My No Saint MaxAri R Carbon 7940g

[elasto]

Here is my No Saint MaxAri R Carbon.





















Frame: No Saint MaxAri R Carbon 17" 2009
Fork: Rock Shox SID World Cup 100mm 2010

Seat: Tune Speedneedle Alcantara
Seatpost: Fun Works S-Light Carbon Pro 31.6 x 350mm
Seat collar: Fun Works N-Light Titan 34.9mm

Wheels: DT Swiss 240s / NoTubes ZTR Alpine / Sapim CX-Ray
Skewers: Fun Works S-Light Carbon
Tyres: Schwalbe Rocket Ron Evolution 2.1"
Tubes: Stan's sealant

Brakes: Formula R1 Carbon
Rotors: Formula 160mm

Cassette: SRAM XG-999 11-32
Chain: KMC X10SL
Rear derailleur: SRAM X.0 (medium cage)
Front derailleur: SRAM XX
Shifters: SRAM X.0 Gripshift
Cable housing: Nokon

Crankset: SRAM X.0 2x10 GXP 39/26 175mm
Bottom bracket: SRAM Truvativ GXP Team
Pedals: Crank Brothers Egg Beater 4Ti

Handlebar: Ritchey Superlogic 580mm OS
Headset: Tune BuBu
Stem: Syntace F109 100mm
Grips: ESI Chunky
Spacer: 10+5mm carbon
Expander: Extralite Ultrastar
Water cage: eBay carbon

Weight: 7940g

[ww4]

2 words... BLING SWING!

[bencolem]

Hubba hubba

[sneeeky]

WOW!!!

[Juanmoretime]

Sweet, now it needs some dirt on it!

[elasto]

Thanks for all the comments! The bike is ready and the weight is actually 8380g now. I will switch to Rocket Ron's now, weight it and post some new pics.

EDIT: Edited first pics of the bike to this post, so i can allways post the newest ones in the first post. Here it was allmost ready. Just needed to cut the cables and rear brake hose.

[elasto]

FInally ready! Weight 8,6kg with the RoRo's. Now i have to wait for the iceage to end here at Finland so i can ride it!

[xnavalav8r]

That is sweet! I have a similar project in mind but have to put it off until next year. New baby in the house... good thing he is adorable.

[elasto]

Any suggestions for updates?

Chain: KMC X9SL Gold?
Cassette: Shimano XTR?
Wheels: http://www.r2-bike.com/notubes-tune-lau ... -king-kong <- What do you think of this set?
Forks: This is a big mystery for me. DT? Magura Durin SL? RS Sid Wc/XX Wc?

[Frankie - B]

Hi, that is a great bike you have there!

That veloce derailleur is a great touch on it. Personally I would have opted for a different set of wheels straight away, but the ones you are eyeing right now are pretty darn sweet! Gold chains are bad in my book I'd rather have a simple silver chain on my bike. The KMC's are good though. You might as well want to try a Record 10 on it.
Forks wise I can't comment. I have been away from the mtb game for to long. Maybe some other guys can chime in with good advise.

[elasto]

The wheels came with my previous bike which i got for a very good price. Many other parts are also from that bike including the forks, brakes etc. If I would have bought the wheels separately i would have choosed a different set of wheels.

The FD is quite a tank at 124g. And i have problem mounting it close enough to the chainring because of the water cage bolt.

[kristjan07]

Nicest NoSaint i'v seen for a long time.
Did you buy it from Hobisport?

What are the FunWorks parts weights? Do FunWorks parts look durable?

For wheels i recommend Bontrager RXL, or something custom on DT Swiss 240 hubs.

[range]

Nice hardtail!

[elasto]

Nicest NoSaint i'v seen for a long time.
Did you buy it from Hobisport?

What are the FunWorks parts weights? Do FunWorks parts look durable?

For wheels i recommend Bontrager RXL, or something custom on DT Swiss 240 hubs.

I bought the frame from my local bike shop here in Finland. It was one of the last old frames from Bornmann and there were no stickers left so that's why the frame is without any stickers. The weight of the frame was only 995g!

Fun Works parts are pretty good deal for your money. I have had zero problems with them, they look good, weight little and cost little too! The QR Skewers are my second set from Fun Works and no problems with both of them. These ones i have now are pretty much same as Tune DC16+17. Seat clamp works fine, i use carbon paste with it on the seatpost. Managed to round the ti bolt in it using a torque wrench though. Seatpost has been good too but i changed the lower cradle of the clamp to Thomsons before first ride. Gives a little more support for the seat rails.

Weights:

Skewers 42g
Seat collar (34.9mm) 9g
Seatpost (31.6x350) 137g original, 149g with Thomson clamp

[elasto]

New updates!

- Rock Shox Sid World Cup 2010 (1402g)
- Shimano XTR cassette 11-32 (224g)
- KMC X9SL chain (272g)
- Carbon bottle cage from Ebay (20g)

Still waiting for my new wheels and rotors. Will post some new pics of the whole bike when i get them and the bike is all build up again.