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TECH TIPS-BEYOND LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE
OK SO I THOUGHT WE WERE BEYOND THE ARTICLE ON HOW TO LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE AND WE WERE DONE WITH THAT ALL BUT WE FOUND YET ANOTHER WAY TO LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE UP AND HERE IS A LITTLE TIP WE FOUND OUT. WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE ARAYA 7X RIMS AND USING THE NANKAI LITE HUB WHICH IS LIGHTER THAN THE NORMAL NANKAI HUB AND THIS ALONE WILL LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE UP 12 OUNCES BUT ANOTHER 6 OUNCES CAN BE LIGHTEN BY USING TITANUM SPOKES AND THEY ARENT CHEAP(@ $125.00) BUT WILL LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE THAT MUCH AND THATS MEANS YOUR BACK WHEEL WILL BE LIGHTEN BY AN FULL POUND AND SOME CHANGE AND LIKE WE SAID, THE BACK WHEEL AND BACKEND IS YOUR HEAVEST PART OF YOUR BIKE. IT IS BETTER TO LIGHTEN YOUR BACK END AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO FOUND A WAY TO FURTHER LIGHTEN YOUR BACK END BY USING TITANUM SPINDLE IN YOUR CRANKS AND THIS AGAIN IS NOT CHEAP AT $85.00 BUT WILL LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE 7 OUNCES AND WE KNOW FLATLAND FUEL HAS SOME 160MM PROFILE CRANKS AND THOSE ARE SOME LIGHT CRANKS AND SMALL AND COMPACT SO THEY DONT HIT THE FRONT TIRE WHEN DOING STUFF TRICKS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR BARS ARE BACKWARDS WHICH TENDS TO BE WHEN THEY DO HIT THE CRANK ARMS.
EVERYONE IS INTERESTED IN MUTT'S SETUP AS RIDERS HAVE BEEN ASKING WHAT MUTT RUNS ON FOR PARTS FOR HIS FLATLAND BIKE SINCE MUTT IS THE KING OF LIGHT BIKES AND ALSO BEING A MOTOR MOUTH. AFTER BUGGING HIM FOR MANY WEEKS AND ASKING HIM TO WRITE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS ON THE BIKE, HE JUST GAVE US THE LIST AND HERE IT IS IN MUTT'S WORDS
""I GOT THE MACK DOWN SLICK MACHINE FRON THE HOOD-YO YO"" WELL THATS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID BUT HERE IS HIS BIKE AND COST OF EACH PARTS
QUAMEN CLAD GENERATION 3 FRAME-$300.00-SPECIAL SPARKLED PAINT JOB
ODYSSEY PRO FLATLAND FORKS-$80.00
QUAMENS ARE USUALLY $255.00
SOLID BIKES HEADSET-$58.00
ODYSSEY GYRO 2 GYRO-$20.00
BRICKHOUSE STEM-$60.00
VENUSIA VAMPIRE BARS-$37.00
ODI GRIPS-$11.00
ODYSSEY MODULEVELS $46.00
BRICKHOUSE BAR ENDS-$20.00
CABLES(3)-$30.00-UPPER GYRO-LOWER GYRO AND FRONT SLICK
ARAYA 7X RIM-$20.00
SUZIE LOW FLANGE 36 HUB-$45.00
SPOKES-VARIOUS-$11.00
ACS TRUE DEESTONE TIRES-$30.00
PRIMO HEMORROID SEAT-$23.00
ALUMINUM SEATPOST-$40.00
ALUMINUM SEATPOST CLAMP-$15.00
PROFILE 160MM CRANKS WITH
TITANUIM SPINDLE -$199.00
GRAVEYARD 32 T SPOCKET-$30.00
KHE STIMULATOR SEALED PLASTIC PEDALS-$25.00
KMC CHAIN-$17.00
ARAYA 7X RIMS-$20.00 /-THIS BACK WHEEL COSTS
SYM FREECOASTER HUB-$640.00/$785.00
ALONE OR NOT EVEN TWO QUAMEN FRAME
TITANUIM SPOKES-48-$125.00 /
STANDARD CHAIN TENSIONERS-BOTH SIDES-$40.00
PRIMO TUBESTAKES ON BACK-$28.00
GT ALUMINUM PEGS ON FRONT-$25.00
MUTT'S BIKE WEIGHS-29.5 POUNDS
MUTT'S BIKE VALUE IS @ $2,000.00 OR $1,995.00 TAKE A DOLLAR OR TWO ADDED ON.
OK YOU MIGHT NOT WANT A $2,000.00 FLATLAND BIKE AND SETTLE FOR A NICE BIKE FOR AROUND $900.00 IN VALUE AND THE TITANUIM SPOKES AND SYM HUB ARE STUFF MUTT WANTED BECAUSE SYM HUB IS THE SHIT AND TITANUIM SPOKES BECAUSE IT WOULD FURTHER LIGHTEN HIS BIKE UP AND THEY ARE EXTRA THINGS THAT COST BIG BUCKS($765.00). THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF A TYPICAL EXPERT/PRO SETUP YOU SEE MUTT HAS AND DOESNT MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET ALL THIS STUFF TO HAVE A GOOD BIKE AS THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO. THERE ARE SOME OR ALOT OF THIS STUFF SEEN ON MUTT'S BIKE YOU CAN GET AND YOU CAN HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BIKE FOR FLATLAND AND NOT COST YOU AN ARM AND A LEG. WE HOPE YOUR USE THIS INFORMATION OUT AND ............................
NOW GO OUT AND RIDE............
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