Soul-Rider
Likes Dirt
Specialized Stumpy EVO
Frame -650B version in size S3
Rear shock - Fox Float DPX2 210x52.5
Front shock/fork - 160mm Cane Creek Helm Coil w/70-90kg spring
Handlebars - Race Face SixC 800mm wide
Stem - 50mm RF Turbine
Headset - FSA
Grips - Sensus
Saddle - Specialized Phenom
Seatpost - X Fusion Manic 34.9
Front brake - SRAM Code R
Rear brake - SRAM Code R
Cranks - 170m NX
Chainguide - Specialized
Chain - SRAM GX
Pedals - XT Trail
Front derailleur -
Rear derailleur - SRAM NX
Front shifter -
Rear shifter - NX
Cassette - GX
Front hub - Project 321
Rear hub - Project 321 smoooooth!
Front rim - Derby DH
Rear rim - Derby DH
Spokes - probably a bit trick.
Tyres - a revolving door of Maxxis and Specialized, mainly 2.6
Tubes - none
Total weight - probably a bit.
Reach 490mm
head angle 64 degree (high setting)
This bike continues to amaze. Up, down, DH, XC, it does it everything pretty dammed well. The sheer size of the thing takes some getting used to but if you bring your A game then nothing is off the table. Sure, the bigger the hill the better it goes but I didn’t crash and die on the first flat corner either. In fact, it does pretty well on trails that it probably shouldn’t.
I’ll admit that on slack days the bike can feel like a bit of a handful. It’s a bit like a 17 year old McDonalds shift manager, sometimes it just demands a bit more enthusiasm then you can sometimes be bothered with.
The plan was to sell the NX while it was new but I was too disorganised to take it off before a trip I was planning. It survives and continues to do everything that I ask it to do. Both the trick wheels and forks are from fellow burners and are amazing. Soft, supple and sexy. And the forks are sweet too! ( boom, boom!). Some 165mm cranks, higher rise bars and a few more weight saving/sexy upgrades are on the cards.
Frame -650B version in size S3
Rear shock - Fox Float DPX2 210x52.5
Front shock/fork - 160mm Cane Creek Helm Coil w/70-90kg spring
Handlebars - Race Face SixC 800mm wide
Stem - 50mm RF Turbine
Headset - FSA
Grips - Sensus
Saddle - Specialized Phenom
Seatpost - X Fusion Manic 34.9
Front brake - SRAM Code R
Rear brake - SRAM Code R
Cranks - 170m NX
Chainguide - Specialized
Chain - SRAM GX
Pedals - XT Trail
Front derailleur -
Rear derailleur - SRAM NX
Front shifter -
Rear shifter - NX
Cassette - GX
Front hub - Project 321
Rear hub - Project 321 smoooooth!
Front rim - Derby DH
Rear rim - Derby DH
Spokes - probably a bit trick.
Tyres - a revolving door of Maxxis and Specialized, mainly 2.6
Tubes - none
Total weight - probably a bit.
Reach 490mm
head angle 64 degree (high setting)
This bike continues to amaze. Up, down, DH, XC, it does it everything pretty dammed well. The sheer size of the thing takes some getting used to but if you bring your A game then nothing is off the table. Sure, the bigger the hill the better it goes but I didn’t crash and die on the first flat corner either. In fact, it does pretty well on trails that it probably shouldn’t.
I’ll admit that on slack days the bike can feel like a bit of a handful. It’s a bit like a 17 year old McDonalds shift manager, sometimes it just demands a bit more enthusiasm then you can sometimes be bothered with.
The plan was to sell the NX while it was new but I was too disorganised to take it off before a trip I was planning. It survives and continues to do everything that I ask it to do. Both the trick wheels and forks are from fellow burners and are amazing. Soft, supple and sexy. And the forks are sweet too! ( boom, boom!). Some 165mm cranks, higher rise bars and a few more weight saving/sexy upgrades are on the cards.
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