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Interesting arch on the magura...
Ahhh, Gold Psylo... good memories...
Where did you get your KTM colored grips? What brand are they?
Ahhh, Gold Psylo... good memories...
Where did you get your KTM colored grips? What brand are they?
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Lizardskins. You can get them lots of places I think, I got mine from chainreaction cycles
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I love those Panaracer Fire XC tires. They are definitely the grippiest tires I've used on my XC application.
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After much debating, I decided to give my old bike a new lease on life... 1999 Gary Fisher Kaitai.
It's got a 2003 or 2004 Manitou Black Comp fork & Xt front DR from years ago & ritchey spd's from years ago.
The new stuff is the SLX crankset, SRAM PG990 cassette, SRAM X-9 rear DR, SRAM X-9 shifters, SRAM PG991 chain, Avid Single Digit 7 V brakes + levers, Easton Monkeylite XC carbon riser, Oury grips, & 90mm Thomson X4 stem.
Not in the picture is a WTB Pure V race saddle & Thomson setback seatpost.
![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3088.jpg)
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![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3093.jpg)
Rides so much nicer than before, the SRAM 1:1 shifting is pretty slick, the carbon riser bar is very light and comfy, the Avid V brakes are great!!!
Handling & climbing improved. The bike feels lighter as well... I'm am very happy with how it all turned out.
Still sorting out the geometry... might go with a 70mm Thomson stem.
It's got a 2003 or 2004 Manitou Black Comp fork & Xt front DR from years ago & ritchey spd's from years ago.
The new stuff is the SLX crankset, SRAM PG990 cassette, SRAM X-9 rear DR, SRAM X-9 shifters, SRAM PG991 chain, Avid Single Digit 7 V brakes + levers, Easton Monkeylite XC carbon riser, Oury grips, & 90mm Thomson X4 stem.
Not in the picture is a WTB Pure V race saddle & Thomson setback seatpost.
![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3088.jpg)
![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3089.jpg)
![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3090.jpg)
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![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3092.jpg)
![](https://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/wildpanda86/Library-3093.jpg)
Rides so much nicer than before, the SRAM 1:1 shifting is pretty slick, the carbon riser bar is very light and comfy, the Avid V brakes are great!!!
Handling & climbing improved. The bike feels lighter as well... I'm am very happy with how it all turned out.
Still sorting out the geometry... might go with a 70mm Thomson stem.
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Nice bike, and nice FJ. I miss mine. was a 79 FJ7. How does the new ones drive. Been thinking about one...
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^^ I'm looking for an FJ45 but the darned things are collectors' items and pricey when you do find 'em.
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the FJs are pretty sweet, i see a flat black one around town quite a bit. makes me jealous but ill stick to my chevy. Oh and nice bike too.
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Promised someone I would post a chronology of the DH bikes I have owned, beginning with my very first non-DH/DH bike. My lust for speed and my addiction to gravity began when I plunked down for a FS Mongoose D50i at my local Costco (
).
It ended up getting a dual-crown Judy fork, Bontrager Crowbar bars, Rhyno-Lite/LX rear wheel, a Fox Alps5 shock and 2.35 Kenda Kinetics:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Past%20Bikes/Doug_Beacon_2001.jpg)
Then came my '00 Specialized BigHit frame that I fleshed out with my first sponsorship parts, courtesy of RST and FSA (one year with a 6" RST Alfalfa, the next on an 8" RST Sigma):
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Past%20Bikes/Dad_Beacon_02.jpg)
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Past%20Bikes/Beacon_Blast_03.jpg)
(note my home-fabbed "YZ" long moto-style seat - - an early DIY experiment)
Next was my Yeti AS-X. I loved that bike:
![](https://www.aimcomm.com/users/dminor/images/ASX_left.jpg)
![](https://www.aimcomm.com/users/dminor/images/ASX_right.jpg)
That made way for my first Transition - - a Gran Mal. My first ground-up build where I got to use all new parts:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/IMG_0108.jpg)
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/IMG_0106.jpg)
. . . and, of course, my curent steed - - Transition Blindside. Last year:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Blindside/IMG_0895.jpg)
This year:
![lol](images/smilies/lol.gif)
It ended up getting a dual-crown Judy fork, Bontrager Crowbar bars, Rhyno-Lite/LX rear wheel, a Fox Alps5 shock and 2.35 Kenda Kinetics:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Past%20Bikes/Doug_Beacon_2001.jpg)
Then came my '00 Specialized BigHit frame that I fleshed out with my first sponsorship parts, courtesy of RST and FSA (one year with a 6" RST Alfalfa, the next on an 8" RST Sigma):
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Past%20Bikes/Dad_Beacon_02.jpg)
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Past%20Bikes/Beacon_Blast_03.jpg)
(note my home-fabbed "YZ" long moto-style seat - - an early DIY experiment)
Next was my Yeti AS-X. I loved that bike:
![](https://www.aimcomm.com/users/dminor/images/ASX_left.jpg)
![](https://www.aimcomm.com/users/dminor/images/ASX_right.jpg)
That made way for my first Transition - - a Gran Mal. My first ground-up build where I got to use all new parts:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/IMG_0108.jpg)
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/IMG_0106.jpg)
. . . and, of course, my curent steed - - Transition Blindside. Last year:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Blindside/IMG_0895.jpg)
This year:
![](https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/Blindside_09/Reincarnated2.jpg)
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Nice.
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^^ I thought you were sponsored by Kenda. Did you go back to Maxxis?
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^^ Those were last-season's leftover Minions before I got on with Kenda. Has a set of 2.5 Excavators on now.
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Mmm. . .
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Wow. Cannondale technology advances at a blistering pace.
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2010, they will be offering a new fork similar to the Lefty but with the stanchion on the other side b/c most people are right-handed and inadvertantly tend to land with 68% of their weight toward the right half of their body. The Lefty will actually be discontinued. The Lefty hubs will still work, but they will be offering a special SI (system integrated) brake rotor that will be mounted on the right side with the rotor spokes still pointed the right direction.
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^^ Will it still be able to withstand Cedric boosting a 40' gap at Sea Otter on it? That, friends, is on a Lefty
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Looks like Paul Bunyan crushing motor homes while doing a stoppie...
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