[indieboy]

c'mon we know you guys are building em.

here's mine, sans bartape (yellow cork is going on)
build list:
thomson 110x5 stem
salsa estrada bar
thomson seat post
slr
eggbeaters
da 9spd rear shifter
ulterga everything else
*waiting for new shimano canti's*
wheels pictured are crappy training wheels, will be using either my ulterga/openpro set and/or my powertap/openpro

got some more pics coming too, excuse my crappy camera. all i've got is my camera phone

 

[indieboy]

the paint has a metal flake in it, the pics don't really show off that. it is only in the yellow and green portions of the paint though

 

[dh girlie]

Cool paint job Jaaaaaayyyymmeeeeeeeee.

 

[JRB]

Wow - very nice

 

[Squeak]

Nice bike Indie!

Need a new pic of mine. Maybe I will post one tonight.

 

[indieboy]

Wow - very nice

thank you sir

 

[recidivist]

Work it.

 

[douglas]

nice

whens your next cx race?

 

[indieboy]

Nice bike Indie!

Need a new pic of mine. Maybe I will post one tonight.

you like it huh?

still rockin the rocky mtn?

 

[indieboy]

Work it.

probably out of all of my bikes i think my planet cross is my favorite. it's just so much fun to ride. the geometry on that bike is frickin DIALED. those guys have worked so hard on fine tuning it and it just rips.....such a stable it's freaky

 

[indieboy]

nice

whens your next cx race?

cross season here starts late, so not for another month or so. just building it up so i can be prepared

 

[Squeak]

Saturday is Brecktobercross in Breckenridge. 1st race of the season for me.

Yes Indie, it is still the Rocky, with top levers and a new seatpost, and new wheels.

 

[MikeD]

That ought to match your Peter Pan duds pretty nicely...

 

[Mtbike]

Nice rides, if you want to get into cross on the cheap and also have an all around versitile

 

[Mtbike]

Nice rides, if anyone wants to get into "cross" on the cheap, check a Surly Cross Check......4130 Chromo......Strong and Responsive. Complete bikes and frames. Also makes great commuter and touring rig.

www.surlybikes.com

 

[Mtbike]

I don't know what happened there................aaaaa

 

[indieboy]

Saturday is Brecktobercross in Breckenridge. 1st race of the season for me.

Yes Indie, it is still the Rocky, with top levers and a new seatpost, and new wheels.

i've done away with the topmounts this year. gonna give it a shot with out em

 

[mattv2099]

Uhh. I'm rockin this thing. This weekend is my first race on it. I've only got about 100 miles on it cuz I spend all my time on my road bike.

I got rid of the stock saddle and replaced with a selle italia flight ti. The pedals were replaced with eggbeaters.

I don't like the second brake levers (don't know what they are called). They're basicaly just a waste of weight.

OH yeah, I flopped the stem over so I'm not in old person cruiser mode.

 

[indieboy]

Uhh. I'm rockin this thing. This weekend is my first race on it. I've only got about 100 miles on it cuz I spend all my time on my road bike.

I got rid of the stock saddle and replaced with a selle italia flight ti. The pedals were replaced with eggbeaters.

I don't like the second brake levers (don't know what they are called). They're basicaly just a waste of weight.

OH yeah, I flopped the stem over so I'm not in old person cruiser mode.

flip the stem back over. it's a better position on a cx bike.

the top mount levers aren't for everyone. i had em on my bike last year and i took em off this year. decided that i'd try it with out them. i felt like they were a crutch.....

 

[douglas]

newb ?'s (I never even watched one of these but indieboy says I should go race one)

what happens if you hit or knock over one of the man made obstacles?

would would be better to use, my dul suspension xc bike or my roadbike?

 

[recidivist]

what happens if you hit or knock over one of the man made obstacles?

Or if you're like me, you're too tired to run straight and trip over your own bike? Fall down, swear, get up again. Folks laugh at you. BFD.

would would be better to use, my dul suspension xc bike or my roadbike?

Depends on the course. The traditional (Euro) answer would be road bike, but here in the US of A, mountain bike values have crept into some course design, making many of them more MTB friendly. If there's anyway to use an XC hardtail (beg, borrow, steal with a bic pen), I'd use that.

