Post Your XC Machine

[b there soon]

I have an 04 Giant XTC 0

XTR, cross max, carbon rear stays. You guys know what they look like

 

[intense jonoooo]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15954

my Cannondale Pride, scroll down the page and u'll find my JekylL!

 

[Hagar]

Heres my XC weapon. Trek Fuel 100 OCLV

http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16449

 

[raz]

My XC ride is a 2002 KHS Team ST.
specs are
Frame: True Temper OX II Softtail Frame, 1" Travel
Fork: Marzocchi Z5/ RS Duke XC 80mm Travel
Derailleur Front:Shimano Deore LX
Rear:Shimano Deore XT
Cranks: Truative FiveD 32x44 175mm
Shifters: Shimano Deore LX + XT 8 speed
Cassette: Shimano Deore XT 8 speed
Hubs: Shimano XT Rear/ Formula front
Rims: Mavic X223 Disc Front / Mavic ? rear
Tires: Hutchinson Mosquito Airlight / Maxxis Xenith slicks(for commuting)
Brakes: Liquid Mech Disc/Hayes Mech disc
Brake levers: XTR
Pedals: Time Clipless
Stem: RaceFace system
Handlebar: RaceFace AirAlloy low riser
Seatpost: standard alloy
Saddle: SAN Marco

 

[No Skid Marks]

belair

My about 27pound Balfa Belair.
specs are
Frame: Balfa Belair 4.5inches
Fork: Maverick tripple inverted clamps aprox 5.5inches
Derailleur Front:Aireal Chain guide
Rear:Sram X9
Cranks: XTR 38tooth 170mm Splined
Shifters: X9
Cassette: Shimano XTR 11/34
Hubs: American classic rear,Maverick front
Rims: Mavic 521 grey rear, silver front.
Tires: Bald whatever on back,High roller semi slick on front for long XC or road,and 2.5 Minion on front for short fun blats.
Brakes: Avid Mech discs Ti rear rotor I'm trialing and 180mm steel front.
Brake levers: Avid Ti blah speed dial.
Pedals: Some Welgo platforms Magneesium.
Stem: Maverick bolt on 60mm
Handlebar: Pro Taper DH
Seatpost: Titec
Saddle: Some old 7oz mag railed thing.
And a sprinkleing of Ti bolts, Disk bolts, Shock bolts etc.
I know it aint that light but I'm about to put Stans thru it aswell.And it's tuff as. Done some DH whilst waitin for a new DH rig. The gearing may not be great for racing but I can ride up anything with it (if I don't break traction)and if I need a recovery low gear I walk(same speed). Head angles a bit steep for my comfort but I.m now used to it.

 

[ruthlessgirl]

Here it is, I like it, works well for me right now... pic is a bit different than set-up nowadays



Frame: Devinci
Fork: Manitou Elite Diva 80/100
Derailleur Front: Acera (it's a front who cares!)
Rear: XT
Cranks: Deore
Shifters: LX
Cassette: XT
Hubs: XT
Rims: Mavic X517
Tires: Michi wildgrippers lite 2.1 or sometimes Maxxis HR 2.35x60a
Brakes: XTR V's
Brake levers: Deore
Pedals: v8's or sometimes orange wellgo's
Stem: Kore (longer) or Titec (shorter)
Handlebar: Profile Carbon
Seatpost: crapiece
Saddle: Selle Italia Girl's

 

[k3n!f]

Thought I would bump this old thread as I figure there must be heaps of new XC bikes since 2004...

So post your XC rides my fellow farkiners!

While I try to figure out how to shrink my image size.....

 

[tommy84]

Frame El Chiqurillo Electric Super Dust
Fork 07 Fox F100 RLC
Hubs Hope Pro 2 (Waiting for custom I9 wheelset)
Rims Mavic 717 Disc
Tires 2.1 Kenda Small Bloc Eight
Skewers A2Z Ti
Headset Chris King Pewter
Casette Sram 990
Cranks Shimano XT
Chain Shimano XTR
Grips Oury Lock on
Brakes Formula Oro Puro 6"
Bar Easton CNT Low Rise 25.4
Stem Thompson Elite
Post Thompson Elite
Pedals CB Eggbeaters SL
Saddle Fizik Gobi
F.Der Shimano XTR
R.Der Sram X.9
Shifters Sram X.9 Trigger
Cables Clark Braided White

In short, it is the nicest hardtail I have ever ridden. Very stiff frame but very direct power transfer and the geo is just right.

