slick 07 Fireeye Spitfire *updated* 7/6/07 the evolution continues, new pics p8

[beno]

checkout p6 for the lastest pics of the spit. New frame, new bits!

Got some new White Brothers forks to try out on my bike, White brothers were pretty big in the mid to late 90's and are now having a bit of a resurgence. These are The Fluid 120's which are set at 100mm and are a coil fork. They retail for $1450 and look trick! I havent ridden it enough for a full evaluation but so far they are on par with the Pikes i was running before, are significantly lighter and will hopefully get better with a bit more running in (manual says about 10 hours riding required)

Brake is a Quad Sting which is a 2 piston hydraulic brake and it has a VERy nice lever feel and good stopping power!

Frame: Fireeye Spitfire 15'' white with built in chain tugs and slotted disc mounts.
Fork: White Brothers Fluid 120, gas charged oil damping with adjustable compression, rebound and preload. 32mm legs and weigh about 400g less than a set of pikes at 2147g.
Cranks: holzfeller.
Wheels: A2Z 20mm front, 10mm bolt up rear. Dirtbag fr rims (soon to be changed to fireeye 920 front hub and 10mm single speed rear hub) Sapim spoke n nipples
Tyres: Maxxis Holy rollers 2.4
Brakes: Quad Sting, a new brake that i'm trying out. so far so good!
Rotors: A2Z SPIII 180mm rotors f n r ( lightest stainless rotors you can get and the funkiest shape out there) using A2Z adapters.
Pedals: Fireeye Grills, ano orange. sealed bearing, heaps of spare pins
Chain: Wipperman
Seatpost: Fireeye alloy one peice
Saddle: Fireeye MR Fire
Headset:Fireeye iris XL ano orange of course!
Stem:Fireeye Talon, ano orange.
Bars: Fireeye 254's with flames!
Endcaps: more orange ano.


Here's the geometry for those that wanted to know-
with the forks set at 100mm it has a 69deg head angle and a 12.8'' bb height. With the forks set at 120mm it has a 67.5deg head angle and a 13'' bb height. The chainstays are currently set at 16'', but can go as short as 15.5'' if i ditch the bilt in chain tugs and use a bolt up hub.

[.:jono:.]

holy shit!!!!! man that is hot good job

[echo]

love it. nice colour matches (orange looks good) top effort!!

[pushyrider]

that bike is so hot man, i love that frame. it all goes together so well. and like 'echo' said the orange looks da tits. top job

[Dan.]

that is awesome it looks so much better than the firesky(which is also cool) and those pedals are sick

[adrian99]

awesome bike! thats a sweet job. love the colours

[Mo]

waooooooooooooooooh :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

sick dude...can i ride your bike down Chapel St??? on saturday
well fucking done.

[randomridermax]

loving it orange and white good combo i think well it looks super sweet there

[.:Easily:.]

wow you have orange ano as far as the eye can see

very nice

[DEMONATION]

hey what is fireye? ive never heard of it and the orange stuff looks sweet! nice ride man very ummmm... ornage:D

[mpdowling]

oh snap! :eek:

that bike is of da hizzy :cool: :p :rolleyes:

[beno]

cheers guys, I'm stoked with how it turned out too! Most of the stuff like pedals and stems and whatnot I hadn't even seen in the flesh before they arrived at my door, so I was happy as with the finish and the quality of the goodies. Just how good is orange ano! TOPS i reckon. I also have a adobe catalogue with all the parts and retail prices in it but its 3mb so if i get enough of you to pm me with your email addresses i will send it out to you all in one hit!(boo to dial up!!)

beno

[Mo]

if your bike was a company, i'd buy share in it just to say i own part of it :D :D :D

[bondy86]

that is absolutely awsome!! everyone has said it all before... great oranges bits.. and how nice are those pedals!!! the have spots for like 20 pins each side!! insane!! they lite? they look like tasty little machined goodness..

