Yup.
King/Duster wheelset, King h.s., XT brakes (775 levers, 755 front caliper, 775 rear,) Brooks Swift, Thomson post, Niner bars, White Industries Eno crank.
Hey guys, wr're in Sun Valley, and I'm having problems posting pics from my phone from Picasa.
The frame built up rrally well, incredibly well prepped. I've never built a production bike that wrmt together this easily.
I have only gotten about a 15 minuyr shake down ride, but it handles steeps really, really nicely!
I'll post more when I can.
Los ! Awesome man.....so glad you got your frame and your enjoying it ! I love that blue in the sun. Cant wait to see some complete pics. How do you like the bike as a SS?
Thanks, Sean! Loving it, even though I haven't gotten a chance to do a real ride on it, the steep little trail I rode it on showed great promise for this frame as a SS.
Really looking forward to some real rides tomorrow and Sunday.
Outside the condo where we're staying in Sun Valley.
Word of warning if anyone is planning on using a White Industries crank: I ended up needing a 122mm BB for it in order to clear the driveside chainstay. Probably the same for most other square taper cranks, too. A 115 worked fine on the Unit.
As far as the geometry, it feels more playful, and definitely easier to pop the front up over stuff... even in flip-flops!
The 2 large frames were building up both come in at 5.5lbs. That "dent" on the drive side chainstay is a micro indent to clear the cranks. Have fun in Sun Valley Los ! Great place to have a maiden voyage! I love the nice, clean, simple build !
So I got my nimble 9 friday and had it built up that night it went together with no set backs. First thing I thought was I'm glad I went with the large because this is a small frame compared to my SIR 9. Actuall top tube length is only 23" and set tube length is 18.5". Compared to my niner frame its quite a bit different and will take a few ride to get use to the geometry.
I took it out for a shakedown run through my local canyon after I got it built up. My first impression was it felt like a 26" wheeled bike, and it was super easy to lift the front wheel up and over rocks and logs. On a short but steep climb this thing really kicked ass, with the short stay and slack seat angle theres plenty of traction to conqure the steepest climbs out there. The only thing that i can gripe about is my heels rubed the chains stays, but I will get over it.
I set mine up SS with a 32x18 and with that gear ratio my chainstays measure out to 16.750. I think if i play around with the chain length I can get it down to 16.5
So here the build list
So I got my nimble 9 friday and had it built up that night it went together with no set backs. First thing I thought was I'm glad I went with the large because this is a small frame compared to my SIR 9. Actuall top tube length is only 23" and set tube length is 18.5". Compared to my niner frame its quite a bit different and will take a few ride to get use to the geometry.
I took it out for a shakedown run through my local canyon after I got it built up. My first impression was it felt like a 26" wheeled bike, and it was super easy to lift the front wheel up and over rocks and logs. On a short but steep climb this thing really kicked ass, with the short stay and slack seat angle theres plenty of traction to conqure the steepest climbs out there. The only thing that i can gripe about is my heels rubed the chains stays, but I will get over it.
I set mine up SS with a 32x18 and with that gear ratio my chainstays measure out to 16.750. I think if i play around with the chain length I can get it down to 16.5
So here the build list
These frames are all getting damn fine lookin' builds. :thumbsup:
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