 

[Chamelion]

Stock for the moment.

Matt.

 

[AngoXC]

My XC Ride...

 

[ilostmypassword]

 

[Spark]

Here is my Scott Spark – 10.3kg of enduro race bike goodness.

Frame: Scott carbon Spark 2007 110mm/70mm/ lockout
Fork: Rock Shox Reba World Cup 100mm
Derailleur Front: Shimano XT
Rear: Sram X0
Cranks: Middleburn Duo 2x9 29/42
BB: Crank Bros Cobalt ISIS drive
Shifters: Sram X0
Cassette: Sram X0 11/32
Chain: Shinmano Dura Ace 7701 w/ SRAM join link
Hubs: DT240S
Spokes: DT Supercomp
Rims: Stan’s ZTR Olympic 28 hole 347g
Tires: Michelin XCR2
Brakes: Avid Juicy Ultimate
Pedals: Crank Bros Eggbeaters
Stem: Ritchey WCS
Handlebar: Ritchey WCS carbon
Grips: WCS foam
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS carbon
Saddle: Fizik Gobi

 

[Oracle]

Wowsers, you boys have got your handlebars down low... I'd imagine climbing would be great but downhill to be quite the oppposite!

 

[Grover]

Very nice Sparky - but please - add the 4 grams that are bar-end plugs, a cheap price to pay to avoid the cheese cutter in the thigh effect.

 

[Oracle]

Thought I would bump this old thread as I figure there must be heaps of new XC bikes since 2004...

So post your XC rides my fellow farkiners!

While I try to figure out how to shrink my image size.....

Great idea k3n!f!

I get sick of wading through the 'post your ride forum' only to find heaps of DJ, DH type bikes and very few XC rides. I'll take another photo of my beast (had a few minor upgrades) in the next few days and post here.

As for shrinking your images - open in paint (if you don't have a better program) and stretch/skew images to say around 400 x 600 pixels and save as a jpg. Then upload to somewhere like www.photobucket.com etc and just post the img/url of your bike pic here

 

[Gekigengar]

Very nice Sparky - but please - add the 4 grams that are bar-end plugs, a cheap price to pay to avoid the cheese cutter in the thigh effect.

to compensate the 4 gram addition you can makes those cables slightly shorter

 

[Landon]

Hot Ride!

Here is my Scott Spark – 10.3kg of enduro race bike goodness.

Aww... nice work!! 10.3kg is pretty sweet! I'm building another Epic, but I'm not sure it'll end up that light.

 

[Spark]

Very nice Sparky - but please - add the 4 grams that are bar-end plugs, a cheap price to pay to avoid the cheese cutter in the thigh effect.

Damn - I knew you'd pick me up on that Trust me - it wasn't done as a weight reduction measure - the plug was in there when I built the bike.

... and yes, the cables will eventually become shorter - but who the Hell wants to bleed brakes without an entirely good reason? All that hassle just for shorter cables really didn't seem worth it.

 

[Sleeman]

... and yes, the cables will eventually become shorter - but who the Hell wants to bleed brakes without an entirely good reason? All that hassle just for shorter cables really didn't seem worth it.

You should be able to remove the end of the hose from the lever, cut it with a sharp knife, then stick it back together, I've done it a few times on different sets of Juicy's and it has worked fine every time.

By the way, nice ride

Andrew

 

[k3n!f]

As for shrinking your images - open in paint (if you don't have a better program) and stretch/skew images to say around 400 x 600 pixels and save as a jpg.

Cheers buddy, too easy. It does drop the quality down a little bit though...

Here is my pride and joy =D

The only stock stuff left on the frame after 3 years and 9400km is the front derailleur, skewers and seat clamp.

Plans for the future include the possibility of a Cove Handjob XC frame maybe later this year.