Me Completed Cove

[Avanti_Racing]

heres my new frame with some new/old parts, cranks are getting put on tomorrow depending on weather i pick up my chainguide or not! picked the frame up for 200 today, size 19" and hopfully next thing is front shimano xt hydro

Specs being :
2000 model cove stiffee fr frame
00 model boxxers
shimano xt rear hydro
armour front hydro
new sram x-7 gearing
shimano xt rear 9 spd cassette
321/tx quando/dt front wheel build
alex dx-32/deore/dt wheel build
kona ob bars and stem (for now)
fsa pig dh headset
raceface prodigy dh cranks
-To Come - blackspire dual slalom chainguide
Homebrand oury lock-on grips

brake side with cranks (http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Ch1ckeN/Ch1ckeN%20alBUM/Dsc02635.jpg)
Drive train side with cranks (http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Ch1ckeN/Ch1ckeN%20alBUM/Dsc02637.jpg)
rear end with chain (http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Ch1ckeN/Ch1ckeN%20alBUM/Dsc02638.jpg)
Cove brake side - no cranks - (http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Ch1ckeN/Ch1ckeN%20alBUM/Dsc02628.jpg)
cove drive train side - no cranks - (http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Ch1ckeN/Ch1ckeN%20alBUM/Dsc02631.jpg)
rear end - no chain - (http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Ch1ckeN/Ch1ckeN%20alBUM/Dsc02632.jpg)

[LTR]

Looking good! Not too many coves around! 8)

[Foes_racing]

Nice bike,
I hope you will go crazy on it. :D

[floody]

Looking good! Not too many coves around! 8)
And a damn shame it is, they're very nice bikes for reasonable money.
My local shop has a G-spot and a Stiffee FR hanging up, and the owner rides a handjob - I must say the handjob and stiffee are works of art.

That thing looks good man, nice work.

[vps]

dose triple clamp forks realy work on a hardtail frame
cos i have seen some that just look like shit and look like they wouldnt ride very well

just wondering




michael :lol:

[Dane]

looks nice... i was eyeing off that frame in the fs section, give me another two weeks and i might of snapped it up. are you happy with it? how's 19 inches?

[Gonzo]

It is surely a very nice frame. Though are boxxers the best fork for the frame? Me thinks a Z150 or similar would be better but ultimately it is up to personal choice. though in the end all that matters is that you ride it hard and enjoy what you've got.

[Avanti_Racing]

yeah im sticking with what i got atm untill i can get 6" sc's , trying to put cranks on because theyre on my old bike and i need a spacer wich i dont have to get them off so i dont know how she rides, but it rolls well

[olsson]

Looking good! Not too many coves around! 8)
And a damn shame it is, they're very nice bikes for reasonable money.
My local shop has a G-spot and a Stiffee FR hanging up, and the owner rides a handjob - I must say the handjob and stiffee are works of art.

That thing looks good man, nice work.

Not really good for money, they might look good, and be designed well, but a alloy frame for over 1k, or a cromo frame for around 700. You make the choice.

But nice bike, dont know about the DCs though. But it comes down to personal preferance.

[Cúl-Báire]

Olsson Wrote: Not really good for money, they might look good, and be designed well, but a alloy frame for over 1k, or a cromo frame for around 700. You make the choice.

But nice bike, dont know about the DCs though. But it comes down to personal preferance.

Clearly you have never riden, had a hand made frame before. Coves are worth every cent in my opinion, their bikes just reek of quality... Small company with a huge reputation. They are also quiet cheap compared to other bikes of there class.

Cool bike man, I hope you love it as much as I love my Cove, there ain't may around & they always turn heads. 19" frame with d/c's must be huge though :shock:

SUEY! SUEY!!! :lol:

[and1]

the white boxxers are pimp. I saw a stiffee fr a few weeks back, jet black, and the due was kind enough to let me jump it. They feel awesome aye. Welcome to the cove club!

[dylma]

very, very 8) pimp 8)

never seen one of those frames before.