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Cheesegrater
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Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:02 pm Posts: 192
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Lighten my bike
apparently 54lbs is tad heavy for Aston. Any thoughts on lightening? Things I'm willing to change are wheels and forks. Everything else can stay, i just want it sub 50's really.
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Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:21 am |
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Dave
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:14 am Posts: 1521 Location: Keepin' it Street
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lol i thought you were going for an all stength weight don't matter build due to the current choice of parts and i heard you were looking for double wide rims which are increadible rims but not for the weight weenies.
If you want to lighten it wheels and forks wise. Gotta be a choice between boxxer wcs, fox 40s, and white brothers grove races. Wheels wise hope pro 2s on mavic ex823s have the best strength/weight/price ratio, run them tubeless too. You could go lighter but depends how much dollar you got or how much you are willing to compromise on strength (which i wouldn't advise).
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Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:09 am |
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Cheesegrater
Junior
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:02 pm Posts: 192
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Dave wrote: lol i thought you were going for an all stength weight don't matter build due to the current choice of parts and i heard you were looking for double wide rims which are increadible rims but not for the weight weenies.
If you want to lighten it wheels and forks wise. Gotta be a choice between boxxer wcs, fox 40s, and white brothers grove races. Wheels wise hope pro 2s on mavic ex823s have the best strength/weight/price ratio, run them tubeless too. You could go lighter but depends how much dollar you got or how much you are willing to compromise on strength (which i wouldn't advise).
I was but it doesnt accelerate. After sleeping on it, im just going to keep going at it and try and get it to ride properly. Some one needs to take me to some drops, retore my faith.
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Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:48 pm |
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Dave
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:14 am Posts: 1521 Location: Keepin' it Street
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Yeah you should come down to the Hyde Heath drops, they are pretty sweet and this time of year is great for expanding them. Theres the Jah drop that we are yet to clear out. I expect there is more stuff yet to be found. If you did consider double wides they are amazing, the side walls are so thick and the rim is so wide that it is pretty much impossible to buckle it.
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Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:14 pm |
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Dave
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:14 am Posts: 1521 Location: Keepin' it Street
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Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:11 pm |
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Cheesegrater
Junior
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:02 pm Posts: 192
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Argh what happened there i posted but nothing came up.
Cheers Dave I've PM'ed the 05 guy, not a fan of 04 as they were rumoured to spike excessively.
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Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:30 pm |
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Dave
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:14 am Posts: 1521 Location: Keepin' it Street
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Really, i've always been told they were same fork different name to the 888rcs but anyway that set of rcs looks like a deal. Flat crown and rc2x spec, awesome.
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Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:33 pm |
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Cubbage
Master
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:00 am Posts: 575 Location: Aylesbury
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Yeah i was going to say, i would go for the 05 ones matey. From the description of the 05s, they sound alot better than the 04 ones you were looking at and the condition of the 05's sound better aswell. And as dave said you get the rc2x cartridge. The 05 ones are even
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:12 am |
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Cheesegrater
Junior
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:02 pm Posts: 192
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Got me some 05 Boxxer WC woop they look lush, apparently they have a Ti spring.
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:43 am |
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Dave
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:14 am Posts: 1521 Location: Keepin' it Street
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Nice man, best bodys to date I reckon. 8" lowers, slippery silver stantions, none of that maxle crap, can run ti springs. Greg mentioned you have 06 internals. If so you must have the ultimate boxxer fork.
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:58 pm |
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