is: The next model up of my old bike Gravity 29.4 in 19" just cause it's currently $700 at the moment in the 19" size (link for reference: http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/gravity/29point4.htm) if this falls through I'd look for another bikes direct bike in the $650-900 range.
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