2013 Build Ideas

[ianjenn]

Okay so we are trying to get ready to build a 2013 Zerode. I am not 100 percent on a few items. What do you think? The bike is a bit off but trying to figure out funds needed....

Zerode g1
Dvo Emrald or Dorado
Chris king 1.5 hs
Enve carbon HD bars
Hope Evo brakes
Enve dh wheels or profile elites laced to mavic hoops
Sdg ifly post and seat
E13 lg1r cranks

[Huck Banzai]

Okay so we are trying to get ready to build a 2013 Zerode. I am not 100 percent on a few items. What do you think? The bike is a bit off but trying to figure out funds needed....

Zerode g1
Dvo Emrald or Dorado
Chris king 1.5 hs
Enve carbon HD bars
Hope Evo brakes
Enve dh wheels or profile elites laced to mavic hoops
Sdg ifly post and seat
E13 lg1r cranks

If you leave HOPE in the build, make sure to PRAY; Otherwise good build.

[al-irl]

why hope brakes when you could have saints or formula the ones

[ianjenn]

The saint modulation bugs me. I have terrible lever feel so I like the rear brake to be a sponge. The new Saint has a weird lever feel it is on the Norco I am testing now. Formulas may be an option as well all three are close in price so. Also am planning on a CCDB Air rear shock......

[demo 9]

ccdb air to the mix, formula brakes. profile to enve seems like a sweet wheelset-but the profile hubs are a bit heavy iirc

[ianjenn]

ccdb air to the mix, formula brakes. profile to enve seems like a sweet wheelset-but the profile hubs are a bit heavy iirc

Yeah they are heavy but the 200 engagement points may be a plus. The hope hubs would be a fair bit less money and weight though....

[OGRipper]

Whatever you do, make it a "67.5'er" with a 650b front wheel.

[The Mad Haderer]

ditch the hopes for shimano, if they are too strong get the xt trails...profile hubs drag like crazy so ditch them for some stealth or even Kings on Enve hoops. I also just tried a set of envy bars and they have a really strange bend on them...lots of backsweep, kind of feel like cruiser bars..lol
DB air with a few volume reducers inside and the DVO looks like a better option if you insist on going with an inverted fork...

[norbar]

By evos do you mean the new V4's? They look amazing and if they are anything close to the new V2s they are awesome.

For hubs why not Hadley?

As for wheels if you go full pimp why not get some top end spokes for that as well. People forget how much weight you can loose there. Sapim Superspokes? Maybe pillar mega lite ss but I didn't have enough time on mine to certify their durability.

[ianjenn]

By evos do you mean the new V4's? They look amazing and if they are anything close to the new V2s they are awesome.

For hubs why not Hadley?

As for wheels if you go full pimp why not get some top end spokes for that as well. People forget how much weight you can loose there. Sapim Superspokes? Maybe pillar mega lite ss but I didn't have enough time on mine to certify their durability.

Yeah I mean the Evo Stealth V4's. Yeah Hadley is an option. I dont want to service so I think King is out. I am waiting to see what Enve will be versus say maybe some 521 Mavics laced to whatever hubs. The Race Face bar is an option also pretty light I can ride any width but 750-790 is ballpark. I can always chop em.

[Sandwich]

Man, I know they're not bling, but I hear nothing but good about shimano's new brakes, and I can't imagine paying more/the same for anything else, unless you really just want pretty anodized stuff. Supposedly the resin pads offer more modulation than the metal ones too.

As for hubs, nobody is really building stuff with the profile gear yet, so that would be a pretty neat route to go. Alternatively, if you're building a zerode, a stealth hub would make it a really really quiet bike, which would be neat to see. The zero-engagement drive would also help cancel out any drivetrain lash because of the alfine.

I would definitely go DVO, just for the fun of it, but it's a question of when it's released to market, and if you want to be the guinea pig that tries it first.

I'm a big big fan of shimano's cranks, but Raceface comes in pretty colors.

[ianjenn]

Man, I know they're not bling, but I hear nothing but good about shimano's new brakes, and I can't imagine paying more/the same for anything else, unless you really just want pretty anodized stuff. Supposedly the resin pads offer more modulation than the metal ones too.

I have the new 2013 Saints on the Aurum 1 I am testing the lever throw is WACK. I can't get over it. It is weird I have big hands and about 1/2 way through there is an elbow that the lever hits while compressing and it feels like it gets stuck there. It's really weird....so. The Hope, Shimao and Formula are all basically within $20 of one another for a complete set. I didn't know Stealth was still doing hubs hmm they are semi-local also.

We are getting a DVO fork just not sure when. The bike may turn into a test bike and some media places may get it so technically if it was a build we offered it would have to be the exact same. The LIGHT WHEEL, CRANK build was probably gonna use a Boxxer WC for weight only. So I could get the Boxxer to send out to test and then ride a good fork for myself and others around here.

[StyledAirtime]

will the Cane Creek Double Barrel Air fit?
I know the vivid Air wont.
Look forward to seeing the build. it does sounds brilliant.

[ianjenn]

will the Cane Creek Double Barrel Air fit?
I know the vivid Air wont.
Look forward to seeing the build. it does sounds brilliant.

Rob is gonna check to see he thinks it may clear with some of the changes being done to new frames!!

[rocketmatt17]

Ian

The CCDB air cleared on all three of our bikes. 2 were 2011, 1 is a 2012. I can hook you up with some I9's since we are there factory test team if your interested. What are the changes to the 2013 frames

Matt
Billy Goat Bikes