syncrosfan
Senior Retro Guru
Just finished this build last weekend. It's a small frame for my mother-in-law. Got the frame super cheap on evil bay, paint was more or less destroyed so I stripped the frame and repainted it white. Most of the components I had lying about so I went through my extensive Syncros stash to put some proper Canadian parts to the build. The rest is straight forward XTR M950. Nothing too flashy but it does the job (white frame, black components, blue accents).
Here's the components breakdown:
Frame: 1997 Rocky Mountain Vertex LE (original color was white and metallic blue same graphics as the TO frames just different colors) size small
Fork: Manitou Mars CL (with black C lowers)
Headset: Chris King
Stem: Syncros 100mm
Bars: Syncros Titanium
Shifters: XTR M950
Brake Levers: Avid Speed Dial 7
Grips: modern Syncros comfort grips
Cables and housing: XTR grey
Front Derailleur: XTR M950
Bottom Bracket: Syncros Titanium
Cranks and Chain-rings: Syncros forged
Casette: XT 8-speed 11-30
Chain: XT 8-speed
Rear Derailleur: XTR M950
Brakes: Avis Speed Dial 7
Wheels: XTR M950 hubs, DT Revo spokes, black alloy nipples, Mavic XR 3.1 tubeless rims (but with inner tubes setup)
Tires: Kenda Klimax 1.95
Seatpost: Syncros 26.8
Seat: Terry Butterfly
Bolts: mostly titanium
Weight: 21.2 lbs (pretty light bike, could be lighter with a lighter wheelset, the Mavic XR rims are pretty heavy).
Mother-in-law used to ride an old Specialized low-end fully that was probably pushing 40lbs. Riding a properly light bike was quite a revelation to her. Why do women have such trouble understanding the shifters? Too many gears? I had to keep on reminding her: You have gears! Use them! No need to punish yourself in a too high gear going uphill...
Anyway here are some pics.
Here's the components breakdown:
Frame: 1997 Rocky Mountain Vertex LE (original color was white and metallic blue same graphics as the TO frames just different colors) size small
Fork: Manitou Mars CL (with black C lowers)
Headset: Chris King
Stem: Syncros 100mm
Bars: Syncros Titanium
Shifters: XTR M950
Brake Levers: Avid Speed Dial 7
Grips: modern Syncros comfort grips
Cables and housing: XTR grey
Front Derailleur: XTR M950
Bottom Bracket: Syncros Titanium
Cranks and Chain-rings: Syncros forged
Casette: XT 8-speed 11-30
Chain: XT 8-speed
Rear Derailleur: XTR M950
Brakes: Avis Speed Dial 7
Wheels: XTR M950 hubs, DT Revo spokes, black alloy nipples, Mavic XR 3.1 tubeless rims (but with inner tubes setup)
Tires: Kenda Klimax 1.95
Seatpost: Syncros 26.8
Seat: Terry Butterfly
Bolts: mostly titanium
Weight: 21.2 lbs (pretty light bike, could be lighter with a lighter wheelset, the Mavic XR rims are pretty heavy).
Mother-in-law used to ride an old Specialized low-end fully that was probably pushing 40lbs. Riding a properly light bike was quite a revelation to her. Why do women have such trouble understanding the shifters? Too many gears? I had to keep on reminding her: You have gears! Use them! No need to punish yourself in a too high gear going uphill...
Anyway here are some pics.