Mostly complete, though I'm still waiting for the seatpost to come in and I haven't trimmed the steerer yet as I may be using a different stem. I also have a SS chain, bash guard, and chain guide on order, so hopefully this time next week I'll have it all put together.

Ironhorse Sinister Comp
Additions:
Kona Ring of Fire
IRC Mud Mad
WTB power v dh saddle
2 seat post; the long one you see and a short one

Cooked my stock headset on the stumpy so replace with a Cane Creek 110. It's their new model with a 110 year warranty. Colors are back ordered so went with black. Top notch fit and finish, we'll see how it holds up:


After trying it out I wiped out in some sand so I brought it into work and cleaned it up. I don't mind a dirty bike but sand in the moving parts I don't like. I usually ride and old ridgid converted to SS at work since it's a big place but used the Stumpy instead:

Supercaliber 26er added Shimano PD-A530 multi-purpose pedals and panaracer tires. The rest is stock. Oh yea and a bell for hikers, this is great PR for mountain bikers on multi-user trails. Actually hikers hear the bell and move over much sooner then me yelling out "on your ...." resulting in more enjoyment for me and probably the hikers as well.

Not as nice as most of the other bikes here, but it's all mine!... thanks to dminor for the frame. I'm curious to find out what it weighs.

Both of them need washes.

That WRX turned out sweet.

That turned out pretty nice mazdaspeed.

Thanks, I like it a lot more than anything I could have bought for what I spent on it.

You might want to get a half link for the chain mazda.

Yeah that or a tensioner, it's loose but I haven't had any problems yet so I'm not in a big hurry.

No problems yet... but get it fixed, because when it does have problems it could be your teeth that pay the price.

Yeah I'll do that. Any suggestions for a cheap tensioner? Also I think my bottom bracket might be creaking :/

I like mechs over hydros. Just me.

Me too. Nice Jamis. How you like the XT shifters? 07?

My 2007 Commencal Meta 5.5.2 Frame broke the other week and it's being replaced with a 2008 Meta 5.5 VIP.
I've taken the opportunity to put, ahem, a couple of new bits on it too.
In fact the only things that are staying are the front and rear derailleurs, forks, tyres and saddle
I will post pics when I get it but in the meantime, here is my bike as was...




And here is the new frame I'm getting...

That linkage is fuxxing with my perspections.

NICE. Don't see many of those around those parts. Does the suspension design work well?

Looks kinda like the Diamondback Knucklebox design.

They are really taking Europe by storm...

Suspension is great.
The 07 model was classed as best all rounder by most of the UK press. When I bought the 07 model I tried all sorts including Specialized Stumpy, Cannondale Prophet, Trek Fuel EX but thought the Commencal was the one for me

They're good, they shift.

feel better than my buddies lxs.

Anyone looked at post #47 in this thread recently?

Your point?

Offending post has been deleted, which is why you don't see anything of interest today. Last night, what had originally (I assume) been a hyperlinked photo of a bicylcle had become a pornographic image.

Kore Chain Reactor might work real good for that. I happen to have an unused NOS one. The chainstay clamp was too small for most of the frames I had - - but might do just fine on the skinny one of that steel hardtail. NICE-looking buildup, by the way. Glad it got a good home.