RIP 9 RDO Build Plans

[DZANINOVICH1]

To those of you that have ordered, or plan on ordering a new rip 9 rdo frame what is your build plan?
Here is mine:
Xl frame
Wheels- Enve am on dt240
Fork- Fox 34 talas 140
Headset- Canecreek
Brakes- xtr trail 203 front 180 rear
Handlebar- thomson carbon am
Stem- Thomson x4 90mm
Grips-odi ruffian
Crank- xtr trail 2x10
Front derailleur- xt
Rear- xtr shadow plus
Cassette- xt
Chain- xt
Saddle-wtb Silverado
Tires- Hans dampf front and nobby nic rear
Seatpost- kind shock lev dropper

Since this bike is so versatile it should be interesting to see different riders build.
So, what do you have planned?

[scvkurt03]

That build is the bees-nees. Or will be...

Love the HD/NN or RaRa combo.

[muzzanic]

Mine will be a Lge frame,

I will run a Tower pro 140 fork some times, Fox 34 other times ( Float , Not Talas ), I might try a Reverlation in it aswell.

XX world cup brakes with 180mm rotors front & rear.

XX1 Group set.

Niner carbon bar with Easton Mag stem.

All bolts will be Ti

Industry Nine Torch Carbon wheels with 2.35 Nobby Nic rear & Hans Dumpf 2.35 front.

Reynolds Carbon's with 2.4 Racing ralph's

Industry Nine with flow rims with Nobby Nic 2.35 front & rear.

I have a Reverb for it but may go to Fox Doss.

Ti pedals

Ergon grips

I like to swap parts around so It will change spec often.

[Andy17]

Is there any word on niner builds or is it going to be frame or frame and fork only?
I am looking at a XO or XT build with a fox 34 140 talas. The rest is still up in the air.

[five5]

Yeah, there was plans for a complete option. I'm sure they will do their "star" options on it eventually. Not sure when, though. I'm also waiting to see if there are options there.

[scvkurt03]

Curious...why go with 2-3 different forks of the same travel?

Mine will be a Lge frame,

I will run a Tower pro 140 fork some times, Fox 34 other times ( Float , Not Talas ), I might try a Reverlation in it aswell.

XX world cup brakes with 180mm rotors front & rear.

XX1 Group set.

Niner carbon bar with Easton Mag stem.

All bolts will be Ti

Industry Nine Torch Carbon wheels with 2.35 Nobby Nic rear & Hans Dumpf 2.35 front.

Reynolds Carbon's with 2.4 Racing ralph's

Industry Nine with flow rims with Nobby Nic 2.35 front & rear.

I have a Reverb for it but may go to Fox Doss.

Ti pedals

Ergon grips

I like to swap parts around so It will change spec often.

[muzzanic]

Curious...why go with 2-3 different forks of the same travel?

Because I wouldn't want to go for RDO.

Forks can have the same travel & still work very different, I'm just keen to know what 1 I like best for my riding.

I'm sure I will have some friend that will be keen to buy these bikes for there next bike so it would be nice to give them imput that is not guess work.

[mychikine]

mine would be
Niner rip RDO in M size
Wheels : american classic tubeless All mountain rim (black white and grey) with blue Chris King Iso disc and Sapim Cx ray (black with blue nuts)
Tires : Spe Ground control UST GRID 2.1 front, and Fastrack GRID UST 2.00 rear
Fork : Fox float 140mm RLC Fit with preparation
Race face next SL Flat Wide Bar (blue) 720mm
Race Face Turbine Stem in 70mm -6°
Sram XO (red) complete drive train with type 2 rear derailleur medium cage, 36/22 crankset with bash.
Shimano XTR cassette in 11-36
Formula R1 brakes (black and red)
Chris king bottom bracket (red), headset (red), spacers (red)
Waiting for April 2013 for the new Thomson command post
Saddle : WTB Devo
XTR trail pedals

March will be loooooong to comes !

[DZANINOVICH1]

Uh... only three responses??

[five5]

Well, if I get one, it'll probably be just the frame, and I'll be swapping parts over from my RIP9. Not that exciting to list out, but very exciting for me!

[jboyd122]

I was on the fence between the Jet9 RDO and Rip9 RDO I decided to go with the Jet9 due to availability. Need my bike by the first of March and Niner couldn't commit to a delivery on the Rip9.

My Rip9 RDO would have been:

M frame
Thomson stem, post and carbon XC bars
Fox 34 Float 140mm
XT Brakes
Full XT drivetrain 2x10
Bontrager RL saddle
White Industries MI6 Hubs laced to Stans Arch EX rims
Maxxis Ardents
Oury Lock-ons
XT pedals
Chris King headset

The Jet9 RDO build is the same but the fork is a 32 Float 120mm.

[five5]

Well, if I get one, it'll probably be just the frame, and I'll be swapping parts over from my RIP9. Not that exciting to list out, but very exciting for me!

Here's what I would do though:

RIP 9 RDO Med
Fox 34 140
XT Brakes
XT Drivetrain
Thompson X4 Stem
Niner RDO Bars
Thompson Elite Post
Salsa Clamp
Odi Rogue Grips
Eclat Slim Pedals
Spesh Roval Control SL Wheels
Schwalbe HD Front, NN Back

I think that covers it...

