shorter and steeper....

[floody]

I sold the marzocchi DJs I had on my P-bike, and decided to chuck on some '04 U-turn Judy SL's I had kicking around.
No more stupid long axle-crown measurements, and I can wind them down to about 70mm (from 115mm), which makes it nice, short low and steep. Plus I've dropped over 1kg in one hit, compared to the DJs - which brings it down to 14.6 - not so bad for a bike with chromoly cranks, gears etc.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/shortandsteep004.jpg

[MUGEN]

That IS hot floody, those rims go with the black frame uber well. What year model is this one?

[floody]

I believe its an '03 P2 (though the only difference from '03-05 and P1-P3 is the '05s , maybe 04, have the offset rear triangle), in the long frame size.
I had it powdercoated satin black myself (and the wanky "floody" gothic script decals, lol).

[hinga1]

sick floody cant wait to see it dashing down the 4x soon..aha

[bradh]

I believe its an '03 P2 (though the only difference from '03-05 and P1-P3 is the '05s , maybe 04, have the offset rear triangle), in the long frame size.
I had it powdercoated satin black myself (and the wanky "floody" gothic script decals, lol).It's an '03 P.1. (I covered the original black paint with pink before floody made it black again. :) )

[floody]

lol, well there you go, 03 P1. Which I gather is the same as a P2 and P3 bar the finish anyway.
Thought it best not to mention the pink phase... :p

[bradh]

lol, well there you go, 03 P1. Which I gather is the same as a P2 and P3 bar the finish anyway.
Thought it best not to mention the pink phase... :p
Yep, they're indeed all the same bar the paint (or lack thereof — mmmm, polished '03 P.3...).

And I'm proud of my pink phase!


edit: Hey, by the way, nice work on the bike. I miss that frame.

[floody]

mmmm, polished '03 P.3...



Hey! Now you're talking! I was thinking of a colour change, I wonder if it would be polishable after all the bead blasting etc for the powdercoat jobs...

[Rik]

That looks like it'd handle stupidly sharply, it's fun flicking around a nimble bike, isn't it? :cool:
How is it for toe/wheel overlap? And do you have intentions of running a "proper" short fork on it soon? :p It should be great to ride regardless...

[floody]

How is it for toe/wheel overlap? And do you have intentions of running a "proper" short fork on it soon? :p It should be great to ride regardless...

Toe/wheel overlap is pretty bad now, actually. With the DJs at 110mm, it was fine, however even at 115 its rub city when I where large skate shoes - I mainly put it down to the lack of fork offset compared to the heavily offset DJs.

Definitely plan to have a better fork on very soon, but I have to say the old Judy is excellent in functional terms - just far from bling.