Sub 7.3 kg/6.4 kg 29'er project buildthread finished pic p 6

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Martin.F
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by Martin.F

6.5 kg as pictured, race ready for the gravelmarathonraces of Norway!

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KennethC
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by KennethC

Nice build :D

Whats the name of the rigid fork?

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Martin.F
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by Martin.F

Thanks! The fork is from flyxii.com or e_baygoods on the bay :)

facelessfools
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what version of the mack front hub did you get? mine was 80g for the front..

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Martin.F
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Superlight one for QR. 28h. Yours was 80? Lucky...

facelessfools
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it might have been the bearings used. mine are 32h and the rear was 200g flat too...

stuka666
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by stuka666

Hi there,

First of all, nice bike, congrats :D

Can you tell us what kind of problem did you had with your first set of wheels?

I'm thinking of lacing a bor xmd333 up with an extralite Hyper JF 15mm on the front, and I'd like to know what kind of problems did you had with your wheels.

I'm just going for such a light hub on the front, I don't like very light hubs on the rear, mainly because of the freewheel that tend to be fragile.

Cheers

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Martin.F
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Stuka: Thanks!

My rear hub chipped the teeth on the floating ring this part. On the front there were no problems at all.

stuka666
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Thanks for the answer :D

Waiting on more pics :P

anquetil
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At the end you will found, that this "project" was stupid, and you will raid on 8kg hardtail. But everybody must trie once :)(like me :))

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keunes
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What is your experience with the flyxxi rigid 29 fork? It is so cheap that i don't expect it to be very good....

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Martin.F
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The fork itself is ok. But it came with a slightly off-size steertube dimension and crown race setting dimension. When sandpapered it works ok though! It's actually a little bit flexy even for me, so heavier riders should stay away.

It was not a stupid project, it did what it was supposed to do (bring me superfast over a mountain). Now I'm making it more off-road friendly with knobby tires and suspension fork.

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