[MUGEN]

Jeebus that is hot, whats the weight like? How does it compare to your old firesky?

[bowzaa]

Fucking choice beno, awesome:)
Pm'd

[kizza]

second that, very nice bike mate. How's it ride?

[beno]

weighs in around 13/14kg, i dont have any accurate scales around at the moment that read over 6kg, but when i do get some i'll post its weight up. Its a bit heavier than our demo bike-the Fireeye Firesky (which is STILL at Clict mag- come on give it back ya buggers) cause the frame has been strengthened in a couple spots (beefier headtube n downtube),as well as the addition of the ASP chain tensioning system and some heavier components. This frame retails for $550, and the Firesky is still available in Vertical dropouts only for $499.

The pedals aren't lite! infact most of they parts are heavier than the norm, so they should prove to be pretty durable. They are some of the coolest pedals about at the mo though, but I only brought in 2 pairs of these in orange(got silver and black as well), cause I wasn't sure what they would look like in the metal. So if want a pair in orange youll have to be patient or ring Jindabyne Bike n Skate, as they were the first shop to see em the day they came in (Iwas on the way to the Nationals!) and they snapped the other pair up! Or you could go for the Ignition pedal, which comes in orange too.

still havent ridden it properly, hopefully on the weekend!

cheers for the comments, much appreciated!

Beno

[donthucktoflat]

100% badass.

looks sweet. i try not to make a habit of commenting on other people's bikes but this is too rad. i love it! what are the pedals like? i may be up for some newies in the near to distant future so i am sorta half heartedly looking at stuff.

pm'd

[Nobi Wan]

props to u mate! that is mad bro.... lovin the style u gave it ! those pedals look sik too man.....well done!:cool:

[tonka_202]

ohh that is hot stuff, love those rotors!!, they look sharp!

[$tevo]

ohh that is hot stuff, love those rotors!!, they look sharp!


yeh mad bike how much did it cost you? and where and how much were the roters????:confused:

[FatYZ0]

Man that is fat as, Where did you confiscate those rotors from the are hot as.
All in all man that is one Sweet Ass ride. Let us all know how it rides.

[beno]

rotors are about $100 each and are the lightest stainless steel rotors you can get! I put them on cause they are cool and bring a new dimension to buzzing someones tyre! They are 7'' front and rear using A2Z adapters.

As for $$$ dont really know, alot of the parts are new, but some of them I had lying around-cranks-forks-wheels-brakes.

Beno

[beno]

Here's the geometry for those that wanted to know-
with the forks set at 100mm it has a 69deg head angle and a 12.8'' bb height. With the forks set at 120mm it has a 67.5deg head angle and a 13'' bb height. The chainstays are set at 16'', but can go as short as 15.5'' if i ditch the bilt in chain tugs and use a bolt up hub (which i;m waiting to be built- hurry up lincoln!!!)

[disco stu]

That is one AWESOME ride. Everything just goes

[fred the emu]

thats mad!! nice work
love the orange

[rob!]

wow now that bike is pimp that bike the orange looks awsum :D im soo jealous

[kaotickelly]

Damn, that is H.O.T

[WINDman]

that is SICK!!! I LOVE IT!!! How does it ride?

[beno]

cheers gents! It rides pretty nice, but i'm a bit short of time to ride it much at the moment, but hopefully i can change that when i get back from OS next weekend (going to the third biggest bike show in the world next week-Taipei Show!)

Beno

[beno]

finally got the Fireeye Excellerant Hubs built up into some wheels. single spped rear hub and a 9mm/20mm front looks sweet as! For some reason though farkin isnt letting me upload pics today, so maybe another day. The review of the fireeye in the next issue of Clict is FINALLY out! Did alright i think, except for the brakes not working and having a fox fork! Oh well, live and learn I reckon.

[Rickystp0]

Yeh its a pretty cool ride. hows the hollow crown on the 454s because i heard it was flexible. also how much does your bike weigh because i was looking to buy 1 and it was 11 kilos FRAME ALONE.

