There's a new love in my life...

[Nelson]

We met last friday, and I forked her this week. Some Might call her anorexic, but at 41 pounds, I don't mind. Right now im only at 6" up front, but I'm gonna boost it to 7" on Sunday. Here's a couple Shots:

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0023.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0023?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0022.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0022?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0021_001.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0021_001?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0019_001.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0019_001?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0018_002.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0018_002?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0016_002.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0016_002?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0015_002.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0015_002?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0014.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0014?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0016.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0016?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0019.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0019?full=1)

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album86/PICT0013.sized.jpg (http://atn.pfak.org/gallery/album86/PICT0013?full=1)

Fork - Marz 66RC
Rear Shock - Swinger 4 Way
Headset - FSA Orbit
Rear Derailleur - Saint
Front Derailleur- Saint
Crankset - Raceface Diabolus
Chainguide - E.13 DRS
Shifters - Sram Rocket
Cassette - XT 12-32
Chain - Deore
Bottom Bracket - Raceface X-type
Pedals - Specialized Lo-Pro Mag
Front Hub - Hadley 36H
Rear Hub - Hadley 36H 108 Point
Rims - Mavic EX721 36H
Spokes - DT Swiss
Tires - Michy COmp 16/24 With Ghetto tubeless
Brakes - Shimano Saint 8"
Brake Levers - Shimano Saint
Stem - Thomson Elite X4 50mm
Handlebar - Easton EA70
Grips / Tape - ODI Ruffian MX
Saddle- Titec Ithys Amore
Seatpost - Thomson Elite
Seat collar- Devinci Stock

Peace,

Nelson

[IFO]

NICE brakes...

p.s. thats the first time i have seen teh Saint (non-dual control) lever bodies...

looks pimp...:thepimp:

[million dola "jules"]

holy mother of bikes :thepimp:

that is perfection the berfect balance between sensible weight savings and never ever gonna break. i also love the zero stack headset.

10/10 looks like too much fun. get her dirty :P

also how much dose that frame weigh?

[NickS]

sweet ride everyones geting new stuff these days, i just picked up my bros new DHR Fox 40 wheels and spy stuff last night.

[schoenrock]

I thought you needed to run saint hubs to use the the saint brakes? Am I missing something here?

Nice Ride!

[umbullit]

:thepimp: tacular

[NooNer]

Originally posted by schnrck
I thought you needed to run saint hubs to use the the saint brakes? Am I missing something here?

Nice Ride!

i believe you can rig it up with shimano xt rotors. i may be very wrong.

sick looking bike.

[Wes]

how are you liking the brakes?

soooo nice.... :drool:

[Del]

nelson, thats the nicest dually ive ever seen. I love it!

[trout]

I hope you two are very happy together. :)

[spookymilk]

:drool:

Are you thinking of goin up to a 6-way?

[DERT]

very pritty cycle sir

[dirty deeds]

bloody beautiful. I'm jealous.

[Rosscofat]

its only nice because its new! looser. nelson all I gotta say is I think offically im done looking for a dually because I just found mine :D

[Solar_mtb]

Sick component selection...

...props! ;)

[Wayne P]

Sweet. Low front end.

[mace2]

awesome bike. it looks a little funny with the 66 on it, but maybe it's just me

what are you putting on instead?

[Party-Pants and Paul]

hey nelson lets ride bby mountain

[cycla4sh0]

WOW...absoluely amazing. :thepimp: nice specs.

[Scott C]

Rad. Nice Hadley's.

[Rosscofat]

front derailer?

[cycla4sh0]

Originally posted by Rosscofat
front derailer?
evil DRS

[Stewy]

Oh man, I've always been a fan of those bikes. Congrats on the new girlfriend.

Cheers.

[publicenemy]

thats got to be one of the necest bikes ive seen

[mbking]

i love gold....

[michelin man]

nice ride nelson


uv been :thepimp:

[niXon]

:|

So perfect.

[axx]

meh, just cause you beat me doesnt mean you will win nelson!

