About the project, and a little bit about me:
For the upcoming season I've started building a light 29'er. I've been on the road for a year or two now, doing the occational MTB race, and now I've decided to do more XC and marathon races. I've debated a lot with myself wether to go for a 29'er or to build an even lighter 26'er. I took a look at my races and where I lost time and where I gained, and found out that I lost a lot of time in the technical parts of the laps. This is due to my training being 95% on the road, so little to no technical training

So I decided to go for a 29'er, as most of the races I'm going to do is fireroad races with parts of technical terrain, and some of the less technical XC races. That's the type of races that suits me best and the ones I find the most fun. I'm a ATM 68kg rider hoping to reach 65kg by the season, and I've never broken a part unless there was a really hard crash. I'm either gentle or lucky


I haven't recieved the frame yet, so I'm leaving it as a surprise. What I can say is that I got a good deal, and that it's NOT a Scott scale. Also, no lefty on this build. For the easiest courses I will be running a rigid fork, hence the 6.4 kg.
So, less blabber, more pictures. I'm starting at the front and working my way to the back of the bike.
Pictures of parts!
Handlebars
The lovely AX-lightness Poseidon. I'd might go with bar-ends at some point, and I got the UD cheap. I'm a student, so not an unlimited budget. I'm used to running 600mm wide ones, but this time I went with 620mm. It has a 25.4mm clamping area. The scale shows 94 grams, so it's possible I'd might get a Schmolke TLO or an Ax Hera 3k to save some grams in the future. We'll se. For now, this is OK.

Ax-lightness Poseidon by Martin.F., on Flickr

AX-lightness Poseidon by Martin.F., on Flickr

AX-lightness Poseidon by Martin.F., on Flickr

Ax-lightness Poseidon by Martin.F., on Flickr

Ax-lightness Poseidon by Martin.F., on Flickr
Stem
The beautiful Extralite UL3. I guess this doesn't need an introduction, as everybody has seen it before. It looks gorgeous! I got mine in 100mm length, and I guess I'll be using it pointing downwards, with the logos upside-down. It comes in at 86 gms.

Extralite UL3 by Martin.F., on Flickr

Extralite UL3 by Martin.F., on Flickr

Extralite UL3 by Martin.F., on Flickr

Extralite UL3 100mm 25.4mm 86 gram by Martin.F., on Flickr
Grips
I'm not sure which ones to use. I guess the ones that looks the best with the build. I bought two different ones, the KCNC moosgummi and the Extralite ulgragrips. Just by holding them in the hands, the Extralite feels more comfortable, but the red colour on the KCNC looks awesome! No matter what I'll use the lightest plugs, and they will be cut to fit well with my shifters. The Extralite weigh 16g+3g and the KCNC 12g+5g

Extralite ultragrips by Martin.F., on Flickr

Extralite ultragrips by Martin.F., on Flickr

Extralite ultragrips by Martin.F., on Flickr

Extralite ultragrips plugs by Martin.F., on Flickr

KCNC moosgummi grips by Martin.F., on Flickr

KCNC moosgummi grips by Martin.F., on Flickr

KCNC moosgummi grip plugs by Martin.F., on Flickr