Yup, I think you guys are right. It is a small and that one pic of the 3K finish bike looks EXACTLY like it. It will be interesting to see how it holds up. The owner is a team rider and she rides the piss out of that thing! She has the bike up north now, but I'll tell her to keep an eye on those rear bolts that hold the chain stays to the dropouts.
I know they sell the 036 branded with their name, but not sure what this one is. Was hoping someone might know. The owner of the bike is a friend of mine.
So, some of my riding buddies have been so impressed with the punishment I have put my bike through (and a few serious crashes), that one of them forked up some greenbacks and I ordered him a frame that I will be assembling.
So far, the build will be SRAM XX1 11 speed drive train, Fox Stepcast 32 fork (black), Hope Tech3 X2 Brakes, and a slightly used set of Easton wheels with MI hubs from his backup bike. We are working out the details on some of the other components, but once I have more info and pics, I will post them.
He ordered the same size frame as mine. Currently, mine sits at 20.3lbs with GX drive train and carbon wheels from Peter. I think my my wheels will be a little lighter, but his drive train is considerably lighter. Hopefully his will be sub 20lbs when complete.
Yes Peter! That looks like them! Thank You and just hit me up with an email to confirm they were sent.
Team Work! Thanks for the assistance!
Carbon_Dude, The one on the far left looks exactly like what I have on my CS-MB01 frame from Peter. Ironically I broke one, but I have several extras as I ordered another frame for a friend of mine and we got a few extra sets.
Does anyone have a set of 057 rear dropouts they could sell me? I ordered a frame for a friend and it came with the Thru Axle installed. When we tried to install the QR ones, they are not correct for the frame. The supplier sent me another set, but they are the exact same as the first and while he is trying to figure out why he has the wrong ones, I need to resolve this asap.
I am in the USA, so best option would be for anyone state side to sell me a set.
Hey Carbonazza, I meant to update this some time ago, but I've been busy and my spare time has been in the saddle. The bearing recommendation worked and my bike is now silent.
For the rest of your monitoring my feedback on this frame, I have managed to crash it pretty hard a few times, gotten it all scratch up where I picked up some barbed wire with the back tire and ripped off the derailleur hanger (had to order replacement), and fell into some cypress knees with direct impacts on the frame. So far so good! Other than it looks like hell now, it's riding great.
Through all of this, my skills have greatly improved and I am able to ride all of Markham park, including advanced trails and All of Alafia minus the one crazy drop and jump in Moonscape trail. I've really tortured it over rock gardens and jumps and the frame is still stiff. Currently I am putting about 85 - 100 miles a week of offroad riding on it.
My riding partner has been so impressed with it (probably my crashes more than anything), I ordered him the same frame and will be building his bike up with the Fox StepCast fork and SRAM xx1 11 speed group set. I'll post more info on the build once the frame arrives.
That's about it for now. Keep pedaling and banging trails!
I had someone asking me about 29+ size bikes and frames. Not too much out there at the moment, but I found this frame to be interesting since the chain stay design allows for a more standard BSA/BB30 68-73mm Bottom Bracket. Basically if he doesn't like the frame, going to something else with his group set would not be too much of a hassle unlike some of the other frames that are built on the wider BBs like fat bikes.
Just wondering if there is a review or conciseness on this particular frame?
Quick question, I just received an 057 for a build and as I am looking at the cable routing, I assume the housing for the shifter butts up to the frame, and the steel cable runs through the teflon tubing.
However, for the brakes, they will be brake line hose, not cables. I am wondering how to get the hose run through the frame. Any suggestions?
Just came across this item on aliexpress. I've bought headset bearings before, but this one is about 40% of the price of the last one I bought. Also they have all common sizes.
Hope this helps someone out there with a case of the creaks...
I'm running the non-padded version of the saddle that Carbonazza posted (he actually turned me onto these). You will be able to find it fairly easily on Aliexpress. I do 25-30 mile rides off road and I can tell you it's the shape of the SMP style saddle that makes it so wonderful. I have no issues with 2 - 3 hour rides on it because the cradle shape distributes your body weight across more contact area and relieves pressure from directly under your sit bones.
I think you will be totally happy with it, but if you ride rough terrain, find one with Titanium rails. My first one was a G-House model with carbon rails. I broke the rails after about 10 rides and I'm only a 155 lbs rider. Since I switched to the titanium rails, I have been trouble free. Also I ride over 100+ miles off road per week, so it's gotten quite a bit of use to prove it's worthiness.
I've also got the 30mm wheels... was running out of $$$ so I went with the Novatec hubs. The rear hub nut came lose, but I prob should have checked it first before I put it on the bike. All is good after tightening. I'm on a hardtail and I beat the living crap out of them and they have held up fine. Got mine from Peter as well along with my frame. Hope to get a second set with DT Swiss and better freehub by summer. I will buy from Peter again. Very happy with the product.
Boy was it a fun morning today! It was my first time there and I rode some pretty sick stuff. Even went off a huge drop with 4 feet of vert at the top!
People sometimes ask "Mountain biking in Florida? There are no mountains..." Correct, but there are loads of old phosphate mines, an abandoned attempt to cut a channel through the state back in 1971, and other interesting things that leave us with some pretty sick trails. If you ever make it to Florida, you NEED to hit Alafia State Park! Put it on your biking bucket list for sure!
NOTE: This was my first time ever on these trails. I went in blind on a lot of it and had to depend on watching the guy in front of me to know what features were ahead.
This is the tail end of the Moonscape segment. Loads of ups and downs. At about 0:19 in, you hear me groan. That's because I am deathly afraid of heights, and the shoulders are the trails all but disappear. Also, I wipe out at the end.
This segment is known as Bridges. Fast with some drops and jumps.
Gatorback segment. Some seriously steep climbs. The camera doesn't do it justice
Rabbit Ears - Short but nice section
OAF - A small but fast little downhill. Had to be careful because some of it was bi-directional
I have a few more to upload. I will add them once they are up.
Can you do a video where the rear "suspension" is showing how it's working?
The bike is a hardtail. I have some video somewhere though that does show how the kevlar gives a little relief though. I'll have to find and upload it.
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Is it a phone you have on the stem? If so, how is it attached?
Yes! It's an iPhone 6. I am running Strava and connecting a Coospo heart monitor and a cadence sensor. It's attached with a rubber phone mount I bought at Walmart for $16.00. I don't recall the manufacturer, but I will shoot a pic and send it to you. The brace you see up in front of it is one of those headlight mounting thingys. They are on aliexpress and I actually use it as a crash bar to protect my phone. I had the one with the single aluminum strut, but hit a tree and broke it. This time I got the double strut one. $8 bucks for a bumper vs replacing an iPhone. :-)
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