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she hates me because i ride this more than seeing her, ah well isnt that the same for all of us.
well after alot of hard work and other suff i recived my new frame on friday last week, using most of the parts of my d8 and the parts it came with i buit this beast up, comes in at 20.2 kgs atm but im running realy realy heavy tubes, so once there gone it should be around 19kgs not to bad
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8828/balfa11kz2.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/834/balfa22rn6.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8827/balfa33ig6.jpg
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3662/balfa444wm8.jpg
you can see most of the spec, tell me what you think
mazzer
14-09-2006, 08:35 PM
i like it looks great:D
Mugger
14-09-2006, 08:37 PM
Nice bike, how does the air shock go?
sockman
14-09-2006, 08:43 PM
hows the air shock go? i wouldnt have thought it would be a good choice for a huck machine like that! sure it rides nice though...
.:Easily:.
14-09-2006, 08:44 PM
thats the first balfa ive seen with an air shock
i reckon it looks good
nice bike
Žider
14-09-2006, 08:47 PM
Oh well no more blowjobs from girlfriend. Im sure the bike will make up for that.
hows the air shock go? i wouldnt have thought it would be a good choice for a huck machine like that! sure it rides nice though...
nah man this is pure race bike here, if it were a huck bike id have a coil
on another note, the air is prit good makes it pedal realy well and feels good to, just trying to get it set right perfectly, but i have help from one of adelaides best bike mecanic/tuner so im prity happy
TerraNik
14-09-2006, 08:54 PM
she hates me because i ride this more than seeing her, ah well isnt that the same for all of us.
Maybe if you let her have your bike she might love u a lil more... (If I was her then I'd be a very happy chicky!)
Maybe if you let her have your bike she might love u a lil more... (If I was her then I'd be a very happy chicky!)
but then id be down a girlfriend and a bike, and be left with half a stp to ride around not good
i think ill just try and see both equal ammounts ;) :p
sockman
14-09-2006, 09:03 PM
does the shock heat up like other peoples have in the past (not naming any names here coughsquidcough)
no tracks here in sa are long enough or steep enough to get it to heat up so no it hasent heated up yet. Im going to be looking for a coil in the near future, just so i can have a spare at races and other times when if i have a proble with the shock i dont get stuck, but i havent even had it for a week yet so im still getting used to it.
Butch
14-09-2006, 09:30 PM
i feel your pain mate , my missus got pissed off at me a couple of weeks back and i turnt around n said , woman have a coke , a smile and shut the F%ck up . ohhh that took to her alright :) , but im sure in time she will open up to this whole recreational riding scene , apart from that the bike looks very trick ;)
roxy12
14-09-2006, 09:41 PM
i dont understand where all the weight is in that, tubes aside, and the cromo rear end I didnt think they were that heavy?
that aside kens old frame is lookin schweet as usual, and i wouldnt hate you!
i dont understand where all the weight is in that, tubes aside, and the cromo rear end I didnt think they were that heavy?
that aside kens old frame is lookin schweet as usual, and i wouldnt hate you!
well im running (and dont flame me for this there coming out soon) in the front a slime tube and a standard tube wraped around, and in the back i got a dh tube with another standard around, good thing is i never get flats
and yea it is kens old frame, give it time and the spec will look better and compare with kens, at the moment i need to save my money :p
roxy12
14-09-2006, 09:49 PM
ahhh weight makes sence now going from4 tubes down to to xc tubes if appropriate i think should make you fall within 18ish.
may i ask why your running 4 tubes?
demo9pro
14-09-2006, 10:08 PM
I would say its for punctures....
I used to run sleeves on my DH tubes, but its not worth it. I now just use DH tubes with Slime in them, and i run minion tyres. I havent had a puncture for the last 2 years with this set up....
triggy
14-09-2006, 10:12 PM
The secret is to run tubeless tyres (maxxis) and a stan's no tube kit!!! Works mint, no punctures and lighter!!
randomridermax
15-09-2006, 10:30 AM
eddy you have a girlfirend well thats a first, we got to go for a ride sometime soon i havent seen ya in ages, the bike looks sweet as better than alison shhhhhh dont tell her haha
ss-stp1'06
15-09-2006, 10:24 PM
omg that bike looks awesome...and i bet u it rides better than it looks!:D
Kasplat
17-09-2006, 06:23 PM
2 things where the GF pic!!!! u know so we can compare...nah man jj nice bike!
alpinestar12
17-09-2006, 06:32 PM
what are the blue seals on the boxxers?
kidafa
17-09-2006, 06:44 PM
The blue seals are Enduro MTB Boxxer seals... kick shit all over rockshox for alot less too....
2 things where the GF pic!!!! u know so we can compare...nah man jj nice bike!
hahaha i like that, but im sorry she wont let me
and to alpinestar12, as kidafa said there enduro seals and they are soo mutch better than standard rock shok seals i look at alot of my mates new boxxers and there seals are leeking and mine are sweet
yogibear
18-09-2006, 04:14 PM
careful dude, My ex broke up with me because she said that I rode my bike more than I ride her(and it wasn't like the rides at home weren't frequent) but then again now I don't have someone naging me to come home.
sir_stacks_alot
26-04-2007, 06:44 PM
that looks so great the air shock is different:eek:
nickmann
26-04-2007, 06:46 PM
looks sick! Nice chunky frame. and a heck load of chain tension:p
Viv92
26-04-2007, 07:23 PM
Wow that bike looks incredibly ugly. I reckon it looks horrible, but on the other hand I don't really care how a bike looks, just how fast it goes, so on that I say it's a pimp ride.:)
that looks so great the air shock is different:eek:
can someone stop this guy from gravdigging... Its getting anoying:rolleyes:
Turner_rider
27-04-2007, 08:35 AM
careful dude, My ex broke up with me because she said that I rode my bike more than I ride her(and it wasn't like the rides at home weren't frequent) but then again now I don't have someone naging me to come home.
Maybe it was the poor quaility she didn't like ;)
Vegemites
29-04-2007, 05:32 PM
what a beast!! that dominates my big hit haha.
nice ride
What dose the roller on the frame actually do? I'm trying to work it out, dose it stop the chain going slack when the rear linkage compresses? And is that just an MRP on a crazy angle, would other chain guides work? Sorry for all the n00b questions, just trying to work it out :) .
Oh and BTW, I really do like it it just looks... nice. Great photography too.
mtb011
29-04-2007, 06:24 PM
sweet as! nice ride..
daanhilla
29-04-2007, 06:43 PM
What dose the roller on the frame actually do? I'm trying to work it out, dose it stop the chain going slack when the rear linkage compresses? And is that just an MRP on a crazy angle, would other chain guides work? Sorry for all the n00b questions, just trying to work it out :) .
Oh and BTW, I really do like it it just looks... nice. Great photography too.
the roller on the linkage actually works by removing any pedal induced bob and feedback from the rear end travel. It actually works really well.
The MRP is standard, just mounted at different angle. Most other chainguides will work, but the twin rollers on an MRP make it a little smoother and more reliable.
The '7' in BB7 stands for 7inches from centre of BB to centre of pivot. The higher pivot gives a more rearward travel path and without having the chain guided as close as possible to the pivot, you'd get major feedback and bob issues.
freeboy
01-05-2007, 10:47 PM
if i owned that bike i could put up with anyone hating me. its fair and square. something that phenomenal has to come at a cost.
hulmy29
02-05-2007, 01:42 PM
dude that is awesum great bike how much id it set ya back
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