07 MkIII 21" frame
Fox Float R
Revelation 427 Dual Air
FSA Orbit Z Carbon
UCI stripe alloy machined spacers (prolly the coolest part on my bike )
X.0 RD & Trigger
X.9 FD
Race Face Deus XC
Crank Bros Candy Ti
Juicy Carbon
DT/Swiss XR1540
PC971
PG990 11/34T
WTB Raijin protos w/ lightweight tubes
Thomson Elite stem & post
Easton EA70 low rise
WTB Silverado w/ ti rails
ODI Ruffian MX lockons
Thanks for this thread guys - I have been debating one of these bad boys - just have to figure out how to free up some $$
Also - what is up with the post order? I have noticed this sometimes on other threads on MTBR but they seem to be almost randomly placed. Here the most recent post is in the middle and the last one I see is two days ago. Maybe I just have a psycho connection
What's it getting replaced with? 6 point?
Got my wife's '06 expert built up Fri. I am a little jealous...
Anybody running a revelation on their mkiii's?
My 06 Comp came with the Revelation fork stock. It is sweet. Being a big guy, the ability to adjust the fork through air pressure and the fork adjustments have been huge for me. It's also light.
Figured I'd post a picture of my ride outside instead of in my basement. Reweighed my bike with two more scales and came up with an average weight of 32lbs. Now I can start swapping out parts and see where it gets me.
The birthing process... Just post chasing and facing and fork installation...the white on white is super sexy
Some things I immediately noticed. This frame is MUCH different from the 05, 06 frames. 1) it's lighter by about 3/4 lb for a 19" (mine weighed in at 6.8 with cups and collar on the shops scale), 2) The tubing is definitely different...and very sexy, 3) the new rear triangle is a welcome change...those who experienced flex and tire rub will probably be quite happy, 4) the 10mm hardware + Fox air shock is great...NO REAR END PLAY:thumbsup:
In short I'm very excited to this dear girl built up to ride...
The birthing process... Just post chasing and facing and fork installation...the white on white is super sexy
Some things I immediately noticed. This frame is MUCH different from the 05, 06 frames. 1) it's lighter by about 3/4 lb for a 19" (mine weighed in at 6.8 with cups and collar on the shops scale), 2) The tubing is definitely different...and very sexy, 3) the new rear triangle is a welcome change...those who experienced flex and tire rub will probably be quite happy, 4) the 10mm hardware + Fox air shock is great...NO REAR END PLAY:thumbsup:
In short I'm very excited to this dear girl built up to ride...
nice and sexy indeed. mine was supposed to be here today - BUT Iron Hose shipped it to the wrong address :nono: after a few phone calls to UPS they will deliver it tomorrow :thumbsup:
- does the frame really need facing/chasing? Asking since I didn't do anything to my 06
- 10mm hardware will be nice but my 06 Mk NEVER suffered any rear end play! I rode it a lot and hard and I've never had a nanometer of slop. :thumbsup:
nice and sexy indeed. mine was supposed to be here today - BUT Iron Hose shipped it to the wrong address :nono: after a few phone calls to UPS they will deliver it tomorrow :thumbsup:
- does the frame really need facing/chasing? Asking since I didn't do anything to my 06
- 10mm hardware will be nice but my 06 Mk NEVER suffered any rear end play! I rode it a lot and hard and I've never had a nanometer of slop. :thumbsup:
The frame is actually quite well prepped from the factory, so it's not a big deal. All I did was clean the paint from the outside of the BB shell, and face the disk tabs.
I'm running Maggy Louise FR's, so it's critical that I get the tabs parallel and even IS direct mount brake and all. Most people won't have a problem, but my tabs were slightly off. After facing the brake mounted up with no issues and is running completely drag free.
I actually stopped having rear end play on my old MKIII after I blew up the Progressive and replaced it with an MC3.1. The rear end play seems to be an issue with the Heim Joints on the Progressive.
Anyway, I hope to get some trail time this afternoon:thumbsup:
Good stuff...well within the acceptable standard of deviation I'd say. Can't wait to see your build.
Chris2fur, thanks for the comment. The seatpost is part of my Thomson post collection (i've managed to acquire several in the past coupla years). I'm running it for the time being to see if I want to get a post with an offset or not...though so far everything feels pretty good .
Here's my '06 MK III expert which I bought online from Randall Scott for $1600! The local performance bike shop said they would've price matched and can for anyone considering getting one :thumbsup: I also included my other ride in response to airtym.
I just finished a 10 mile ride with a few guys that ride faster then I usually do. The terrain was fast fast pine grove single track. The rolling stuff was awesome and the bike ate it up like magic. BUT, the long up hills pretty smooth. After my momentum ran out and I needed to start pumping hard(you know what I'm talking about) I definatly had some pedal bob. I imagen it must have something to do with the shock set? Any thoughts?
I just finished a 10 mile ride with a few guys that ride faster then I usually do. The terrain was fast fast pine grove single track. The rolling stuff was awesome and the bike ate it up like magic. BUT, the long up hills pretty smooth. After my momentum ran out and I needed to start pumping hard(you know what I'm talking about) I definatly had some pedal bob. I imagen it must have something to do with the shock set? Any thoughts?
Just to clarify, were you "pumping hard" while seated or standing? The bike will bob when pumping out of the saddle (it's no hardtail race bike with a platform front shock!). However, while seated, my current rig has no pedal bob even when I'm tired and my pedalling form goes from circles to just plain mashing. That's with 30% sag and 50 psi in my "platform" chamber with the 5th Element. I guess it could be shock related in your case.
Plain mashing is what it turned into today. Buy I was sitting when I noticed this. I have the Manitou Radium R shock, Air and rebound adjustments. 30% sag 140psi in shock(man is my butt big).
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