My 2003 Rocky Mountain ETSX-50

[John U]

Goes well. Fairly forgiving. Climbs like a demon. Excellent for all day epics
Only stock items are the frame, rear shock, stem, and seatpost. Poached bits and pieces off other bikes and bought a bit of new stuff.

frame- 03 Rocky Mountain ETSX-50
forks- 05 Fox TALAS RLC
rear shock- 03 Fox FLOAT RL
brakes- 03 Magura Marta
cranks- 03 Shimano XT
rear deraileur- SRAM ESP 9.0
front deraileur- Shimano XT
rims- Mavic Crossmax SL
hubs- Mavic Crossmax SL
chain- Connex
cassette- Shimano XTR 12-34t
handle bars- Easton Carbon Monkey Lite
stem- 03 Race Face Prodigy
headset- Ritchey WCS
pedals- Time ATAC XS
tyres- Panaracer Fire XC Pro 2.1 (tubeless)
shifters- 03 SRAM X9
grips- Rocky Mountain Dual Density
saddle- Specialized Avatar

What do you reckon?

[Ride_Guy]

Nice ride man.. whats the weight on that bad boy?

[Toxic]

I recognise that bike. I think I saw it up at the helipad on the Oaks a few weekends back. Very nice.

[Ryder]

ive always wondered if the rear ands on those bikes are flexy? they sure look it thats all, looks awesome anyway yeah what does it weigh dosent look like it could be much.

[John U]

cheers. doesn't seem to flex too much. the rear end is pretty well put together. less flex than my 2001 AC1. not sure what the weight is. i will try and find some scales and find out

[John U]

got some scales and weighed it. 12.1 kgs. is that any good for the spec?

[bighitter]

Nice bike, those rocky mountains are sweet riding bikes, and they are definately not flexxy in the rear end

As for weight, its around 28-lbs, which is not too bad. but you do seem to have some really good lightweight parts, like martas - crossmax SL's.
You could definately drop the weight down to 23-24lbs with a bit of love from the bank account -

frame- 03 Rocky Mountain ETSX-50
forks- 05 Fox TALAS RLC (probably dont wanna change - but F100RLT
rear shock- 03 Fox FLOAT RL
brakes- 03 Magura Marta
cranks- 03 Shimano XT - lots lighter, like fsa k force - xtr - race face deus
rear deraileur- SRAM ESP 9.0 - X.O
front deraileur- Shimano XT
rims- Mavic Crossmax SL
hubs- Mavic Crossmax SL
chain- Connex - SRAM PC89r hollow pin
cassette- Shimano XTR 12-34t - Dura ace or Ultegra 12-27T
handle bars- Easton Carbon Monkey Lite
stem- 03 Race Face Prodigy - lots of stems will drop considerable weight ie over 100g
headset- Ritchey WCS
pedals- Time ATAC XS - Eggbeaters
tyres- Panaracer Fire XC Pro 2.1 (tubeless)
shifters- 03 SRAM X9 - X.O
grips- Rocky Mountain Dual Density - Foam
saddle- Specialized Avatar - selle italia flite TT or SLR - or even a fizik aliante

[freeride_sweet]

man those rim look like the ones i want to get for my roadie. they look mad.

[Pete W]

Dude sweet ride, don't go too much weight weeenie, I'd say its just perfect. how do the wheels go , do they stay straight on 24 spokes???
like I said sweeeeeeettt!!!!

[John U]

i haven't given the wheels a really good workout yet due to injured back. they have stayed straight as so far. they feel so much easier to push. stopping seems to be easier as well. i guess a bit of it might be in my head. this is also the first time i have gone tubeless so this probably helps too.

[.:jono:.]

u have got some nice specs but i don't like the frame that much