DeKerf Implant

[iveto1983]

It looks, and sounds, great. It's an impressive weight too.

 

[NeilM]

It's an impressive weight too.

Thanks mostly down to the carbon forks and cranks, although the Hope Stans wheels are also silly light.

It really has transformed the bike.

 

[jimbo-xc]

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When you coming to Haldon Neil? We should get a few SW Retrobikers out to join you.

 

[NeilM]

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When you coming to Haldon Neil?

Not sure yet, it's all down to my daughter as it's her birthday bash, so she gets to organise the whole thing.

 

[MynameisCasper]

I am glad you like it more now. The forks are 100mm aren't they? Chris told me my Implant was designed for a 130mm fork. I am not sure if there is a difference between a steel or a ti Implant ar maybe it has something to do with the age of the frame.

The Implant is still my do it all bike and it has been for 5 years now. I have a dropper post mounted which really makes a lot difference. It handles even better downhill. The only disadvantage I have is that my frame doesn't have cableguides for the dropper. My solution is a little bit (1mm) of clear rubber hose which you normally use for a fishtank. Like this:

I found the pic on MTBR and as English isn't my mother tongue...

It's just a standard 4mm cable-tie fed through a small piece of 5mm plastic tubing (fish tank or water feature type stuff), around the hose/cable and then back through the tube.

6HoseRoute.jpg

It allows hose or cable to be held rigid or, as with the extra sleeve in this picture, move with the front suspension forks. You can use as much or as little plastic tube as you need, but it is possible to keep the hose/cable away from your frame or forks for the entire length

 

[NeilM]

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Yes the forks are 100mm. I got the information from another discussion on here. My frame was made in 2002, so I'm sure that would have a bearing on which forks.

I like the cable tie idea, that's neat.