What year is my Proflex?

[orange]

I used to have one of them too in Way Big size (red) and Large (Grape colour), but didn't like them as much as my 855 (can't really pinpoint why, just didn't like them as much) so sold them on.

[jeffgothro]

Mabie it had something to do with the carbon fibres ride quality...I owned a Giant Cadex a long time ago, one of the old lugged frames and I didnt like it either, thought the overall ride characteristics felt like crap. I'm actually a steel guy, dont care for aluminum much either...I like it better then carbon or ti though, but that doesnt really apply to a full suspention bike. I do own an aluminum Ironhorse Yakuza, and actually I kinda like it, quite a bit in fact...suprizingly, I would prefer steel but cant really afford a steel frame I would be happy with, not to mention part swaps and upgrades...even more $$$.

[Old Proflexer]

i had a 6 and a 7 - the 6's are classic.

make the bike your own - don't worry about original equipment especially the brakes and seat (and the fork)
i guess all that's left is the frame, but that's the part that can't be beat.

when it comes to saddles, nothing beats my 'koobi' -

OP

[kiwi]

it is an 856.But the last of the 856 were sold with the gdt etc.Re the ghost shifting and shifters.The ghost shifting is probably caused by the silly short cable between the frame and first swingarm stop.The best fix is to route a oune peice cable(preferably a low friction type from at least the last stop on the frame through the swingarm and onto the rear d.Exaxtly the same now but use housing all the way through the swingarm(eliminate the two stops on the swigarm itself.)The sram/trigger debate is up to you.

[jeffgothro]

Thanks Kiwi, actually on my old 856 I had shimano trigger shifters and I owned that bike 3 years or so I think and if memory serves me I never once did I have to adjust the cables or shifters, if I did it was only a quarter turn on the adj. barrel every once in a great while.

And I was actually considering a DH seat, I had one on my old 856 and loved it. I was gonna put my Flight ti seat on, but its rather old and kinda beat up and thought it looked kinda ragged on a new looking bike so I opted out...changed my mind. The seat I have now aint to bad around town, but anything over 5 miles and I start to feel it after a while.







Dont know if this is an actual DH seat, but its similar to the one I had minus the slit in the middle, this peticular one is leather, ti rails and on sale at performamce bike for 40$. I think the slitdown the middle might be good, my current seat (which I believe is stock) is giving me the most problem in my scrotem area.

[Simon]

If you really wanna see what can be done with an old 856 then here 
You will find on this site many idea's of interest.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5085/856xcfauxbarsu3.jpg


http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7900/856suspensiongh5.jpg

Simon.

[jeffgothro]

Oh wow...great bike Simon, looks like you have some very modern mods going on there, please explain the rear shock linkage, rear disc brake and those little round braze-on thingamajiggys where the brake bosses were?

[Simon]

Oh wow...great bike Simon, looks like you have some very modern mods going on there, please explain the rear shock linkage, rear disc brake and those little round braze-on thingamajiggys where the brake bosses were?

The rear linkage is based on the Faux bar design
the other little thingamajig things are another mounting for a shorter strut (off which I have made) this give more travel .
Shame I can't find a pic of the rear disc mount (gallery gone  ),thats a welded on item with the brake hose traveling through the s/arm.
All this was hand made in my garage,didn't take to long.

Some explanations found here  .

http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/index.php?topic=1671.0
http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/index.php?topic=1418.0
http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/index.php?topic=1256.0

[jeffgothro]

Thats way cool, thanks for sharing that with me man.

I was thinking the other day after my 856 arived (and while I'm sure other improvements can be made as you have) that the only thing missing (for me personally) I could think of are disk brakes, for the original girvin fork and swing arm.

[Old Proflexer]

pay no attention to the barrage of endless improvements for your ProFlex from our resident evil engineering genius Simon -

when caught in his web, he'll have you regularly ripping your bike apart and re-engineering your new frame and all it's systems from the ground up,
the bike will be constantly at the welders or some machine shop and literally, there'll be no time to ride it  

OP

b.t.w. - my mods for cross link disc adaptor should work well for your original girvin fork -

[jeffgothro]

And where can I see that at...got pics/links?


Yeah, I'm not to big on doing a bunch of stuff to it, not to the extent simon has gone, cant really afford it anyway...I'z a po' boy.

[Old Proflexer]

was in the 'how to's' near the top but the link appears to not be working

OP

[jeffgothro]

I dont see a "how to" link...in any case that looks super cool and very professional.

[shovelon]

was in the 'how to's' near the top but the link appears to not be working

OP

MMMMMmmmm, sexy