[Mark_H]

Originally posted by Rosscofat
front derailer?
saint

mace2: u can change the 66 from 6 to 7 in the front so there is no swapping he's just changing the travel

[Nelson]

Originally posted by spookymilk
:drool:

Are you thinking of goin up to a 6-way?

Nah, my 6 way blew out on me 3 times last season. If this one blows out on me, Ill be getting a Romic or a DHX 5.0, both are pretty cheap.

P.s. Those are XT rotors.

[Children]

:eek:

[Lady Gravity]

nice :drool:
so when do i get to hump it :D

[corey@nsmb.com]

Dang.

Nice ride Nelson, looks awesome!

[hooli]

you need a gold chain from connex

bling bling

[ShoreIH]

spectacular...would not have been my first choice of fork....but absolutely amazing none the less.

[blunt boy]

That is a perfect bike! So nice!

[Neo]

nice bike nelson.

[eryn]

thats pretty slick. very sexy nelson! wicked ride

[Universe]

Originally posted by Nelson
Nah, my 6 way blew out on me 3 times last season. If this one blows out on me, Ill be getting a Romic or a DHX 5.0, both are pretty cheap.

P.s. Those are XT rotors.

I have a 'quad' seal in my swinger. No blown shocks in a year though.

[ReCkLeSs RiDeR]

lookin good nelson

[PegCityThrasher]

Originally posted by Del
nelson, thats the nicest dually ive ever seen.

[g1mpy]

the most perfect dually! wow, I sooo want an ollie for my next bike

[ArrowRacer]

Nice ride man! Like your Ruffians mounted upsidedown like that? Feel better 'er somethin'? (I'm lookin' for some new grips soon, which is why i noticed)

[Nelson]

Originally posted by ArrowRacer
Nice ride man! Like your Ruffians mounted upsidedown like that? Feel better 'er somethin'? (I'm lookin' for some new grips soon, which is why i noticed)

I don't like feeling the little boxes with my fingers...well I do, but thats a whole 'nother story...;)

[RITALIN]

Originally posted by Nelson
I don't like feeling the little boxes with my fingers...well I do, but thats a whole 'nother story...;)

gold nelson!!!!
sick bike...off the sickter scale....

[Scott C]

Originally posted by Rosscofat
front derailer?

Evil DRS and a Saint derailleur.

[King of Fasia]

pretty, needs to get dirty tho, enjoy

[bullit_kid]

am i different because i dont like it ?

[ReCkLeSs RiDeR]

Originally posted by bullit_kid
am i different because i dont like it ?

no. you are normal

[Emmens]

finaly someone with good taste in bikes i quite like the devinci with that build

[tzouryder]

I WANT I WANT


how much is that god of bikes

[KHansen]

holy expensive shack bike! the think with bikes like that is yer scared to throw down and toss it on the rocks a few times to land that new line.

[Wayne P]

I just noticed that both your tires are on backwards. Any reason why?

[spookymilk]

Originally posted by Wayne Parsons
I just noticed that both your tires are on backwards. Any reason why?

GNAR?

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Wayne Parsons
I just noticed that both your tires are on backwards. Any reason why?

Actually the back is on normal, tread and direction are fine. The Fron tire direction arrow is preoper. But the tread leads me to belive that michy screwed up the directional arrows, cause the knobs definatley don't bite.

We shuttled seymour tonight, did corkscrew, pingu, pangor, slash, empress, and the bike was great. I set it to 7" today at work, and the angles work much better. Im pretty happy with the build, once the brakes broke in, they were amazing....

:)

[Wayne P]

The back is set up for climbing traction and not for braking traction. Switch it out and you'll notice it in the corners and down the steeps. The front is definitely backwards hence the no bite. Michelin's arrows are not always the most relaible.:)

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Wayne Parsons
The back is set up for climbing traction and not for braking traction. Switch it out and you'll notice it in the corners and down the steeps. The front is definitely backwards hence the no bite. Michelin's arrows are not always the most relaible.:)

Climbing traction is what I want on my back, it also helps power out of corners....

The front is definatley backwards, but the arrow mislead me when I installed it. Its gonna be a bit of a pain though, since its ghetto tubeless right now...Ill do it when I got a sec.

