I thought the kenda one looked good

My new ride, I need to throw on some clipless pedals as well as upgrade the fork when I find some spare cash. I'm pretty excited about it though.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5499/bike1mt6.jpg

My newly built and also first MTB!

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6995/mtb2sy2.jpg

That came out really nice.

^^ That thing's awesome. What's the frame?

That is some serious pr0nz.

Was that Q for me? If so, the frame is a "noname" German frame. The brand is Vortrieb, but that's just the name given to it by the mail order company that sells them. Fairly light and nice frame, though. ~1540 g in 19" size, all for ~US$280. Total weight, as pictured, is 23.5 lbs. Not superlight, but pretty good.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c5...g/new018-1.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c5...ong/new020.jpg

mmhh kay?
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...e/IMG_3134.jpg

http://www.frustmag.com/car_pics_for_web/mb1.jpg

1994 Bridgestone MB-1 Frameset

IRD bars
Ritchey Logic Bar Ends
Ritchey Logic Grips
Suntour 8 spd XCPro Thumbshifters
XT V-Brake levers
135mm Softride stem
mixed headset combo of hatta vesta top/XT bottom cups
1993 MB-1 fork
XTR V-brakes
Gore Ride-on cables
Syncros Ti seatpost
Selle Italia Flite
Shimano UN72 BB
Mavic 637 Crank 46/34/24 Specialités TA rings, alu chainring hardware, ti crankbolts
Sachs/Sedisport Chain
Ritchey WCS ti pedals
Suntour XC9000 front derailleur
Suntour XCPro rear derailleur, alu jockey pulleys
XT Cassette 11-30
Wheelsmith built Mavic 517 wheel with XTR hubs, DB spokes, brass nips
Syncros Ti QRs
Ritchey Z-Max WCS tires 2.1x26
Specialized ultralite tubes
johnson's babypowder
Beeswax, stickers, framesaver

liv rong, how do you like the Alliance?

I can not give an honest opinion of it because I have not done any serious riding in years, so i really have no basis to judge it. I can tell you that it is fast though. I work at a shop and ride other bikes, and this one does cruise out. I cant tell you about value because I Ep'd it, so I didnt spend too much on the bike and upgrades. I am also still getting used to clipless so I am not fully using the bike to its potential on single track, plus my front end is all over the place(most likely my fault though). I never even rode the bike with the X7 components, it came right out of the box and on went XT, minus the front derailuer. I do love the damn thing though and ride it as much as I can, which isnt enough because I work two jobs and never have a full day off. It sucks working in a shop after i get off of my full time job, and Im around bikes all day and all i want to do is ride my bike, but what can you do.

May as well put this in here...

http://i1.pinkbike.com/photo/1993/pbpic1993891.jpg

http://i4.pinkbike.com/photo/1993/pbpic1993888.jpg

http://i1.pinkbike.com/photo/1993/pbpic1993881.jpg

Imagine a picture of an 08 Paragon here.
Egg beater SL's, but completely stock aside from that.
Real pics later.

That Blur is hot! Thing looks ready to rip!

I'm still getting my head around the asymmetrical rear triangle on the new Blur. It looks whacked out.

Hows the new bike ride never?

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/treknature1.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/vueltatrek2.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/treknature3.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/treknature4.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/treknature6.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/trekclose.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/SramRDclose.jpg

a few new pictures of the Trek with the new freeride wheelset on it.

Holy Rollers?

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1210438557


http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1210438612

yessir.
I use Larsen TT UST tires on the Mavic crossmax SLR wheelset, but I wanted something for roads and dirt, so I picked up some Vuelta Team SL wheels, Aztec rotors, a SRAM pg-990 cassette, a pair of slime smart tubes, and the holy rollers.
I'm really liking them so fat.. just got them together this week.

I changed up the images in my last post, so there are some nicer pics now.
I got out today in the sun and shot some new stuff.. sunlight beats fluorescents in a garage any day.

Ditch the kickstand, eh? There's a reason mountain bikes don't come with them...

CUBE ELITE -training Setup
 

CUBE ELITE -training Setup

liv_rong,
What tires are you running? They look almost like Small Block 8s.

Hopefully I'll be able to ride again in the fall and see you at some CAMBr events like the race.

Scott

what would that be, since I ride on asphault and hardpack?
If I ride XC, or more to the point, when I ride XC again, I'll remove it and switch wheelsets.
For now, I leave the bike outside in front of a friend's house when I'm out, and I don't care to leave it lying around in gravel.

There's a reason they sell kickstands, too.

I do apologize. Next time I'll be less presumptuous, and when I make assumptions, I'll make sure to add a disclaimer.

For example, I'll gladly revise my statement to:

ASSUMING you use your bike for its intended purpose, ditch the kickstand :D