My Slopestyle Build - Questions

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  1. J_Sims

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    highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bang::bang:
     
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    any problems/oddities when building up a set of 5.1s? yeah i think i'm doing it again after swearing it off last time
     
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    Well...mostly none...Except for the issue commonly found on every third nipple eyelet on the rim...but hopefully yours won't have that issue. If your rim has it, it nearly doubles the time, unless you can get it warranteed. The way you can tell, is tha
     
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    Can you define locking the tire to the bead? How does the maxxis strip differ from the DT strip? Does it have to do with the bead on the tire "hooking" on the rim bead and or a groove in the rim strip holding the bottom of the tire bead from sliding to the center of the rim?
     
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    The Path built my Hope Pro II / DT 5.1 tubeless setup and they have been great, but now that i have tried the mavic tubeless rims I wouldn't consider the 5.1s for any of my future wheel builds. It is a good rim however.
     
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    But here is the real question what kind of bike are we talking about and what Mavic rims. I can only find two of them. One is the Ex 823 and the xm 819 The 819s are to small for this type of bike, the 823 are heavy.
     
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    well considered that topic over with, walked into the path today to pick up some shifters from donkey and get a few small things.

    Forgot the small things and bought a set of 5.1s for a good price.

    823 = heavier, true ust, beefier
    5.1 = lighter, can be ust with rim strips, slightly cheaper rim that i wont break anyway
     
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    David bring us up to speed, whats your build looking like so far.

    Fork ?
    Wheels ?
    Hubs ?
    Crankset ?
    Bars ?
    Stem length ?
    Brakes ?
     
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    Ann's been running the DT Swiss tubeless conversion on her 5.1's for almost 2 years now. No problems with leaks or tire beads. It's been a solid performer and based on my experience, inflating a tire with 5.1 is easier than my 819's because the tire fits much tighter to the rim when using a floor pump. However, getting the tire bead onto the rim is another thing.
     
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    I also got a slopestyle from chainlove.com I'm almost done.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/roosey/sets/72157615775224899/show/with/3383752468/

    Forks - Boxxers -Race
    Wheels - Azonic Outlaw
    Crankset - FSA Gravity Lite
    Bars - Sette Duo
    Brakes - Avid Codes
    Drivetrain - Shimano Saint
    Tubes - Stan's tubeless
    Tires - Intense DH lite
    Saddle - Selle Troy Lee limited
    Headset - Cane Creek XX Flush OnePointFive to 1 1/8 flush (this was such a pain to find. I orderd it from universalcycles.com and it took over a week to get the reason I'm not done I'll never order from them again)

    I dubed her DOPESTYLE!!!
     
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    So my headset came into today and I just got it pressed in which is good because now I can start bolting up the fork/bars/brakes/shifter but now I can't figure out in what order the headset->upper crown->spacers goes

    edit: got it, just had to add a 10mm spacer between the upper crown and cup
     
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    Does this help

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    Just make sure you have at least 203mm of stantion between seal and bottom of lower crown.
     
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    now we're getting somewhere....

    not my first choice in frame, fork, or crankset but man I can't wait to ride this
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    still waiting forever for the hubs to come in so I can build the wheels up asap. Still need to hunt down a 36 or 38t 4 x 104 chainring as well.



    I can't saw the raw finish either. It's really "raw"
     
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    Make those XTR cranks raw. :lol:
     
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    you may want to chop some of that steer tube some.
     
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    get s direct mount stem, that one doesnt look like one
     
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    I have a 36 ring you can have David
     
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    i had this one laying around, but i mean is there any reason not to use one? with the option out there to bolt up to the fork, why not hunt one down eventually?

    thanks, i'll bug you about that later :bang:

    in all reality those probably won't be run because they'll get too banged up. I'd rather sacrifice and swap over my set of XTs but whatever
     
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    I picked up one of these on ebay for 35$ I think that came with shipping also. http://www.downcycles.com/store/-p-880.html The guy listing then had a bunch up here is his store maybe he will post more http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/gofastridesmooth.
     
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    This is rich.... i wanna see it in action....

    Davidb = lightweight rigid fork etc XC racer....

    no where in my mind i would have guessed you a dh'r! awesome!
     
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