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  • 1 month later...
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You can pry mine from my cold hands when I'm dead....

:D  :lol:

concurred! I'm lucky mine's a small otherwise there'd be a good chance I'd find myself stuffed in a car's boot, wrapped up in a carpet ...

Edited by L.T.G
  • 3 months later...
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will have to SEARCH to find a before pic icon_lol.gif 

Read up on best options on converting my Specialized S-Works aluminium full-susser - bike is sentimental, since I did 3 x Cape Epics (very tough 8-day South African stage race, now acquired by Iron-man, incidentally!).

Recovering from a broken leg, 30km ride in to work, accross some steep/very steep hills/mountain road... (60km road trip, but will be commuting IN one day, then HOME a day or two later, etc)
Also, Cape Town has REGULAR Gale-force or near gale-force winds in Summer, usually of 3 days + duration...!

So I chose a MID-drive, since I plan to acquire a set of 27.5 wheels kitted out with off-road tyres to play on the weekends.
my COMMUTING setup is 26 inch wheels, with high-pressure MTB slicks and tyre-liners front and rear...

Went with Bafang 500 W motor (BFS02?) and 11.xAh Dolphin battery, etc.
Incredibly, and a first for the bike shop that helped me with installation, we managed to fit the 'Dolphin' INSIDE the pretty-small, reduced-size triangle...!

I was accepting of the rear-rack option, but ideally WANTED it low and central, and achieved this by just SLIGHTLY reaming out the two holes in the track, that then affix to the bottle'cage mounting points...
I wanted low C.o.G. and I GOT low C.o.G.... icon_biggrin.gif 

Bike shop took apart the existing Bafang break-lever, and then constructed a switch fabrication to work with my hydraulic brakes...

Did my 1st test ride, same distance, and also up a mountain, and bike performed as good as - better - than I expected!

Pics attached.

Cheers
Chris / Cape Town

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These are our families bikes, followed by my two on their own, Epic and Tarmc....

 

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a632/patchelicious2/All1_zps3f6996d2.jpg

 

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a632/patchelicious2/All2_zpse53b88d5.jpg

 

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a632/patchelicious2/All3_zps8f59a9a2.jpg

 

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a632/patchelicious2/Marilyn_zpsac5f5a7c.jpg

 

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a632/patchelicious2/Lafonda_zps18f48c0a.jpg

Sjoe when I saw BB liking this post from 2014 it was a real TBT.

 

How things have changed.

 

I halved my Spez Collection to just 1:

 

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/Patch-elicious/SWorks_zpsdhz7rtlq.jpg

 

However my old man has more than doubled his collection, he has 9 I think, 8 in the pic below, but a Spez Track bike has been added to the collection since this pic.

 

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/Patch-elicious/Spz%20Collection_zpsyb3x8x8y.jpg

Edited by Patchelicious
  • 1 month later...
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My first Specialized ride...
Decided to get a frame only and do the build myself using a combination of components I had and getting the rest to keep within budget.
Details are:
  • 2013 Stumpjumper expert carbon evo frame
  • Shimano drivetrain combo of SLX M7000 (crankset) and XT M8000 (cassette, deraileur, shifter)
  • SLX M675 brakes with ice tech rotors
  • Nukeproof :nuke: cockpit with warhead 50mm stem, warhead 760mm riser bar and lock-on grips 
  • RS Pike RCT3 140mm fork
  • RS Reverb dropper (Still need to get a longer hose so I can use the 'semi-internal' routing)
  • Rapide TR 29 wheelset with 27mm internal width
  • Spez ground control 2.3 rubber front and back
I am absolutely loving this bike!

 

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Edited by Wombat83

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