[Superman]

Yeh its a pretty cool ride. hows the hollow crown on the 454s because i heard it was flexible. also how much does your bike weigh because i was looking to buy 1 and it was 11 kilos FRAME ALONE.

Well it says in this thread that it weighs 13-14kg.

Nice job, good demo bike. Needs orange Hadleys though :D

[beno]

11 KILO'S , holy crap. thats a stupidly heavy frame! Most DH frames are around 5-6kg so 11 is just ridiculous! The Fireeye frame weighs in around 3kg, depending on size and model.

Oh yeah, love the Pikes and they are pretty damn stiff. Best fork rockshox has made in ages!

[beno]

Finally got my computer to upload the hub pics! Goodbye Explorer and Outlook, hello Firefox and Thunderbird! Bloody computers!

The front hub can be a 9mm thick QR axle which will fit into all QR forks or a 20mm as used here. The rear hub is a single speed with a 10mm bolt up axle. They also do a 10mm thick axled 9spd rear hub!

Last picture is a close up of the handle bars cause I just love em!!

[MUGEN]

Excelerant hubs aye? Look awefully alike to tuffnecks. How much were they?

[beno]

I think your right there. $200 for the front and $250 for the rear individually, though when you buy a frame you can get a package deal with other fireeye stuff with up to 15% off depending on what you get.

[Deniss]

That’s sic mate orange ano very nice something different.

[JDL]

thats so hot love the orange with the white. sick one

[beno]

new updated pictures and parts. check page one for more pictures and information.

[Big_Al]

NICE MATE...I was riding that a couple of weeks ago. I was the stupid guy hanging in your shop for yonks. Why do you have a disc without a claiper?

NICE BIKE. I wish i could ride it again

Cheers Al

[Balfa_Oli]

Sweet Beno. i have never seen those forks before how do they handle?
What is your rear brake and does it work well??
Thanks,
OLI

[beno]

So far the forks are pretty mad, right up there with Pikes, which i reckon are currently the best forks on the market, i need some more time on the bike to properly break them in and see how they really perform, but so far they are ace! The rotor is on there from pure laziness, cant be arsed taking it off!

you can find more info on the forks at www.whitebrotherscycling.com . Cycle Solutions is the new Ozzy distributor for them!

The brake is from a company called quad, and i have a few sets that myself and mungus are trying out. So far they rock! Just a simple 2 piston caliper that uses the same pads as shimano deore hydraulic brakes and has a real nice lever.

[hardtail_rider]

BLING!!! nice forks there Mr Mason. keep us topped up with the new parts.

PS: the wheel you subed for my other FireEye hub is really nice. cheers: Peter.

[beno]

no worries mate! Gotta look after the cussies!

[clownboi]

hmm...yes the orange is good but...not 'that' good...:confused:

[beno]

??..........................

[redavies]

i have a fire eye but it dose not look like that and never will

that is soo good

[staunch]

nice ride man, love the stem!!!!

[stp_r1d3r]

:eek: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:eek: :eek:

[Bowlo]

Beno that bike rulz. Ive ridden it around Stives bowl and outside SIC...It runs like a dream on wheels. How much could I get a rear Dirtbag wheel with saturn spokes for?

Cheers
Bowlo

[beno]

bowlo!!! mate i think you mean Sapim spokes, not saturn!! :). Youd have to ask the boys at SIC, but i reckon about $150- $160.

Beno.

[beno]

Got bored with the white after more than a year of ownership, plus with mungus on the new Shortfuse 380 (380mm stays)(he will be posting it up soon) I was itching for a change of colour and something a bit different from everyone else.

I chose to stay with the spitfire, but a black one this time. I customised it with some stickers I had lying around to make it unique and added some new parts that came in a the start of the year.

