I finally finished building this last night. Sorry its a bit dirty, I've been out on it all morning:
As you can see I did go for the orange in the end. Kind of wondering weather to leave the decals off as I like it like this.
I've gone for a retro modern build, I don't have the patience to hunt through eBay for NoS and I had all this stuff already from my DeKerf build so it made sense to do it that way.
So, how does it ride? In a word, small:- it feels tiny compared to my Dekerf and Caloi, it's really flickable through the trails and I can really hoof it up hills, bars could do with being a bit wider though.
Spec list is as follows:
Frame: Kilauea made from Columbus Cyber steel
Fork: Suntour Epicon - not to everyone's taste but great for the money and as good as the 2nd hand stuff I was looking at.
Headset: Sunline One - the second one I've used, and again great for the money (IMHO).
Stem: Bontrager Race
Handlebar: Easton Monkeylite XC Carbon Riser
Grips: Cane Creek - had these years - love 'em.
Brakes: XT V-brakes
Brake Pads: Yep, it's got some, cant remember who made them though.
Brake Cables: Shimano M-system
Brake Levers: XT
Shifters:
Front Derailleur: Deore
Rear Derailleur: '09 XT
Derailleur Cables: Shimano SIS
Cassette: Shimano Hyperglide HG
Chain: Wipperman ConneX
Cranks: '09 XT
Chainrings: As above
Bottom Bracket: As above
Pedals: DMR V12 - no clip ons here.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Hub Skewers: Bontrager
Rims: Bontrager Race Lite Tubeless
Hubs: Bontrager
Tyres: Specialized Storm 2Bliss
Tubes: Nope - Tubeless
Saddle: Bontrager Race Lite
Seatpost: NoName Carbon jobbie
Seatpost Binder: Woodman
Weight: Bloody light
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As you can see I did go for the orange in the end. Kind of wondering weather to leave the decals off as I like it like this.
I've gone for a retro modern build, I don't have the patience to hunt through eBay for NoS and I had all this stuff already from my DeKerf build so it made sense to do it that way.
So, how does it ride? In a word, small:- it feels tiny compared to my Dekerf and Caloi, it's really flickable through the trails and I can really hoof it up hills, bars could do with being a bit wider though.
Spec list is as follows:
Frame: Kilauea made from Columbus Cyber steel
Fork: Suntour Epicon - not to everyone's taste but great for the money and as good as the 2nd hand stuff I was looking at.
Headset: Sunline One - the second one I've used, and again great for the money (IMHO).
Stem: Bontrager Race
Handlebar: Easton Monkeylite XC Carbon Riser
Grips: Cane Creek - had these years - love 'em.
Brakes: XT V-brakes
Brake Pads: Yep, it's got some, cant remember who made them though.
Brake Cables: Shimano M-system
Brake Levers: XT
Shifters:
Front Derailleur: Deore
Rear Derailleur: '09 XT
Derailleur Cables: Shimano SIS
Cassette: Shimano Hyperglide HG
Chain: Wipperman ConneX
Cranks: '09 XT
Chainrings: As above
Bottom Bracket: As above
Pedals: DMR V12 - no clip ons here.
Hub Skewers: Bontrager
Rims: Bontrager Race Lite Tubeless
Hubs: Bontrager
Tyres: Specialized Storm 2Bliss
Tubes: Nope - Tubeless
Saddle: Bontrager Race Lite
Seatpost: NoName Carbon jobbie
Seatpost Binder: Woodman
Weight: Bloody light