[Loopie]

Very nice Nelson. Sweet!:cool:

So you like the geo when you lowered the BB and ended up with 7" rear travel...how about lifting the front with more travel and lifting the BB? Everything would be the same (HA)...just a higher bike though...

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Loopie
Very nice Nelson. Sweet!:cool:

So you like the geo when you lowered the BB and ended up with 7" rear travel...how about lifting the front with more travel and lifting the BB? Everything would be the same (HA)...just a higher bike though...

I ran my bike at 8.5" all last season, but I like the feel of the 7" in the corners. You definatley notice the lower bb when rolling stuff though. I'll have to play around with it...

Go the 8-flat-8 built up yet?

[Loopie]

Yes I do:)
888r arrived Friday. Gonna wait till the front tire comes in before pics though.
I do have my 'ol 2.5 Nevegal on there for now...hope to hit Rose a couple times this week and get a feel for Her.
Holy shit this thing's tall!:eek:

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Loopie
Yes I do:)
888r arrived Friday. Gonna wait till the front tire comes in before pics though.
I do have my 'ol 2.5 Nevegal on there for now...hope to hit Rose a couple times this week and get a feel for Her.
Holy shit this thing's tall!:eek:

You got the cane creek headset? That thing adds an inch in ride height, plus the rise of your stem, spacers and bars. I'm running my 66 at 7" with a zero stack headset, zero degree stem, 2 inch risers, and two 1cm spacers, and the bike feels good. The 2004 frames were designed around a tall fork like the 888, so keep that in mind.

[dead_sailor]

holy shieet...that bicycle is pretty :D

[Loopie]

I'll definitely clock a few miles on it before I decide to lower it or not and also HOW I'll lower it.
If I want to keep the geometry as is...I'll just lower the hand position via a flat bar and/or fooling with headsets and stems etc.

If I want to steepen the HA aswell as lower the hand position...I'll just pop for the Risse crowns.

[Loopie]

I just had a look at your pics again....no shit the headset makes a huge difference!
So which heaset should I be looking at for a zero stack?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/loopie/Bike%20Gear/100_0427.jpg

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Loopie
I just had a look at your pics again....no shit the headset makes a huge difference!
So which heaset should I be looking at for a zero stack?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/loopie/Bike%20Gear/100_0427.jpg

I wouldnt bother getting a zero stack headset, mine is pretty crummy so far, and its not really sealed. When mine craps out i'm gonna get reducer cups, and a nice 1"1/8 headset, as the reducer cups are recessed, the stack heigh is almost nil.

[Wayne P]

One other thing to note, Evil components make reducer cups for 1.5" to 1.175" that are offset by a half degree. Meaning you can slacken or steepen your head angle on the Devinci's. Plus you can then use a better, regular size headset (ie: CK).

http://www.e13components.com/zerostack_reducer_cups.html

[Loopie]

^Thx for the link Wayne.
I don't see any mention about an offset though. Just the fact that they are a lower stack height, which in itself "adjusts" the HA.

[RMS_29]

awesome

[King of Fasia]

risse crowns will drop ur front end 1" to an inch and a half plus they make ur bike look pimp.
:thepimp:

[Trini-dad72]

http://atn.pfak.org/albums/album50/MyBike1.jpg

Here's mine. It's not as pimp, but she's all mine, and I dig it!!

The rear is set at 7" and it felt really good in the ol parking lot. I can't wait to go hit the shed and SFU!!

[Wayne P]

Originally posted by Loopie
^Thx for the link Wayne.
I don't see any mention about an offset though. Just the fact that they are a lower stack height, which in itself "adjusts" the HA.

Scroll down.

[Phelonius]

Nice Nelson! No more Jonesing....how long did you go without a bike anyways?

[Loopie]

Originally posted by Wayne Parsons
Scroll down.
Nope...I don't see it.
Just the comment about how being lower overall can adjust the HA by 1/2*....

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Phelonius
Nice Nelson! No more Jonesing....how long did you go without a bike anyways?

5 months :(