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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: July 13, 2016, 07:04:51 AM »
New wheels on the 062 Singlespeed. Weight dropped from 1765 grams to 1575 grams.

Total bike weight is down to 21.1 with heavy SLX trail pedals. My goal is to eventually get it below 20 with pedals but I think it's going to be tough without dropping a crap ton of money. I know the stem is one relatively cheap place I could save some weight as it's an OEM stem from my daughters GT Avalanche. The other place is the crankset. I could loose 100 to 150 grams by going with a Sram carbon direct mount setup or 250 grams with a RF NEXT sl crank. But those will be $200 or $400. The seatpost weighs in at 240g, I'm not sure I can save a whole lot there and still have some setback.

So with my wife's build almost wrapped up and starting to collect parts for the builds for my 2 daughters, I don't think there is much bike money left for me.  :o



I scored my Next cranks on Pinkbike for $250 including the chainring. They're a couple years old but in great shape. With the release of the new G4 Next SLs the older ones have dropped in price a bit. I was extremely impressed with how stiff and light they were. My eBay carbon seatpost weighed in at 215g and if I recall correctly it was $21 shipped but it has no setback. My girlfriend is short as well so we trimmed about 3.5" off of it so it's even lighter now.

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29+ & 27+ / Re: Can 29er MTB frame assembled with 27.5er wheels?
« on: July 11, 2016, 08:42:05 PM »
Has anyone tried the 2.8 Rocket Rons? I'm going to use a 29mm ID rim with a 2.8" tire on my M062 frame but I'm liking the weight of the Rocket Ron for the rear... just want to make sure it'll fit!

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: July 11, 2016, 08:00:01 PM »
Started building this bike for my girlfriend so she'd have something decent to ride, and it ended up snowballing pretty bad. I spent over twice my initial budget, but it sure is a fun bike  ;D I have a 95-120mm Talas fork on the way that I'm going to try out as well. I also plan on going with a 27.5 30mm ID wheelset and 2.8 rocket ron's to give 27.5+ a try.

BB92 M-062 Frame
Raceface Next SL crankset with 32t NW and Cinch BB
Tioga plastic pedals
Atomik Carbon Trail rims laced to I9 Torch hubs
Maxxis Ardent 2.4 front and Ikon 2.2 rear
XX 10spd cassette
Zee shifter and derailleur
Formula C1 Brakeset with 160mm Formula rotors
Fox 32 100mm fork
Easton Haven Carbon 711mm bar
Straighline 50mm stem
ESI Chunky grips
eBay carbon seat post and quick release clamp
Charge Spoon saddle
X10SL Chain

21.1lbs




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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: June 28, 2016, 08:51:32 AM »
First post here! Ordered an M-062 last week and happened to stumble across this thread last night. I'm excited to get the build going and learned quite a bit from this thread. In inquired to see if they could make the frame with a matte 12k finish as well.

I'm planning on having two wheelsets, one of them being a 27.5+ after seeing bxcc's success. I'm also going to put a 120mm front fork on it with a short stem to make it a bit more playful.

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