 

[BullBiker]

I just got a Bianchi Axis a couple weeks ago. Left it pretty much stock except for the pedals.

Me likey!

L8R

 

[spoke80]

I just had the first ride on my new pain mobile! I use to race alot of road and crosscountry and after all that crap I am stoked to get some in cross. My goal is to compete in two series this winter so that I can bring it a little more in the DH and MTNX season. My first cx bike was a 1992 Fat Chance Yo -eddy single speed and that was cool but the new rig is off the chain. Anyway, thanks for looking and here's da breakdown.

Frame: Small 2004 Giant TCS
Fork: Giant Carbon
Wheels: Ultegra/ Mavic
Tires: Maxxis Mimo (thanks Maxxis)
H-Bar: Salsa Bell lap
Shifters: Ultera Sti
BB: Ultegra
Cranks: Ultegra
Rings: FSA 34/42
Cassette: Shimano 27-12
Rear Derailluer: Dura-ace
Front Derailluer: Ultegra
Seatpost: Thomson
Stem: Thomson
Brakes: Avid Cantis
Pedals: Time Atac
Saddle: Era
weight: 20lbs

 

[recidivist]

Less talking. More porn.

 

[Squeak]

Here is mine.

Rocky Mountain Rail
Ritchey cross cranks
32 h Mavic open pros w\ultegra hubs
Thompson post
Hutchenson Cross tires
Time ATACs
105 shifters and der.

 

[Funky Monk]

I'm liking the IF PX's... drool.

 

[indieboy]

I'm liking the IF PX's... drool.

easily one of the nicest, if not the nicest cx bike on the market.....i LOVE mine. the bike just finds its' own lines and rips through them. handles well at both low and high speeds making transitions on and off the bike very easy. the tall headtube (something the larger companies making cx bikes don't get yet) allows for more room to shoulder the bike. the bridgeless chainstays leaves plenty of room for mud to make it's way through and not get clogged up. there are tons of little things about this bike that just add to how great it is.

 

[ahbrooks]

kinda dark, and the spec is outdated by now, but you get the gist of it. ibis hakkalugi. total pain machine. cx is so much fun.....

 

[toughguymagee]

My bike porn will be coming soon. I raced my first CX race yesterday on a HT MTB and wished I had died! I feel great now and picked up a 03' Enemy and should have it built in the next week or so.

 

[recidivist]

Damn, that's a beautiful Ibis. I miss Ibis....

 

[indieboy]

Damn, that's a beautiful Ibis. I miss Ibis....

me too!

 

[ahbrooks]

yeah, me three. not to get off topic (and I'll post a new pic once the new shoes are mounted) but does anyone know what Scot Nicol is up to these days?

 

[SuspectDevice]

newb ?'s (I never even watched one of these but indieboy says I should go race one)

what happens if you hit or knock over one of the man made obstacles?

would would be better to use, my dul suspension xc bike or my roadbike?

Are you considering Pittsfield for your first CX race? If you can fit 28's on your road bike I'd say go with it. You might as well not even race if you are going to haul around a 28lb cross bike.

Bums me out that I'm going to miss Pittsfield and Northfield again this year, but I need to spend all weekend locked in a room building show bikes for Interbike.

 

[recidivist]

does anyone know what Scot Nicol is up to these days?

Wasn't there an interview in Dirt Rag about a year ago.

Oh, no. That was Ross Shafer.

Well, Scott's still alive, at least. See him here.

 

[ahbrooks]

Yeah, my parents have one hanging in the kitchen. My pops has a couple Eisentrauts, and Curtis Inglis lives in town....

 

[ahbrooks]

current spec, with the mud2's, ATACs, and the 80's-madness perforated white leather turbo.

 

[JOJO]

It has new tires and pedals on it now but this is my baby

 

[ahbrooks]

great paint scheme on that look. totally sweet.

 

[JOJO]

great paint scheme on that look. totally sweet.

thnx... its too bad my cx season is pretty much ruined by broken ribs and a knee that keeps filling up with fluid

 

[Jesus]

Damn...now i'm wanting to trade my DH bike for a CX bike.