[texasnavy05]

$2900 just for the frame!! If I could afford the frame (big if) it would hang above my work bench for the next year until I could afford to buy a build kit.

In about a year though, I will graduate and hopefully get an engineering job. Then I shall buy one!

Until then, I look forward to drooling over all these builds when posted!

[wadmaster]

I'm 5'11" tall. What size RIP frame would you guy's recommend?

Thx

[scvkurt03]

I'm 5'11" tall. What size RIP frame would you guy's recommend?

Thx

You're in between. Probably L if you want stability, M if you want to throw it around a little.

Im 5'10" and ride a M with a 60mm stem and a 15mm riser bar.

[muzzanic]

I'm 5'11" tall. What size RIP frame would you guy's recommend?

Thx

I'm thinking Med unless you ride with a very high seat height.

I'm 6 ft & ride a large but I have my seat at 800mm so find the Lge better going up or down.

[CarManDSL]

Oooops. Wrong thread. Removed.

[five5]

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[azpoolguy]

mine would be
Niner rip RDO in M size
Wheels : american classic tubeless All mountain rim (black white and grey) with blue Chris King Iso disc and Sapim Cx ray (black with blue nuts)
Tires : Spe Ground control UST GRID 2.1 front, and Fastrack GRID UST 2.00 rear
Fork : Fox float 140mm RLC Fit with preparation
Race face next SL Flat Wide Bar (blue) 720mm
Race Face Turbine Stem in 70mm -6°
Sram XO (red) complete drive train with type 2 rear derailleur medium cage, 36/22 crankset with bash.
Shimano XTR cassette in 11-36
Formula R1 brakes (black and red)
Chris king bottom bracket (red), headset (red), spacers (red)
Waiting for April 2013 for the new Thomson command post
Saddle : WTB Devo
XTR trail pedals

March will be loooooong to comes !

Why the XTR cassette? XO is cheaper and lighter.

[mychikine]

Why the XTR cassette? XO is cheaper and lighter.

I've paid it "only" 100€ (134 US $) at Chain Reaction Cycle, and at that time I expected to have a full XTR but because XTR crankset are not available in 2 x 10 36/22 chainrings, I give up the idea.

[azpoolguy]

I've paid it "only" 100€ (134 US $) at Chain Reaction Cycle, and at that time I expected to have a full XTR but because XTR crankset are not available in 2 x 10 36/22 chainrings, I give up the idea.

Makes sense. That's a smoking deal on the cassette.

[hamster styles]

Already have all the parts, just sitting there longing for a frame.

Frame - Niner RIP9 RDO - XL
Fork - Fox 34 29 - 140mm
Wheelset - Roval Control Trail SL 29
Seatpost - Kindshock LEV
Brakeset - Shimano XTR Trail
Rear Der - Shimano XTR Shadow Plus
Front Der - Shimano XTR
Shifters - Shimano XTR
Crankset - Shimano XTR 26-38T
Cassette - Shimano XTR
Chain - Shimano XTR
Headset - Chris King Inset 3 - Red
BB - Chris King - Red
Handlebars - Easton Haven Carbon
Stem - Easton EA70
Guard - MRP XCG Chain Guard
Pedals - Crank Brothers Candy 3 - Blue
Tire R - Continental X-King
Tire F - Panaracer Rampage
Grips - Oury Grips - Steel Blue
Saddle - WTB Pure

[OldHouseMan]

I wonder what Niners thoughts are on putting the 150mm Fox 34 on this bike. Run the fork at 120mm for most riding and 150mm when you point it down hill.

[DZANINOVICH1]

Nice!

Already have all the parts, just sitting there longing for a frame.

Frame - Niner RIP9 RDO - XL
Fork - Fox 34 29 - 140mm
Wheelset - Roval Control Trail SL 29
Seatpost - Kindshock LEV
Brakeset - Shimano XTR Trail
Rear Der - Shimano XTR Shadow Plus
Front Der - Shimano XTR
Shifters - Shimano XTR
Crankset - Shimano XTR 26-38T
Cassette - Shimano XTR
Chain - Shimano XTR
Headset - Chris King Inset 3 - Red
BB - Chris King - Red
Handlebars - Easton Haven Carbon
Stem - Easton EA70
Guard - MRP XCG Chain Guard
Pedals - Crank Brothers Candy 3 - Blue
Tire R - Continental X-King
Tire F - Panaracer Rampage
Grips - Oury Grips - Steel Blue
Saddle - WTB Pure

[scvkurt03]

Already have all the parts, just sitting there longing for a frame.

Frame - Niner RIP9 RDO - XL
Fork - Fox 34 29 - 140mm
Wheelset - Roval Control Trail SL 29
Seatpost - Kindshock LEV
Brakeset - Shimano XTR Trail
Rear Der - Shimano XTR Shadow Plus
Front Der - Shimano XTR
Shifters - Shimano XTR
Crankset - Shimano XTR 26-38T
Cassette - Shimano XTR
Chain - Shimano XTR
Headset - Chris King Inset 3 - Red
BB - Chris King - Red
Handlebars - Easton Haven Carbon
Stem - Easton EA70
Guard - MRP XCG Chain Guard
Pedals - Crank Brothers Candy 3 - Blue
Tire R - Continental X-King
Tire F - Panaracer Rampage
Grips - Oury Grips - Steel Blue
Saddle - WTB Pure

Why lev over reverb?