Those parts are a full stainless bearing and cage sealed headset mmmmmm sssmmmoooothhh, up there with king in quality but not price! 9 butted! Yes 9 butted cromoly handlebars that weigh 50g more than their alloy brothers and a new bmx style mtb stem with negative rise! Also put on a half link and machined down the chain tugs to bring the back wheel in as short as it will go on this frame.

First off heres what a std black spitfire looks like
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/blackspit1.jpg

Heres mine with the new stickers
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P2140095.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/spitV31.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P2140110.jpg

one for arts sake!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/spitV32.jpg

Cromo bars and new alloy stem
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P2140085.jpg

In a month or so i will have some white cromo ISIS cranks to go on it and then V3 of my spitfire will be complete! So if your interested in a very good condition white spitfire frame or ano orange stuff talon stem, grill pedals and sealed bearing headset, sling me a pm.

[chris_mtb]

nice how much for the new stickers and stuff

[beno]

I was itching for a change of colour and something a bit different from everyone else.

I chose to stay with the spitfire, but a black one this time. I customised it with some stickers I had lying around to make it unique .

Nah mate the reason I put them on is so that it is different to the normal spitfire, it all started when Mungus got his new team frame which is a one of a kind colour and the only one of a handful in the world. Wait til you see it its mad! I had real trouble handing it over to him.

Oh yeah the handlebars go for $99 and come in white or black 50, 75 and 85mm rises and the stems are $69.

[j5ive]

Is there alloy bars in those colours too beno? 31.8?

Any pricing info on the wb forks?

[beno]

Hey 5jive!
at this stage no, alloy bars are only black, but im sure that it will probably happen if it isnt already. I'll let you know when i get back from the Taipei Show at the end of march!

As for the forks, what would you like to know? the are Fluid 120's and can be changed internally to either 100 or 120mm, are coil with adjustable rebound and compression (though you can order air versions 2, same price) are 2147g well thats how much mine weigh, not ''catalogue'' weights!

They are a different fork to most coil forks, they feel more like an older style air fork, if you know what i mean, not that brilliant for small bump sensitivity but once they are moving in their travel their tops. For a fork on a street/DJ bike though that works out very well, stiff and take the hits well without diving or wallowing in their travel/ They retail for $1450.

Ben

[Mr_hANky]

So where did you get the bars and stem from? I looked on the fire eye website and they dont appear to be their

[Bowlo]

So where did you get the bars and stem from? I looked on the fire eye website and they dont appear to be their

Beno is the head of Cycle Solutions Australia (Importers of Fireeye stuff).

Yeeeeeooooowwwwww Beno!!! loving that tiny tiny rear end!!! But wheres the new Fireeye rims????? The shortfuse 360 with new Fireeye bars and stem + Wheels will be mine soooonnnn!!!!
Bowlo:D :eek:

[beno]

cheers bowlo, nice avatar.

The stem is the new Pyro on the front page of the fireeye website (www.fireeye-bike.com) and you will find the bars in the 2007 update above that.

[blanket_melb]

Nice bike man.....bet the shut draphus up big time

[{|DAN|}]

That looks awesome.
Great components too.

[beno]

Added some new rims today and a new bashy. The rims are just temporary though, they are going on my Griffin Dually when it gets here. I think I like this bike better with the black rims anyway. Bloody hell it must have fireeye written on it 50 times, might be time to peel some stickers off!

I also changed the gearing from 36/18 to 32/16 which also allowed me to take 3 more links out of the chain.

Old spec-
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/spitV31.jpg

NEW spec-
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5090228.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5090234.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5090235.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5090236.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5090246.jpg

Still have the white cromo ISIS cranks to add as well when they arrive, think I'll go back to the black rims though, that would be TOO much white!!

Beno

[TransitionPete]

Looking Very Mad Beno

The White Bashy looks sickkk on it

Pete

[Andy MTB]

Nice work beno,
looks sweet, im loving the new white bars, stem and wheels
very sexy...

