That's what I was thinking... Plan B then. Mount folding lock on bottle mount and use a rucksack with drinking bladder.

Cheers

I've had the clone for a while now and ultimately felt that the 150mm travel was too much of a good thing...

So after scratching the hell out of it due to my errors during transport I got it repainted and decided to go full "Down Country" on it.

The forks are now 120mm SID Ultimate with a Slack R -1.5°, A SIDeluxe Ultimate damper and the Specialized ST Damper extension to allow for the 190x42.5 damper.

With various other Race Face and SRAM components weight is down to a very reasonable 11kg, running Newmen Carbon rims and 2.3 tyres from Conti.

Head Angle is approx 65.5°, effective seat tube angle I still need to calculate.

Love the handling of the bike and the 120mm front and back is more than enough for my riding.

What do you think? Sacrilege or

Cheers

Guy

So, I've had the had the Stumpies clone for a good few months and generally love it. Had some issue with bolts as above but only that the front bolt for the damper didn't screw in fully and as told to 7se some force by AWST... Bolt broken and I bought a new suitable bolt.

However, i have ruined the paint on the frame through stupidity and transport so want to repaint. Was thinking tradiotnal Stumpie silk matt anthracite with red, but any other suggestions? I don't want a "bright" frame so main colour should be black/grey... Looking for inspiration....

I was told it’s 160mm, i‘ll install 180mm

Here my Part List i‘ll Go with

Fork Fox 36grip2 (2019 160mm)
Damper Fox Float x2 (2021 210/50)
Brake magura mt5 (203/180)
Seatpost specialized
Wheels dtswiss M 1700 spline
Sram nx groupset

Rest i‘ll search in my lost and found Boxes

Now i‘m waiting for some Parts and Protection foil. First thing i did was disasambling everthing. The bearings Are Not Made for dirt, these came with a Metal Seal. No Bolt was greased and set with loctite.
The Paintjob Looks Good only Part where it’s Not Good is like the other Said at the bearing an screw points. The headset cap won‘t work there is also a Spacer missing. That‘s it for now Hope the Post man will bring the rest till weekend Starts.

Great thanks Goodzilla, I also got confirmation after a few days that it's a 160mm on the rear. Which is fine for me.

Nice set-up by the way. I'll be doing the same and stripping it back before building it up.

Good luck with the postman... I've finally got all my parts and it's turning into a frankenbike to some extent due to parts availability and my stupidity in ordering parts 

Cheers

Guy

Hi All,

Quick question, what size rotor does the frame use on the rear? Is it 160mm or 180mm?

Thanks in advance.

Guy

So the day of reckoning has come...

All the parts are here, except the wheels which should be ready to collect tomorrow.

Unfortunately, here in Oman nobody wanted to touch the frame to paint it and I'm not prepared to give it a go and screw it up. So, I'm going to build it as it is and then look to getting it painted once I've moved to Germany.

Here a couple of pics of the parts to hand. Will post the others once the wheels have arrived. For those interested in weight, I'll weigh all parts separately and then the whole bike once completed to give an approx measure for the the weight of incidentals like grease, tubeless liquid, tape etc.




I'll build the bike over the next week I guess as pretty busy at work and planning the move to Germany with the family. Will also be challenged as  I don't have a workshop stand so could be an interesting build....

Enjoy

Guy

Hi All,

Can anybody point me in the direction of good quality replica decals for the frame?

Ideally looking for gloss black. I've seen loads on eBay and elsewhere, but kit sure of quality. Looking for the "Transfers type not the thicker vinyl type

Thanks

Guy

Emu26,

I paid over the odds tbh, it was AUD880 shipped to Oman without 10% GST. However MRSP in Europe is EUR549 which is approx. AUD870, however they were offering it online for AUD530 ex VAT but with a delivery date pushed from mid May to August 2021.

The shop in  Australia was called Cyclinic in QLD and retail price was AUD779 + GST, so AUD856.90 for local purchase.

The problem is there are NO forks available here and European shops are not officially allowed to ship to Middle East directly for certain products like RockShox and Shimano, so I would have had to pay 20% VAT and shipping to get a fork here from Europe.

For a similar price I could have got a RS Domain, but that weighs 2.3kg so 300g heavier. For less money a Judy 35. Fox forks are all priced at EUR900 ex VAT and I wasn't prepared to pay that.

Another problem was availability as touched on above. Most shops have hardly any stock and don't honestly know when they'll get stock so for MTB parts it's a sellers market currently.

Cheers

Guy