Mountain Biking - just bought a full suspension frame now i need suggestions on components

just bought a black ano yeti asx frame, now help me with my components, what should i put on it?

a fork?

thats a really versatile frame. Whats you intended use

Whatever you do, you can't go wrong with a SRAM drivetrain.

Out damn Shimano.

put a marzocchi 66 on the front *hears the song Big Pimpin'*
although imo you would want a differnt color frame to offset that big honkin' black fork

just bought a black ano yeti asx frame, now help me with my components, what should i put on it?

Dude a frame like that deserves only high quality components. What's the intended use?

just bought a black ano yeti asx frame, now help me with my components, what should i put on it?


This should be a good start point ;)

White Brothers XC 1.0 fork
Magura Marta SL brakes
XT pod shifters w/ display removed
XT derailleurs
XT cassette
American Classic ISIS bb
FSA Carbon Pro crankset
Hugi 240 hubs
Mavic 317 rims
Stans no-tubes
Continental Explorer & Escape tire
Thomson stem & seatpost
Fizik Gobi saddle
FSA K-Force low rise carbon bar
Odi lock on grips (don't give me too hard of a time about these)
FSA Orbit Xtreme Pro
Crank Bros Candy SL pedals

just bought a black ano yeti asx frame, now help me with my components, what should i put on it?

Everyone has strenths and weakness. For example:

British - Humor
German - Engineering
French - Food

You don't want:

British - Food
German - Humor
French - Engineering


Here are the "best" folks in the MTB world:

Shifting - SRAM
Cranks - Shimano, Trutativ(EXTERNAL bearings only)
Fork - Marzocci, Rock Shox
Bars/Post - Easton
Rubber - Panaracer, Hutchinson, WTB
Hubs - Shimano, Chris King, Swiss, Hugi
Rims- Mavic, Sun
Headset - Cane Creek, Chris King
Brakes - Avid, Hayes, Hope
Pedals - Crank Bros, Time

Everyone has strenths and weakness. For example:

French - Food



Youre joking right? :) Burgundy Beef is the best dish Ive ever had in my life. Well, that and Braised Lamb Shanks. Damnt, Im hungry now!

Cranks - Shimano, Trutativ
You forgot Race Face and I still disagree on the Shimano bit

Everyone has strenths and weakness. For example:

British - Humor
German - Engineering
French - Food

You don't want:

British - Food
German - Humor
French - Engineering


Here are the "best" folks in the MTB world:

Shifting - SRAM
Cranks - Shimano, Trutativ(EXTERNAL bearings only)
Fork - Marzocci, Rock Shox
Bars/Post - Easton
Rubber - Panaracer, Hutchinson, WTB
Hubs - Shimano, Chris King, Swiss, Hugi
Rims- Mavic, Sun
Headset - Cane Creek, Chris King
Brakes - Avid, Hayes, Hope
Pedals - Crank Bros, Time

Replace the Zocci with a Fox for the fork and you have a pretty good setup there. Marzocci's XC forks aren't even close to Fox's.

Cranks - Shimano, Trutativ(EXTERNAL bearings only)

thats 90% B.S. ISIS is good for 90% of the riders out there. I dont think Chris king and Race face would also make ISIS if it was that bad. Been running my Stylo Teams without issue. But truvativ makes some of the best cranks imo, hussefelts great stuff

This thread is hillarious. What about raceface and fsa for cranks. Shimano hubs are garbage, they are heavy and have low engagement points, they hold value simply because of how cheap they are. isis is bad, I am not touching that as thats just a foolish statement based on someone reading too much into marketting hype. Thomson seatpost make easton look like tinfoil...fsa headset?...

I will wait till the guy tells us how he plans to build the bike up before I start offering up parts to use. Thats what determines the parts. And who said this is a xc build. Its and asx people. Its a freaking freeride frame (a dead sexy one at that).

http://www.go-ride.com/photos/23june03/krispy_asx1.jpg

thats 90% B.S. ISIS is good for 90% of the riders out there. I dont think Chris king and Race face would also make ISIS if it was that bad. Been running my Stylo Teams without issue. But truvativ makes some of the best cranks imo, hussefelts great stuff
Damn straight