Bling Bikes (almost up and running)

[flex]

WW, I'm interested in the Tune 'Quickie' Quick Releases, in red.

 

 

 

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[Weight Weenie]

Well Ruan Deysel is buidling it, ac hubs with the ceramic bearing and the mmx hoops, the light dt spokes(cant remember the name) and blue alu nipples, I know the ac bearing life is not great, but will still have my 355's with 240s for normal riding, wont be using the mmx much, race only, or that is the plan atleast...

 

I was looking at hub options but the importer told me only the ac and a2z will work, somtething about the flanges on the hub ?

 

Please fire away with suggestions if you think i should build it differently, but this for around 8k seems good value

[Weight Weenie]

pm me your mail flex if you havent allready, will let you know bout the qr's

[Racer X]

I'd go for A2Z hubs. Both A2Z and AMC come out of the same factory (Chin Haur). The A2Z, the new XCF/R i units, come in at at about a dozen grams lighter the AM units, ceramic bearings will knock you down another 10 to 15 grams. Rims are good, no question. Spoke wise. I'd go for either Wheelsmith XL 14, (DT Rev equivilant but slightly cheaper and lighter) or Sapim CX Ray (Again slightly cheaper/lighter than the equivilant DT Aerolite).

This build is identical to the stock Podium MMX one so you'll end up with a 1200 gram build. If you are keen on something lighter/ unique the save up a few more pennys and buy some Tune hubs (Prince/ Princess) and some Pillar PST TB Areo 1422 or X-TRA-LITE spokes.

 

Its up to you!

[mtb_Josh]

Got the e-mail. Looks good, I can see you spent quite a bit of time on it...

[Weight Weenie]

Thanks Josh, yeah I did, but no sense doing something halfway ey ?

 

Racer now I dont know what I want anymore , but if the stuff is already ordere I will have to go with that, otherwise I can maybe chop and change a bit

[Racer X]

Sorry have a habbit of doing that, I'm very weight concious myself so. Evert gram matters. 1 thing you gotta to remember is that at the end of the day a light bike is useless with out a decent rider. Do you ride on the road? Does that bike need some attention, what do you eat and what training apparatus's do you use? Invest broadly otherwise its a case of all your eggs in one basket.

[Weight Weenie]

Very true, Racer, very true. 

 

No I spent all my money on booze, womend and light bike parts for the mtb so no money for a road bike. Ok there is but Im more scared of cars than the Australian World Champs XC course so ill keep off-road dankie !

 

I do eat very healthy though, but need to train more specifically and start gymming a bit, got a book' mountainbiking training bible by joe friel' so that should help.  I see Brian Lopes is releasing a new version of his skills book, have the 1st one but will be keen to get this as well.  Bikes in good nic. 

 

Overall I have higher aspirations than my skills, money and training time can cover, but one has to dream and work towards something to keep motivated I guess. 

 

I sold a lens to cover the wheel cost so think ill keep the build as is, bearings are a maybe.  Will need some money for skewers, cassette etc so dont want to go overbaord, not till im making some money anyway

[Racer X]

Well it looks like you have your priorities set.

Structured training is the single most effective way, obviously, to improve your riding.

 

Skills books are great hey but 9 times out of 10 the best way to improve your technical abilities is to just ride more. Again though its a case of each to his own.

 

Wheels wise - okay given what you're budget then I'd say that you're on the right track. AC hubs are decent and well priced as are A2Zs, it comes down to colour more than anything else. AM units are only available in black while A2Z ones come in a full spectrum. Spoke choice, either Sapim CX rays or Wheelsmith XL 14's. Both are cheaper and lighter than DT equivilants. Make sure you have the spokes tightened up after the first couple of rides. They stretcg like hell and often need some initial looking after until everything is set and ridden in. Ceramic bearings - Well unless you go for full ceramics opposed to hybrid versions you won't be saving much weight, they are also prone to disintergrating in harsh conditions and they aint cheap to replace. KCNC skewers are about your best option when it comes to value/ weight for money. Tune's 33 gram set, ( name escapes me) is awesome but'll cost you a mint and save you 11 grams.

Cassette's - Not sure what you're after here, obviously Shimano's XTR is the benchmark in superlight weight cassettes, you then have Sram's new XG XXX 990 or what ever it is. It'l last you a life time as its made outa steel, price is the major imiting factor. You can get extreme and go for the likes of Recon/ Soul Kozak/ KCNC, unfortunately they make the above look cheap and unless they are full Ti, they won't last more than a dozen rides.

 

My 2 cents.

[Weight Weenie]

Hey guys just a reminder if you received a mail from me, please just open it, as I need to get the statistics up for my assignment.

Another mail will be sent tomorrow to all who opted in, so look out for that as well. 

Thanks,WW.

[Weight Weenie]

I mailed the supplier so just waiting for a reply about your goodies guys, will let you know soonest !

 

WW.

[javadude]

Hey, wheres my email, not often that I ask to be spammed and then I don't get it. 

[Weight Weenie]

Sorry Velo, didnt send to everyone, sending another today to everyone but I will forward you the 1st one as well

[Weight Weenie]

2nd one is on its way, have a look

[Weight Weenie]

Hey all, many thanks for helping with the newsletter, appreciate it !

 

Just an update - free local shippin for your first order before until 1 april 2010.  Also, if you're looking for Ax lightness stuff my order needs to go in before the end of the week, I cant get again for a month or two.

 

Cheers,

WW.

[Weight Weenie]

Unfortunately not, Its in the pipeline for me to get a bit of a workshop going so then I might do things like that, but not at the moment. 

 

If however you need weight weenie parts you are still welcome to chat to me.

 

WW.