Bike Build Completed
The Planet X race bike is finally finished. This build started 14 months ago, but as any rider on a budget will understand, it had to be bought and assembled one piece at a time. Now that the new Reba fork is installed, it now has every piece that I wanted when I started building this frame. Thanks to Midtown Bicycles in Tulsa for lots of tips and assistance. See my picture gallery for updated photos. Here`s the complete build sheet: (recent upgrades noted in parentheses)
Planet X Jack Flash with hydroformed aluminum Easton RAD tubing
Rock Shox Reba Race Dual Air disc-specific 100mm
Chris King NoThread headset
Avid SAAGO stem - 100mm
Sigma computer (busted)
Nokon brake and rear shifter housing, silver
Avid Speed Dial Ti brake levers
Avid BB7 disc brakes, 160mm rotors
SRAM X-7 trigger shifter, rear only
Easton EA50 riser bar, 25.4 dia (Changed to an On-One Mary bar 11/06)
ODI Ruffian lock-on grips
Dangerboys Components Maltese Cross Bar Plugs
Thomson Elite Seatpost - size very long
WTB Laser V SL Comp saddle
Maxxis Larsen Mimo Tires 26x2.0 (Changed to Scott OXYD 2.0 12/06)
Maxxis Ultralight MTB tubes
Truvativ Hussefelt crankset w/ bashguard, 175mm, innermost ring removed
Spot Brand chainring guard replaced the Truvativ bashguard 12/06
Truvativ Gigapipe SLLT bottom bracket
Blackspire Mono Veloce 32T chainring, anodized black
SRAM PC-991 9speed chain, solid pin (Replaced with the stronger Wippermann stainless steel 9-speed chain)
SRAM X0 rear derailleur, long cage
SRAM 990 11-34 cassette, anodized aluminum carrier
Deore disc hubs, Sun DS2+XC disc specific rims (Replaced with Mavic 317 rims built on DT Swiss hubs in 12/06
Hope skewers, stainless steel rods, gold ends