Retrun of the Darkside! (Completed 21.2lbs!)

[AtomicAtom]

Updated pictures of nearly complete build in first post!

 

[Neil G]

Looks great, 9 speed is the way to go too

 

[Rob1]

Really nice build that.

Is the lower half of your handlebar clamp on the moots stem cracked? Perhaps it's just the photo being a bit out of focus...

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[thrashin]

looks great Atom!

 

[AtomicAtom]

The Moots stem is not cracked, not sure what that line is. Didn't even see it til you pointed it out! I now have put one spacer above the stem and flipped it over to put me in a more aggressive position. Not used to having 100mm forks and I felt like I was riding to high up.

 

[alex1981]

How fast can you actually go with a chainset that small?

 

[AtomicAtom]

With a 32 x 11 I can go decently fast. The trails I ride don't have a lot of open space to hammer fast on. There is so much technical riding with rocks and logs that I'm Lucky to hit a long enough downhill to use my top gear. I have a larger front chainring to use if I find it to easy.

 

[alex1981]

Fair enough

 

[mickey@spooky]

Atom rides in the exact same area we originally designed the Darkside for back in '92. People used to make fun of us for riding rise bars...

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Weight: 21.2

yes! All your other rides were not sacrificed in vain...very cool