Author Topic: whats your dream bike? (Read 9156 times)

dan_irby · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2003, 01:23:50 pm »

Tirade with Noleen Nr-2 and WTB tires with thin side walls. hehehehe

bikendan · « **Reply #16 on:** February 07, 2003, 07:52:47 am »

I have to pick the titus switchblade, since the dream would be so costly, it would have to be a do-all bike.
psylo or fox fork, xtr drivetrain, hope mini discs, cris king headset/hubs, crossmax rims, wtb saddle, easton bar, odi grips, hutchinson tires, thomson stem/post, and the new time freeride pedals. Sluuurrrrpppp!!!!

d1sc0ver · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2003, 05:24:20 pm »

'03 Santa Cruz Heckler:

-5th Element upgrade
-hand polished upgrade
-Truvativ Hussefelt crankset w/ Sealex SL bb
-SRAM X.0 drivetrain
-Time ATAC Z pedals
-Easton cockpit
-ODI grips (Yeti GS size)
-King headset
-RS Psylo SL
-Avid Mech. Disc brakes
-WTB Speed V saddle
-Intense DH 2.35 tires
-WTB Laserdisc DH wheels and hubs

This 'DREAM' bike will be a reality by fall '03!!!

IFO · « **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2003, 05:50:29 pm »

dam disco u had a super nice bike spec'd till u hit upon the RS pyslo...

a bike that good deseveres a better fork...

theres plenty of better SC's and a few short travel DCs that'll still allow u to pedal well and offer the ride a DC can only provide...

defintly look into teh entire Sherman lineup....

d1sc0ver · « **Reply #19 on:** February 15, 2003, 06:05:07 pm »

The only reason I put that in there is because my current Psylo XC is working well for me now, and I have no experience w/ other longer travel sc's or shorter travel dc's.

As always, I'm very open to suggestions and opinions for my spec.

IFO · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2003, 06:56:14 pm »

if u wanna stay SC look into a FOX vanilla RLC.
or a sherman Flick/firefly...

or if a DC tickels your fancy get a Sherman slider DC, or a 03 boXXer race (set to 6")..

both of those forks can be ridden quite easily as a Epic/all mountian type ride....

certainly not XC, but the rest of your parts spec aint XC anyways....

p.s. the Intense tires u listed are DRY specific tread... hope u realise that...

they are beyond teerrible in teh WET...

d1sc0ver · « **Reply #21 on:** February 16, 2003, 02:47:13 am »

I checked out the Flick after reading your first post...It looks like a good choice.

The tires are some that you actually recommended to me a while back in a thread on the old forum, I'm in so. Arizona and we just went through our monsoon season, that means extremely dry conditions for a long, long time.

Dennis · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2003, 09:41:45 am »

ok, so I spent some time with MS Excel and a few web sites to completely spec out a Foes Fly with Curnutt rear shock and Shiver DC fork. It all added up to a little over 6 grand. wow!! thats probably about what I've spent on the Oz, geez, I hope not. but the Oz was spread over a couple of years so it didn't hurt as much, but I'm not done yet.
anyway, the Specialized Big Hit Expert (I think thats the one - its all silver) lists for about 2700 with a Junior T fork. thats much more realistic and may be doable.
I have been fantasizing about Plattekill and Killington during this snow storm (2 feet right now and still coming down real good) and I think I need a pseudo DH bike in addition to the Oz and the yet to be built awesome road bike, so right now my dream bike is the Big Hit Expert. I wonder how much a shop would charge to swap the Jr. T out for a Shiver DC?

