Corey

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I have not had a road bike since a teenager in the early 70s (Schwinn Varsity Sport 10 speed), so someone will have to start one for that.

Anyways, I have another bike thread in this same section of the bike I just bought, but a few of the bikes that were posted in it are getting buried by the other tech talk in there, hence a new thread here to show off your bike and mods you have done to it.

These same pictures are in my other thread too, and I will add more here in the future.

Mine is a 2009 Specialized Rockhopper Pro.
http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/...hopper&eid=107

All of the details leading up to buying it and members patiently helping me make decisions can be found in the original thread here.

Here are a few pics of it from the day I picked it up, to when I bought a wall stand and work stand for it.

Shop had just finished installing my Thule T2 bike rack when I bought the bike 7-25-2009

RMA

Man Corey that is a nice bike !! Here is my oldie but goody , I havnet used this in about a year.

freefallmarine

Sweet, fellow bikers!!

eighty5yota

this is my lil brothers 4k+ dollar factory DH rig



the rest is me on one of my beautiful sx's (thanks specialized )



puttin in work.

86Toyrunna

man.. i want a bike again, well a trail bike that is. I use to ride BMX back in middle school and highschool, but i got to into quads, dirtbikes and yotas so the bike got parked. seein them dirt hits makes me miss a good session.

eighty5yota

trust me brotha.. i feel ya. i have been sidelined with a broken wrist for the past 4 weeks.. 2 more weeks till the cast comes off.. THEN ITS ON!!!

874runnersr5

Here she is, i got more part si need to install still

eighty5yota

i used to have that 6" dj 2, it came stock on my old 04 specialized bighit...


upgrade those rims soon.. many many advancements have been made since the MAG40 rims.. waaay to heavy



edit.. they dont make mag40's in that color.. those are 30's

Corey

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I have noticed a trend for the Kenda Nevegal tires too in the magazines on top end bikes.
That is the tire the shop recommended I go with.
They are a very noisy tire though, even cruising slow.

89silverpu

ahhh who cares if they're noisy!! They're an amazing tire! I run the 2.3 on mine

The only pic I have on my computer...



The picture is not updated to match the upgrades, but here are the details...

Specialized Stumpjumper Demo edition (hence the lime green) set up for All-Mountain/Downieville Downhill...

Sun Single Track rims/XT Hubs
E.13 bashgaurd
Easton Monkey lite 185mm OS bars
Fox Talas 130 RL(?)
Fox Triad rear air shock
XTR derailleurs
XT Crank
Avid Juicy 7's 185mm front 165mm rear
Rollin on 2.3 Nevegals

Corey

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I wanted the 2.3s, but they were to big for the Rockhopper, they said to stick with the 2.1.
Something about it would hit the Juicy 3 or something.

Nice ride you have there.

89silverpu

Thanks! Yeah actually now that I remember, the front is a 2.3, and the rear is a 2.1 cause it didn't clear the rear triangle. It rubbed every now and then when I hit a rock hard the right way. For a bike like yours and the types of trails that you described you do, I'd stick with a 2.0 tire or 2.1 at the max anyway. Once you get up to the bigger tires like the 2.3 2.5 etc.. they start gettin pretty heavy and are harder to stop if you don't have big brakes and make it more difficult to climb. But it's nice havin as much tire as possible when you're bombin through rock gardens in the Sierras

89silverpu

Here's an updated pic, yes I have a flat tire lol, and that isn't a nevegal on the back, I was trying out a different WTB tire..

Corey

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Thank you.
I believe yours is similar to Mytruck's Cannondale.
Not sure if he still has his or not.

Not sure what year yours is, but he got his around '93 I think.

BT17R

Speaking of flats, are any of these thorn resistant or slime tubes any good? The Pyramid sounds worthy but weighs nearly as much as the tires I'm getting, Maxxis Ignitors (thanks flashkl).

http://www.jensonusa.com/search/?s=29+tubes

eighty5yota

im a specialized whore... go with the airlock tubes.. they arent too pricey and they last for years... get a thorn.. pull it out .. spin the tire.. chill for a minute and your off again..

eighty5yota

they even have them for niners

Jstew52

My Giant XTC1

eighty5yota

look at them cranks!! that babys got some miles under her belt eh?

Corey

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Had to that, pretty cool.
http://www.google.com/search?q=airlo...ient=firefox-a

I bought two extra tubes for mine, but they are not those.
I like that idea, and I may have to switch over to two of them on the rims later, and carry backups just in case.


Nice Giant.
I had looked at one similar back in 2001, but alas along came 911, and I was laid off at the beginning of 2002.
That was the last time I had looked at mountain bikes until a few weeks ago when I picked up mine.