Cant wait to see the shortfuse

Andy

[beno]

shortfuses are in few of them are out and about. Mungus is loving his! Im running the Spitfire at the mo, may change over to the shortfuse in a couple months.

[Bowlo]

Fark me dead!! Beno you never stop amazing me!! White shit looks awsome!!
Come to SIC as soon as you get your Griffin.... I shal ride it.... and ride it I shal :P

Bowlo

[meatlovers]

Wow, that looks nice.
I like the new bashy and I like the white rims.
How long until you get your Griffin?

[Frazzle]

Hey beno,
Any idea of the fireeye? white isis cromo cranks and their arrival? I imagine theyll top it off and make it look that much better

[beno]

white cranks and griffins will be in at the end of the month. there's only one griffin left though thats not pre sold, a black 17". First in first served.

Beno

[LIAM?!]

sweet ride! nice tyres i want a pair of them!

[one_foot_drift]

farkin nice bike well done on the build

[dh'r king]

battle on bowlo.
Yeah beno looks rad should ride pool n bowl again sometime or hit up some grove.
Fogs

[beno]

yeah one day fog, gotta get mungus off his moto first!

[beno]

Few more changes to the bike. Got the X Drive cromoly monocoque cranks on there now, they use a FSA BB, also got the ISIS versions in stock, but not many! Sick of the white wheels, doesnt look right to me, Im definiately going back to good old black REAL soon! Plus these wheels will be going on the Grif shortly.

New saddle too called a backfire, bit more subtle, going with that i took the downtube stickers off too so now the bike only has FIREEYE written on it 38 times (im not kidding!!!)

When I go back to the black wheels I think I will paint the spider on the cranks white to bring it all together, from there the only thing I will change in the future is to a set of new forks.

Cranks-
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5290294.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5290300.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5290303.jpg

Saddle-
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P5290295.jpg


Bike as of today-
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P6070311.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P6070315.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/cyclesoul/P6070314.jpg

[bunya djer n dher]

so sexy :eek:

[RevellBikes]

i think you should rip all those ugly fireye stickers off but that is just me

i dont really like the forks but i have never really liked the look of white brothers forks, might be a different story on how they ride but

apart from that looks nice, cranks looks good and dont paint the spider

[leitch]

looks good. i agree, don't paint the spider - white cranks bashy and spider would just look blergh..

also, take the stickers off those rims and the bike will look awesome :p

[Bowlo]

Good God Beno!! That thing is gorgus! Not a fan of the huge ass mofo Mr. Fire sticker on the top tube but meh :D. Cranks look bloody mint! Get some pics up of the Griffin when she comes aight!?

[Andy MTB]

Hey Beno, love your bike atm,
just wondering, are the excelerant rims available now. I looked on the fireeye site and the cyclesolutions site and they werent there, i really want some :D

[Bowlo]

Correct me if I'm wrong but they ARE available. I know that my LBS has some in at the moment. I think they retail for the same as Dirtbags. $100

[beno]

correct bowlo, Bout $100 24/26" 32/36H white or black.

[Rickystp0]

i dunno why but i keep thinking it looks a little more racy as oppose to before and you can mprety much make a bike out of fireye....

wow


sweet bike man

[blanket_melb]

oh my gosh:eek:i wont even go there. When i grow up i wanna be just like benno:)

[Bowlo]

Correct that Blanket.... You will never grow up ;)

[beno]

yeah good on me!

[MUNGUS]

yeh that looks pretty fuckin good benny! havent seen it all built like that yet, i'm liking that bashy....

[Balfa_Oli]

looking schweeeet as beno!!! I reckon the white rims, bashy and cranks go really nicely together.
I can't wait to see it in the flesh.
oli

[beno]

yeah the bashy is sweet eh mungus..... you might have to buy one eh! Have you put your bike up here yet with the new forks???????

Cheers oli

[sim_doggy]

Mmmmmm..... those White Brothers look like they where forged in the fiery depths of Mt.Doom.




Yes I am geek.

[pavey]

I'd tap that.