Something bigger and slacker this way comes. I'm still no big hucker/jumper type, but like ugly steep chunky technical descending, and want to hit up a bit more east coast lift terrain this summer and fall. To wit: something a bit more purpose built with that in mind, but still able to be pedaled/shuttled to the top of some local stuff. Albeit slowly.

14.5' bb height, 46" wheelbase, 17" stays, 65* HTA. All 38.5# of her. 6.5" rear/7" front. Long and slack, lotsa' sag.

(my scale reads under roughly a pound, so i'm estimating 38.5# for the hell of it.)


07 Devinci Frantik frame, 09 Fox DHX Air, Totem Solo Air. Azonic Outlaw wheels, 150mm x 12mm rear.

Stinger guide, FSA low end cranks, plain jane bashring, M646 pedals. Fairly light yet cheapy saddle and post, Hope QR. Kore 29" low rise bar, Sunline stem, Rogue lock on grips. FSA/Cane Creek reducer headset combo (to keep the stock slack head angle but lower the bar height a bit) Avid Juicy-3 brakes -7" reear/8" front. SRAM X-5 shifters, X-9 mid cage rear, X-9 front. Kenda DH Nevegals -2.5" rear, 2.7" front, regular tubes. SRAM 980 cassette. A few extra ti and alu bits sprinkled here and there from the parts bin - not enough to really make even a dent in the weight, but I can say I tried.

Nearly the whole bike was built off ebay and other forum deals, for roughly 1/3 of what it would have run me retail. There is also a new link available from Devinci that will up the rear travel from 165mm-->180mm without altering the geometry and using the same shock - just with a slightly different leverage ratio. I plan to leave it this way though. Working on getting a couple spare dropouts from some Canadian folks. Devinci doesn't sell in the states, or online, and has no contact info on their website that I can find. Grrrrrr!