1999 Specialized S-Works FSR XC M4 Build Thread

[ExpertBlay]

Rear shock going off for a service.

 

[ExpertBlay]

After chatting to Jeroen from the mtbmuseum last night he has inspired me to rebuild this bike into a ridiculously lightweight one like his haha! This means it won’t be a replica of my dads bike anymore but I will keep the parts just incase I want to swap them all over again which is no biggy!

I think I’ll keep my dads original extralite stem on the bike as I don’t think I’ll find one lighter, I was looking online last night after talking to Jeroen and I found some v brake levers that were 23g each, not too pricey either at £90 a pair, if you was to purchase the actual v brakes themselves I think that was around £300+ so I don’t think sticking with the XTR’s that are already on it would be a bad thing. But at the same time I’ll be attempting to make it as light as possible so I probably will change the v brakes too.

I know v brakes won’t make a massive difference but that will be the start of a long and pricey rebuild, I don’t even think I’ll have it finished for Christmas and I certainly won’t have it finished for the summer….maybe if I win the lottery?

Thought I’d add some photos of Jeroen’s bike so you can get an idea of why I’m doing it. Jeroen has customise his rear dropouts to sliding ones for other reasons but I will NOT be doing that as I like to keep the main things original, I don’t think my one will be as light as Jeroen’s (at 7.9kg!) but I can give it a good go!

 

[Mod-Master]

7.9 kg!

 

[ExpertBlay]

7.9 kg!

It’s ridiculously light, 17.42 pounds!

 

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These are the v brake levers I found last night, KCNC? Never heard of them but they seem too get good reviews.

 

[Mod-Master]

K cnc is a good brand.

 

[ExpertBlay]

K cnc is a good brand.

I’ll keep the thread updated as usual, got too finish my Marin mount vision which is nearly complete then I can start getting on with this.

 

[ExpertBlay]

After having another look online it looks like both KCNC VB1`s weigh the same as 1 XTR v brake.
Maybe it is worth the upgrade although I probably won`t even tell the difference.

 

[ExpertBlay]

Oh no

Has anyone got an FSR XC chainstay???

 

[ExpertBlay]

It’s okay guys!
Just bought a whole new bike just for the chainstay lol, shows how much I love the yellow one ay?

Will be stripping this and selling off the bits I don’t need, already have someone interested in a few bits.

PM me!