A little while ago i was chatting to a mate about his weight weeny aspirations and how he was building up a new Anthem Advance carbony thing, and would be selling off his 2006 Reign 1.
I said that i wouldnt mind having a squiz and probably helping him sell of some of the parts if i wanted the frame.
I then spent another month or so trying to convince myself that i didnt need a dually again and i was happy with my hardtail.
Anyway everything fell into place and suddenly i was put in the sticky situation of explaining to the missus that i had just bought another bike.
Oh and now i have this frame and wheels sitting in my garage:
[img]http://mcm.smugmug.com/photos/405237625_FPitG-XL.jpg[/img]
I then fully intended on not spending any money until i got back from overseas, until some kind soul advertised a set of Codes on here for what i considered a bargain (and he did too), so they are currently being shipped to me.
Everything else off that bike has been sold and im intending on building up the Reign using components off my current bike:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27379-1/IMG_0516.JPG[/img]
My current spec list for the Reign looks like this:
Frame: Giant Reign 1
Shock: Fox Float RP23 7.825×2.25″
Forks: Fox Vanilla 36 or RockShox Lyrik
Wheels: 2005/2006 DeeMax
Brakes: Avid Codes w. Red Straitline levers 203/185mm rotors
Cranks: Shimano Hone
Pedals: Wellgo MG1
Chain Device: E13 LG-1 (doesnt officially fit, may change in the end)
Chainring: E13 38T
Stem: DaBomb Fuse
Bars: Titec 700mm 25.4
Grips: Oury lockons
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 25-11
Shifter: Shimano XT w/o display
Tyres: Maxxis Minion/Highroller combo
Im currently trying to decide on a colour scheme. Red appeals to me, and the Straitlines coming are red, so i was considering picking up some red lockrings for the grips, and red chainring bolts and heatshrinking the brakelines with red heatshrink for a bit of bling. Still not sure on that one though.
The real casualty in all of this is my Scott YZ0 pictured above, which will no longer be my do it all bike. Its being relegated to purely DJ and maybe some light DH duties.
Its likely spec list will be:
Frame: 2006 Scott Voltage YZ0
Forks: 2007 RockShox Pike 409s
Wheels: Mavic EX721s laced to XT rear and Aireal front w. Dabomb single speed kit and TN 14t cog
Cranks: Truvativ Husselfelt
Brakes: Avid Juicy3 6″ rotors
Bar/Stem: Azonic PDW w. Amoeba Borla, JetBlack grips.
Pretty simple on the YZ0 front, and it should be a pretty burly little DJ bike. Hopefully it wont be overly heavy either. Will probably need a tensioner of some sort though, thinking just the Simple Tension Seeker or similar.
What do people think of those suggested spec lists? Ideas? Which forks should i get on the Reign?
Got home today and my wife had taken delivery of these during the day:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27538-1/IMG_0048.JPG[/img]
1.1kg for those plus the packaging, so not the lightest setup in the world, but should stop well enough 🙂
Oh and a quick happy snap of the Reign in its current habitat
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27547-1/IMG_0051.JPG[/img]