Mountain Biking - My new S-Works hardtail

Well I was finally able to finish building my S-Works hardtail. I have been building this thing for about 5 months now. I had finished the build about 3 months ago but decided that I didn't want to use the 100 mm White Bros fork that I had. It took me about a month to decide on a new fork. Once I did decide which fork I wanted to run I had another delay, White Bros had a 2 month back order on the 80 mm xc .8 fork. I figured it would be worth it, I haven't found a shock that I like better than the White Bros. Anywho, I have now taken two rides on this bike and I love it. It is taking a little time to get myself used to getting off of the seat on the bumps though, I've been spoiled by riding my fs I guess.

Here are the specs:
2004 Annodized M5 S-Works HT frame (17")
2004 White Bros XC .8 fork
FSA Orbit SL Pro headset
Thomson stem
FSA carbon flat bar
Salsa Juego de Fuego grips
XT shifters (indicators will be removed)
FSA Carbon Pro crankset (aluminum bolts)
Race Face Signature Ti bb
Egg Beater Chrome pedals
Thomson Seatpost
Specialized Body Geometry Pro saddle (I swear by these saddles)
XT front and rear derailleurs
Curreys Cable System (Sealed system made by a local)
Magura Marta SL brakes
Hugi 240 Hubs
Mavic 317 Rims
Tioga Red Phoenix Tires 1.9
XTR Cassette
Stans No Tubes

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/webcrossing/images/LowCelsSWorks.jpg

Anywho, what ya think???

Verynice! What if I may ask was the $ total?
looks like a million$. Love that downtube.

(Ritchey headsets...)

Nice.

Thweet!

seriously nice bike

Thanks everyone.

Jeff, honestly I have no idea how much money I have spent on this thing. To be honest I kind of like it that way, this way I can just plead ignorance when my wife brings up how much I spend on my bikes.

Also, I just weighed it today, it came in just at 21 pounds 15 ounces. I'm pretty happy with that, my goal was under 22 pounds. I can still do a couple of things to shave a little weight without spending a fortune.

wow i really like that bike......been wanting to build up a nice hardtail for some time. i think i'm gonna get a moots hardtail

There is a gusset rear triangle left side.
Can you explain the reasons for this frame wise?

Nice weight!
Chainring and cassette t # pleeease.

Dh prefers 34 chairing a lot as the bikes are heavy, I jumped to 38 with the light hardtail. (could have sqeeeezed 39.)

There is a gusset rear triangle left side.
Can you explain the reasons for this frame wise?

Nice weight!
Chainring and cassette t # pleeease.

Dh prefers 34 chairing a lot as the bikes are heavy, I jumped to 38 with the light hardtail. (could have sqeeeezed 39.)

My Stumpjumper has that gusset too... I was told its to reinforce the stay around the disc mount since its kind of spindly there, so it supposedly reduces flex therefore increasing braking performance.

My Stumpjumper has that gusset too... I was told its to reinforce the stay around the disc mount since its kind of spindly there, so it supposedly reduces flex therefore increasing braking performance.

total sense, I was trying to relate it to gussets used in custom frames, just behind the bb.
Used on the side the rider has dominant leg strength.
Couldn't figure why so back and high?
Err.

The chainrings are 22-32-44 and the cassette is xtr 11-34.

That is one dead sexy hot looking bike!

L8R

where'd ya get the white bros. fork? i went to look at the site, but its all moto-x stuff

Thank ya a2psyklnut.

bigchina, check out whitebrotherscycling.com. (www.whitebrotherscycling.com)

Definately zee nice bike. Specialized is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!