Author Topic: It's 2016, still looking for a K2 Proflex 5000! (Read 21983 times)

serviceguy · « **Reply #45 on:** August 25, 2017, 07:26:35 am »

Thanks for the close up pic. Visually they look the same. Spacing side to side appears to be the same. My 5000 is only a frame as of now so the test should be pretty easy. Hard to judge the pivot placement from the pictures, in addition to yours being a way big frame and mine is a large, different chain ring specs may be deceiving. So your bike was designed like that ? I thought it was either a frankensteined hybrid or a WC replica.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #46 on:** August 25, 2017, 09:07:38 am »

When I was more active here there was a 'heads-up' craigslist post of a 1997 Proflex Team Race bike close to my home. The bike was supposedly 1 of 9 built for Beat Wabel who was on the circuit riding for Proflex. These never made it into production. The person I bought it from was a mechanic for Proflex working at Santa Cruz bikes.
It is XTR all the way around with Octalink I BB. Interesting it came with an NR-1 on the rear with an NR-2 for the fork.

I've ridden it some not that much and it hangs in my shed. The ride is sweet, very sweet for XC.

The swingarm matches up with a spare I bought years ago so I'm assuming the struts are also same dimension.

I'm pretty sure you could frankenstein one yet hoping the bearing placement was different to make my bike truly unique. I might pull the swing arm off and take more pics. Not that I doubt you but this has piqued my curiosity.

serviceguy · « **Reply #47 on:** August 28, 2017, 07:58:17 am »

Carbon, the bearing location may as well be in a different location, I guess the only way to know would be to measure it on a regular, production bike and in yours. The different size of the frames has to be taken into account as well, mine are all large size frames and your s is a way big.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #48 on:** August 28, 2017, 09:19:34 am »

I'm going to hold off taking the swing arm off...you should too. The cantilever arms are a RPITA to put back on.

The sizes wouldn't make a difference in bearing placement.

a) production costs of EVO frames with cantilever swing arms.
b) chainstay lengths are same

Only difference I know is waybig sizes have longer crosslink fork legs and ULM (if you have a crosslink)

Main reasons for going with the cantilever swingarm was increase in travel and a much more stable rear shock (less yaw forces)

I'm going to check a few other things and get back later today or tomorrow.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #49 on:** September 02, 2017, 04:25:26 pm »

So finally got around to pulling the swingarm off and checking for a serial number.

No serial number

Offset swingarm bearing placement.

Is the bering orientation/ position the same as an EVO?

serviceguy · « **Reply #50 on:** September 19, 2017, 01:11:44 pm »

Sorry for the massive picture, it's a different angle but the pivot location seems very similar if not identical.
Cable passage are different, with the K2 version having only one cable on the drive side.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #51 on:** September 20, 2017, 03:51:04 pm »

I think you may need to reduce the kb of your photo....couldn't see it. INterested in seeing it!

serviceguy · « **Reply #52 on:** October 04, 2017, 07:55:55 am »

Oops, not sure what happen. Resized it now.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #53 on:** October 12, 2017, 09:30:13 am »

The max size you can post one photo is 128kb.

You probably need to reduce the kb instead of dimensions and then just upload from your desktop.

There are online converters for this or you can download a program called irfanview (I use irfanview) and do it on your computer.

serviceguy · « **Reply #54 on:** October 12, 2017, 11:33:14 am »

Quote from: Carbon_Angus on October 12, 2017, 09:30:13 am

The max size you can post one photo is 128kb.

You probably need to reduce the kb instead of dimensions and then just upload from your desktop.

There are online converters for this or you can download a program called irfanview (I use irfanview) and do it on your computer.

Carbon,

I reduced both dimension and size (as a result), the picture looks fine now in my post. Can you not see it?

http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/MGalleryItem.php?id=609

shovelon · « **Reply #55 on:** October 14, 2017, 06:25:19 am »

Quote from: serviceguy on October 12, 2017, 11:33:14 am

Quote from: Carbon_Angus on October 12, 2017, 09:30:13 am
The max size you can post one photo is 128kb.

You probably need to reduce the kb instead of dimensions and then just upload from your desktop.

There are online converters for this or you can download a program called irfanview (I use irfanview) and do it on your computer.

Carbon,

I reduced both dimension and size (as a result), the picture looks fine now in my post. Can you not see it?

http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/MGalleryItem.php?id=609

I see it fine. Have not kept up with the discussion though.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #56 on:** October 14, 2017, 11:35:40 am »

Now I do!! thanks. Can't tell you why I couldn't B4.LOL

It looks similar, yet I'd like to see a pic similar to the one I posted. Don't take it off...it's hard to get back on but if anyone else is servicing their EVO with swingarm off I'd like to see a straight on pic.

serviceguy · « **Reply #57 on:** October 16, 2017, 11:13:03 am »

Quote from: Carbon_Angus on October 14, 2017, 11:35:40 am

Now I do!! thanks. Can't tell you why I couldn't B4.LOL

It looks similar, yet I'd like to see a pic similar to the one I posted. Don't take it off...it's hard to get back on but if anyone else is servicing their EVO with swingarm off I'd like to see a straight on pic.

I am most definitely taking it off at some point. I've done the 4000 and the Bumpy Monkey (with the latter being way worse). When I do I'll take a pic.

serviceguy · « **Reply #58 on:** December 23, 2017, 12:31:39 pm »

It's official. Now on my 4th k2/Proflex 4000/5000/EVO frame. I have a disease and it's not the terrible cold that is preventing me from playing in the garage with the 4000 blue frame that I just got on e-bay.

DugB · « **Reply #59 on:** January 12, 2018, 06:43:38 am »

ServiceGuy, did you see this one? Bummer it doesn't have the Crosslink, but...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/232626754958?ul_noapp=true

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