hellmansam
Likes Bikes and Dirt
me new Ripmo AF was waiting at the shop, albeit in kit form. As I dozed off on the plane travelling home from FIFO on Friday I had delusions of having it ready to ride by COB. Got to the shop early arvo and opened the boxes, I see an X01 crankset box. Huh ? I ordered the Deore version....turns out Rowney Sports recycle the packaging. The brake set was in that box, and the rest of the bits were mostly individually wrapped in brown paper and sticky tape. It was a bit of an effort to be patient and careful not to lose any small parts as I went through the treasure hunt checking all the right bits were there.
Feeling pretty fatigued after a week of nightshifts and not sleeping that day I realised that I wasn't going to be riding it for a few days at least. At least having the bare frame would make it easy to apply some frame protection.
I was happy enough with unwrapping all the bits, and checking out the beefy DVO forks. Was a bit of a WTF moment seeing that they were covered in oil but worked out that the burp valve/s must have been pressed at some point due to the way they were packed. A teaspoon of light oil goes a long way when it escapes !
Took the frame home to stick some Altrex Skinz on for scuff protection and softening the noise of stones hitting the downtube. The local Supercheap had run out of the large packs so I'm waiting on the Mrs to get back from a Perth trip with a Click + Collect detour for me.
Initial impressions: Sexy and beefy at the same time, would have gone for a higher level of Shimano stuff if it was on offer. Rear end and linkages/pivots look stronger/stiffer than the Fuel EX I had before this.
Rims are very nicely taped, centre bead channel is quite narrow which should make for easy seating. Need a session in the truing stand as they are a bit lumpy, left to right is OK though.
Am tempted to upgrade some stuff, sell the take-off parts unused and build a wheel set with Light Bicycle rims and some nice hubs. That would delay getting to ride it though. Apart from the bars and stem, the OEM stuff feels a bit tinny.
Fork steerer is uncut, had to fit the BB and headset cups which is fine as I'd rather put it all together myself.
More pics to come.
Frame - Yes
Rear shock - DVO Topaz
Front shock/fork - DVO Onyx 160 mm
Handlebars - Ibis 31.8mm
Stem - Ibis 40mm
Headset - Cane Creek Forty series
Grips - Ibis
Saddle - Ibis
Seatpost - KS Lev 170mm
Brakes - Shimano SLX levers, Zee front XT single piston rear 180/203 rotors
Cranks - Deore
Chainguide - not yet, has removable ISCG05 mount
Chain - Shimano 6100
Pedals - OneUp composite
Rear derailleur - Deore 12spd
Rear shifter - Deore 12spd
Cassette - Deore 12spd 10 - 51t
Front hub -Ibis
Rear hub - Ibis
Rims - Ibis
Spokes - black
Nipples - black
Tyres - Assegai 2.5 F, Dissector 2.4 R
Total weight - TBA
Feeling pretty fatigued after a week of nightshifts and not sleeping that day I realised that I wasn't going to be riding it for a few days at least. At least having the bare frame would make it easy to apply some frame protection.
I was happy enough with unwrapping all the bits, and checking out the beefy DVO forks. Was a bit of a WTF moment seeing that they were covered in oil but worked out that the burp valve/s must have been pressed at some point due to the way they were packed. A teaspoon of light oil goes a long way when it escapes !
Took the frame home to stick some Altrex Skinz on for scuff protection and softening the noise of stones hitting the downtube. The local Supercheap had run out of the large packs so I'm waiting on the Mrs to get back from a Perth trip with a Click + Collect detour for me.
Initial impressions: Sexy and beefy at the same time, would have gone for a higher level of Shimano stuff if it was on offer. Rear end and linkages/pivots look stronger/stiffer than the Fuel EX I had before this.
Rims are very nicely taped, centre bead channel is quite narrow which should make for easy seating. Need a session in the truing stand as they are a bit lumpy, left to right is OK though.
Am tempted to upgrade some stuff, sell the take-off parts unused and build a wheel set with Light Bicycle rims and some nice hubs. That would delay getting to ride it though. Apart from the bars and stem, the OEM stuff feels a bit tinny.
Fork steerer is uncut, had to fit the BB and headset cups which is fine as I'd rather put it all together myself.
More pics to come.
Frame - Yes
Rear shock - DVO Topaz
Front shock/fork - DVO Onyx 160 mm
Handlebars - Ibis 31.8mm
Stem - Ibis 40mm
Headset - Cane Creek Forty series
Grips - Ibis
Saddle - Ibis
Seatpost - KS Lev 170mm
Brakes - Shimano SLX levers, Zee front XT single piston rear 180/203 rotors
Cranks - Deore
Chainguide - not yet, has removable ISCG05 mount
Chain - Shimano 6100
Pedals - OneUp composite
Rear derailleur - Deore 12spd
Rear shifter - Deore 12spd
Cassette - Deore 12spd 10 - 51t
Front hub -Ibis
Rear hub - Ibis
Rims - Ibis
Spokes - black
Nipples - black
Tyres - Assegai 2.5 F, Dissector 2.4 R
Total weight - TBA
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