Month: August 2014

Bit of a thread resurrection:

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Brought the bike out of storage at the start of the year, and stripped it back to rebuild it as a Trail/Enduro bike.

Big changes are the Hope/Stans wheelset, 1×10 XT drivetrain and brakes. Almost the only things that remained were the Hone cranks, 36s and the frame.

Rides pretty well as a trail bike, and i havnt found much reason to upgrade to a newer frame yet (as much as i want to). Certainly doesnt bomb DH like the Cove Shocker i had in between, and doesnt climb like my mates Trek Gary Fisher Paragon, but its a good trail bike, mainly needs tweaking of pressures to get a bit better.

Fitted the OneUp 42T and RAD cage tonight:

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Plus cut down a e13 TRS backing plate to make a taco only bash guard:

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Will see how it all goes on the weekend, but seems to be shifting well on the stand.

Long story, but I have always wanted an older Demo, now i know that the geo isnt all the rage these days, and that some of the early ones had to deal with cracking issues in the shock cage, but ever since I saw the Collective guys railing them in The Collective and ROAM, i knew I wanted one. So about 6 years ago i bought one, but never did anything with it, and sold it off to buy a Cove Shocker, which found a miserable end at Thredbo.
However, recently ive been able to pick up an old 2006/7 Demo 9 frame off a friend who was splitting his bike out. So here i am building it up in a bit of a haphazard way, but really trying to build the bike that i wanted from 2006.

The core of it of course is an old Specialized Demo 9 DH frame:

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I have paired it up with some 2010 Fox 40s from on here:

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The rest of the bike is still coming together, although most of it will be the M810 Saint gear from the Cove, plus part of a DeeMax wheelset that I have had lying around for ages. Only problem with that is its a 135mm rear end, and im needing 150mm for the Demo. Until i find an old Silver/Yellow 2006 150mm DeeMax i have picked up a cheap Gravity rear wheel for the build to get it going.

Will post up more photos of gear as it comes in and goes together.

Some parts came in for this in the last week and i had a chance tonight to go screw some of it together:

FSA Gravity guide, with my old Hone cranks and an E13 guide ring:

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Plus mounted up the seat post and saddle and the Saint mech with the new jockey wheels.

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Decided to go the old IGA Black and Gold colour scheme 🙂

Headset arrived today, so i pulled out my hugely expensive headset press and went to town:

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Then i just assembled the front end:

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Funn Fatboy bars with RSX Light stem, M810 brakes, and Jet Black grips.

Had to run back upstairs, so it went back on the wall for now:

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Still waiting on the gold end caps for the shifter cable, and then i can get started on the last few little bits and pieces.

Rode into work via the Yarra trails today:

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Seatpost bolt gave up the ghost too, so i finished off the ride with just the sheared end holding it together….

So i needed a new seat post, and i grabbed one cheap from T7:

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Couldn’t resist more red anodising.

Plus i grabbed another stem while they were on sale, as the Crank Bros just didn’t quite feel right, so I’m experimenting with a 65mm rather than 80mm reach; as a slight bonus its 38g lighter. Just astounds me how light these stems are for such a chunky item.

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Mmm billet aluminium:

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Massive steerer stack for now as i decide whether ill stay with that length or not.

So i was resisting the temptation to weenie out, but it appears that Chops’ influence is too great.

I needed new discs anyway and so i grabbed Ashimas from Pushys cheaply to both fulfil the new disc part of the equation, and to shed a few grams:

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Had a spare 160mm front IS adapter lying around too so i got 140mm for the rear to see how it would go:

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Now 10.5kg.