Frame: 2009 Specialized P.3. I got this on warranty after breaking a previous warranty frame. Specialized, for such a corporate company, has awesome warranty, and the frame rides great and looks awesome. Very light, hopefully this one holds up.
Fork: 2008 Rockshox Pike 426 Air U-Turn. Got this piece after breaking my previous fork. Since then I lowered it from 110-140mm to 80-110mm, to better suit the frame. I also shaved the poploc mount. Great fork, currently around 5.2 pounds I think.
Headset: Chris King NoThreadSet 1.125", red. Replaced the Specialized OEM headset two frames ago (Damn! that long?!). Since then, I flipped the cups so the text is upside-down....because I can.
Stem: Black Market Underboss, polished. Impulse buy, when CORE couldn't get me an Atomlab Pimplite. I flipped it to get my bars lower. Hardware is a bit soft but it looks good, especially with a polished King topcap up top.
Handlebar: Answer Pro-Taper, ti Satin, 1" x 26". Pro-Tapers are the best handlebar out there. I have plowed into posts, and this thing is fine. Scarily light. Perfect angles.
Grips: ODI Rogue. Only grip I'll run. I replaced the lockrings with some red ano ones.
Front wheel: Sun S-Type laced to Novatec 20mm, MEC 26x1.1" tube, Kenda Small Block 8 1.95" Kevlar folding tire. S-Type is heavy as hell and prebuilt, but it does its job I guess. The tire and tube keep the weight low.
Cranks: Primo Powerbite. Fantastic crank. I might get some ti bits for it.
Pedals: Blackspire Maggy, black. Just rebadged Wellgo MG-1s, meaning they're amazing.
Sprocket: Profile Imperial, 33t, polished. Only sprocket that fits a 22mm spindle and a 9-speed chain. Looks awesome.
Chainguide: E13 LG-1. I may weight-tune it, maybe not.
Chain: KMC X9SL Ti-N. KMC, best chains out there.
Rear wheel: Hope Pro 2 Trials/SingleSpeed, 32 Atomlab red spokes, Mavic 729 rim, MEC 26x1" tube, Kenda Small Block 8 1.95" Kevlar folding tire. The Hope hub is incredible, steel freehub body keeps it tough, and after replacing the stock female axle bolts with steel items, I have no complaints. Hope also has great customer service. The res tof the wheel, a 729 and A-Lab straight-gauge spokes, puts up with my shit and looks good. The spokes were an impulse buy (thanks Chris) because they look awesome. Put a CORE sticker on the rim for that factory look. Chris at CORE built the wheel for me, and it holds up as well as any wheel under me could. Kenda SB8 to keep things light and rolling fast.
Cassette: Shimano HG80 Saint/SLX cassette, reduced to 6-speed (11-18). Reduced to fit the singlespeed hub. The top 3 cogs are on a common carrier, and silver, so when I ditched them I was left with 6 Ti-N coated cogs. Awesome.
Brake: Avid BB7. For street I only trust mechanical brakes, and BB7s are the last word in mechanical calipers. I'm currently running Shimano cable, which sucks but works, linked up to an Odyssey Monolever (rootbeer!!) that I got for 25 cents. Monolever stays out the way and is super tough, can't catch the lever on the ground. I run it in a few inches because I have big hands and so that there's no overlap with the grip. Out back there's a Hope 140mm rotor and Hope ti rotor bolts to keep the weight nice and low.
Post: 2009 Specialized
Seat: 2009 Specialized Fuse SL. Specialized gave both of these to me, so I figured why not run them. Interestingly, I have a stripped 2005 seat and a chopped 2005 post from Specialized, and they are heavier than this full-length combo.
Derailleur: SRAM X.0 short cage. I replaced the limit screws with bolts scavenged from an E13 chainguide, for looks, performance, and weight reasons.
Shifter: SRAM X.9
Big ups to Chris at Core for the hook-ups and keep this machine running for the past year or so, friends for putting up with me always putting the bikes first (Arden and Fluder, ahem), and I guess Specialized for giving me new frames.
See you all on Wednesday.
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