IFO · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2003, 10:03:42 am »

prolly around a 400$ to swap to a Shiver...

good choice on the BIGHIT expert...

once u ride it, your OZ will never leave the closet again...

heres a half-decent shot of my 03 Expert on Grousse...

http://idriders.com/cgi-bin/album.pl?photo=03-02-09-Fromme/IMG_0003.jpg

oh and bikes are cheaper in Canada. if u can get across the border to purchase, the Expert is only about 3600$CDN...

p.s. teh fact your 6G$ into your OZ is more then a little OMG....hope your happy with it...

jedoaks · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2003, 10:53:38 am »

Hey Ian, nice bike. Med size feel any any different? Now this defies the laws of physics, you talked Dennis into a Bighit. Dennis, enjoy it. Now you can keep your OZ as a show bike. Rich

Dennis · « **Reply #25 on:** February 17, 2003, 11:18:25 am »

IFO,
that Big Hit sure looks awesome. how come you have a Manitou? did you swap out the fork too? the Specialized website says it comes with a Marzocchi. Did you change anything else? cheaper in Canada? pick one up for me, ship it to me, and then I'll think about whether I should pay you back or not!!

anyway, I don't think I spent 6G's on the Oz, maybe more like 4.5G or 5G, but I'm still spending. It was just a thing (and still is) with me to build an amazing bike where I got to pick all the parts instead of someone else. I am VERY happy with it, can't wait to get the Fox fork and discs installed. The Oz is very much of an ongoing project. the CF frame just inspired me, I guess.

"Now this defies the laws of physics, you talked Dennis into a Bighit. Dennis, enjoy it. Now you can keep your OZ as a show bike. Rich "

Nah, the Oz will be ridden, and ridden hard. If I do manage to scrape enough money together to get a Big Hit, I will have to travel to use it. no mountains here on Long Island!!
however, Plattekill (one of 5 best mountain biking ski areas according to Bike mag) is only 2 or 2.5 hours away, and I don't work in the summer!!

IFO · « **Reply #26 on:** February 17, 2003, 12:17:17 pm »

first off my 03 BIGHIT expert is a Small...

secondly i bought it frame only...everything on my bike is hand picked cuz its what i wanna have on it...

just like your "crush'd OZ"...

p.s. i went small cuz i knew the geo. of teh BIGHIT so well already, i knew a Small would actually be better for my riding style...

i had to strecth the cockpit a tad, but i was looking for a reason to get a RACEFACE diablous stem anyways...i can still get proper leg extension on teh small to pedal effectivly, yet also have a huge amount of standover and room to move about teh bike when riding techy sections... and im 6' on the dot to...

my basic build kit looks like this:

03 BIGHIT expert (dreamy silver) no its not actually polished althou it appears to be...

01 Manitou Xvert carbon DH 7.3" travel
Grimeca system 11 hydros 203/165mm
RaceFace Diablous stem,NS DH cranks,BB/realseal headset
WTB speed V saddle
Easton EA70 monkeybar
SRAM 9.0 drivetrain/with a 13$ Acera shimano E-type frt.D
SRAM pc59 chain (9 speed of course)
26/24" SUN doublewide rims (gotta get em mounted yet)
26x2.8 Michelin comp32
24x3.0 Duro wildlife leopard
Azonic fusion MAG flat pedals
ODI yeti full length grips
BMX-style metal bar-end plugs...

only thing left to get for my ride is the new 03 Easton EA70 seatpost...

http://www.eastonbike.com/COMPONENTS/post.ea70.html

that seatpost is MINE....

Dennis · « **Reply #27 on:** February 17, 2003, 12:22:55 pm »

gotcha, everyone's got a dream!

Dennis · « **Reply #28 on:** February 17, 2003, 11:53:08 pm »

IFO,
since you bought your bike as a frame, may I ask you how much you got it for? Did you get it with shock? also, if you don't mind my asking, about how much do you think you spent on it altogether? thanks

also, if you're 6 ft and ride a small, I assume that I at 5'7.5" (that last .5" is VERY important!) that I would need the micromini size. true?
thanks for the input.

Di.R.T. · « **Reply #29 on:** February 18, 2003, 02:55:27 am »

If I could get my large 5500c on a diet, down to 23lbs, it would be my dream bike. Already it is down to 26lbs, and I know I could knock off another pound, but a pound isn't worth it. Three would be.

Anyway, I've owned steel, alum, ti and carbon hardtails. I've ridden/demoed a few fullies and nothing has beat out the ride of my 5500 yet, except on the weight grounds. Long hauls are a bit for me on it.

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