Aaaah... these youngsters do not remember we were riding 72º HA not so long ago 

Haha! No, think about it this way - I've been riding on 71 HA for "few" years and now I have tasted the progressive geometry - don't want to go back

Sorry but 69 HA angle is nothing near "modern" or "progressive" geometry

Any new HTs with modern geometry? I'm looking for something like BMC twostroke

Any opinions Matt?

Hello

This is my oldschool (lmao) 26" bike I built month ago. Ordered frame from flyxii, it took 3 weeks to come to Poland. Only problem I had was with headset - ordered it by myself - NECO H373 didn't fit well, had to replace the top spacer - FSA one did the work...

I have checked the weight of 90% of parts, some are not weighed - approx. weight is about 9.55kg

Short specification:

Suspension
My old (but gold) Rock Shox SID Race, it's in brilliant condition, done service this year - working great

Drivetrain
I bought new SLX M7000 GS-11spd derailleur and set it with my 10spd Sunrace MX3 11-42 cassette - works perfect, shifter is deore 10spd, cranks are standard Shimano HT2 with HCC Components 34T chainring (also have chinese 30t for some tougher terrain)

Wheelset
ZTR Alpine + XT hub front - about 600g, rear is ZTR Crest + SLX hub - don't know the weight - wheels were build by bargains found on local "ebay" in time when 29" boom came, a lot of ppl were selling 26" parts very cheap - I weight 75kg, they saw mountains couple of times and no problems at all

Tires
Front - Mitas Scylla 2.25 tubeless incoming, at the picture - S-works ground control 1.9 (sic!), rear - Racing Ralph 2.1 tubeless

Brakes
Front - brand new Deore m6000, Rear - M675 lever + M665 caliper

Other parts
Tomtou seatpost - I'm really impressed by production quality, on last bike I had some "replica" of Ritchey and it looked like crap
Tideace handlebar 720mm - it's okay
ESI grips - love them, tried the chinese replicas but they sucks, maybe somebody has a better chinese source of them?
Rockbros bottle holder


What's next?

I'd like to order some chinese carbon saddle - actual one doesn't fit to the rest of the bike (colour) also it weights about 260g, however I'm afraid if it wont crack - I weigh 75kg + backpack
Stem has to be changed, crappy counterfeit of Ritchey, weights a lot, looks shitty
I plan to go into 1x11 next season with 11-46 (or even 11-50 if SLX will handle it)

I have no "cap" under my BB so all mud goes through the derailleur link, is this normal? I will make picture today and add here, maybe someone have any idea how to fix it?



Cheers!