.243 again

[lotec]

Thought since I put an updated thread on the Balfa I may as well do this too, for anyone who doesnt know I don't have all these parts on both bikes, they get swapped between bikes depending on what I want to ride, only took me about half an hour after school today to build this up... Singlespped pride Yo and yes I do realize I have an I.S.C.G mount adapter there :p

Frame: 2004 .243 racing, medium size
Fork: 2003 Manitou Dorado DH, custom Carbon Fibre guards :cool:
Brakes: Navigator front 203mm hayes rotor and shimano adaptors till i can get navigator ones :p Shimano XT 4pot rear 203mm rotor
Tires: 2.7" Maxxis Minion F in supertacky front, 2.5" Maxxis Highroller in maxxpro rear
Hubs: Hugi FR 20mm front 135 QR rear
Rims: Mavic 321 front Intense Mag30 rear
Spokes: DT Alpine III
Cranks: Fsa X-drive 170mm
Bottem bracket: Fsa x-drive 48t spline
Sprocket: Felt jetson
Chain: Some stainless steel wipperman BMX one... $20 :)
Cassette: assortment of casette spacers, 18 t singlespeeed cog and two larger casette rings, 1 on each side
Bars: Azonic doublewall
Stem: Dorado direct mount
Grips: ODI Ruffian lock-ons
Seatpost: Some kalloy POS that rotates when I sit down
Seat: Nisene FI:ZI-k
Pedals: Atomlab Aircorp
Pictures: Sorry about the not too briliant image quality, I had to resize them again after resizing them to post here because the size limit got anal with me about 3 and 7 kbs... :mad:

[Dim]

specs are good mate.....how do the dorados feel

[lotec]

drooltastic, nicest forks ive ever ridden, the angles on the .243 with them are so so so nice as well :D

[bikeman_baldrik]

mate, tighten ur chain, looks way too slack in the pics

[big_pete]

Mofoness!

I thought 6 inches on a ht was to much travel :0

[Avanti_Racing]

what is the world coming to?

put that stuff back on your bb7 and build it up properly, great specs, but not for a hardtail.

[lotec]

yea it is too slack but not so slack it can come off, need to get a half link

[LTR]

BB7 is bettera.

[isthisthepart]

whos cats that in the background???? lol nah nicely done those forks look pretty gnarly on a hardtail

[Kona.S.P]

looking nice david, i think those beautifully painted white boxxers suited the .243 better though ;)

[sxereturn]

Put your fucking cat inside you irresponsible shitbag.

[bradh]

Put your fucking cat inside you irresponsible shitbag.
wow. interesting reply.

[Toxic]

Ahhh, that was you who rode through the Lawson station pedestrian tunnel past me last night. I was so shocked by how cool the bike was, I forgot to yell out so I could have a closer look.

[lotec]

yea would have been me, just had a roll down to hazelbrook train up to lawson and roll back down to hazelbrook again to get a feel of the bike again ;) ended up cranking out down the hill stupidly loosing my foot and doing some nasty damage to my ankle, ah the joys of singlespeed ill only do that once :o

[Toxic]

That would be those silly-long pedal pins at work. :)

[MrPlow]

Put your fucking cat inside you irresponsible shitbag.

No, better yet, sieze the opportunity david, get in your mums car and run that cat over!

Jokes mate, I hope it isn't yours tho. Cats suck

[lotec]

yea its mine but it stays inside most of the time including at night, its sleeping on my bed now..

[whywalkwhenucanroll]

Sweet bike man. It matches the Range Rover very well (thats brand new aint it?). And the pussy.

[S_A_M_U_E_L]

very very very nice mate... wat did u build it from?

[lotec]

whywalkwhenyoucanroll nah the cars about 2 years old now or if you meant the bike then i got the frame second hand and have had it for ages S_A_M_U_E_L sorry I dont know what you mean by that :confused:

[whywalkwhenucanroll]

whywalkwhenyoucanroll nah the cars about 2 years old now or if you meant the bike then i got the frame second hand and have had it for ages S_A_M_U_E_L sorry I dont know what you mean by that :confused:

I was talkin bout the car. Not that i can see the entire thing (and ofcourse it is yours so you would know) but it does look very much like the latest model Rangey. If memory serves they came out in 04. But hey you say its a couple of years old so clearly i'm wrong.

BTW do you find that the Dorados make the bike feel rather front heavy and un-balanced when getting airborne? assuming you do.

[donthucktoflat]

very very very nice mate... wat did u build it from?

what the??

[lotec]

I was talkin bout the car. Not that i can see the entire thing (and ofcourse it is yours so you would know) but it does look very much like the latest model Rangey. If memory serves they came out in 04. But hey you say its a couple of years old so clearly i'm wrong.

BTW do you find that the Dorados make the bike feel rather front heavy and un-balanced when getting airborne? assuming you do.
yea it is but they came out in 03 ;) i find the dorados are a bit heavier than the boxxers i had on it previously but dont notice the weight up the front that much because teh front end is so high i dont have to lift it as high so it kinda balences out, and they only weigh a tiny tiny little bit more than dirtjumpers anyway :D

[ac1rider]

das ist fully sik

[shamo]

is the front very heavy wat do u do with it?

[lotec]

mostly street, no its not too bad, not as noticable cause its higher up

[Jacko Wacko]

That is one Phat ride!

[farkus]

thats good i thought the .243 had a stepper head angle. those durados look good

[shauno]

Awww god..
Nick says thats #4 :D

Frankly id have to agree...

[tombre2]

my mouth dried up, i couldn't stop drooling

sick rig mate