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emilkastrup
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by emilkastrup

Hi my name is Emil and i am from Denmark, i am 15 years old so my budget is some times a little tight but i try to get my bike as light as possible, you might know one of my friends Anders we are in the same club. Here is the spec list of my mtb as it stands right now but soon i will add a Spinner Aeris (God that fork is nice) and a extralit stem plus a Kcnc seatpost. The bike weighs 10,7 kilograms but when i get the new fork and stem mounted it should do about 9,7-9,8 kg. I am hoping to get some pictures online soon with alle the new stuff.

Frame: Cube Reaction Race 05

Fork: Manitou Black Super

Wheels: 240's with dt spokes and mavic 717 rims

Tires and tubes: Maxxis Ignitor (470 gram) and michelin latex tubes.

Stem: Heavy syntace :?

Bar: BBB carbon bar (actually only 120 grams)

Grips: BBB foam grips (easier to mount than ritchey)

Bar ends: Ritchey WCS

Shifters: Sram X9 twisters

Rm: Sram X9

Fm: Shimano XT

Cables: Those who came with the shifters :)

Seatpost: Cubes own brand (heavy)

Seat: Fizik Aliante

BB: Shimano Lx

Crankarms: Shimano lx with only two chainrings (44 and 32 i think)

Skewers: Shimano xtr

Headset: Fsa something

Seat clamp: no name

Brakes: Hayes Nine with shimano centerlock rotors.
Probadly the youngest ww in these forums, only 15 years. Also one of the best mountainbikers in my category in Denmark.

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Rogue
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by Rogue

Welcome. Good to see yet another dane on this forum. :welcome:
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emilkastrup
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by emilkastrup

Than you but i was thinking about getting an other seatpost do you guys have an other suggestion, it just needs to be as cheap and light.
Probadly the youngest ww in these forums, only 15 years. Also one of the best mountainbikers in my category in Denmark.

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Rogue
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by Rogue

Why not get a New Ultimate? They are light and fairly cheap.
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emilkastrup
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by emilkastrup

yes i was looking at that too but the kcnc is cheaper and my budget is not that big
Probadly the youngest ww in these forums, only 15 years. Also one of the best mountainbikers in my category in Denmark.

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by Lukas Koukal

Try to pick up a KCNC post on ebay.de, there are some very good offers on them (new posts). As You´re only 15, You´ll have to find somebody who can buy it for You, but that shouldn´t realy be a problem.
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