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J-Dro
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WooHoo the check was double the normal amount this year. Gotta love NJM.
ChrisG
Unapologetic Lifer for Rock and Roll
Word. One of the zillion good pieces of advice I've gotten from my father was jumping on NJM back in the day.
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so, i think i need some new wheels. based on what maurice said yesterday, i'm pretty certain i do. i'm thinking of going with king hubs and salsa gordo rims. any thoughts on the hubs?
also, njm does rock.
walt- PM me or post your mary parts list. i think i may go with a reba though...especially if the mary is my one and only next year (hint, hint)..
so, i think i need some new wheels. based on what maurice said yesterday, i'm pretty certain i do. i'm thinking of going with king hubs and salsa gordo rims. any thoughts on the hubs?
also, njm does rock.
walt- PM me or post your mary parts list. i think i may go with a reba though...especially if the mary is my one and only next year (hint, hint)..
walter
Fourth Party
Ms Mary's diet plan
what I changed
1-Easton EC70 carbon seat post, the one with the offset head
2-Easton O/S Monkey Lite carbon bars, low rise
3-Thomson 100x0 O/S stem, they same length as the stock Ritchey, check yours, you have a smaller frame so the stem may be shorter
4-Pace carbon fork
5-Ergon mag grips, the ones with the bar ends
6-King headset
7-Rotor ring, 34t
8-Ignitors front and rear
9-As of about 24 hours ago, Magura Louise Hydros, 185f/160r
9-KMC chain, not sure which one. Chris at Halters said my legs will snap before the chain does
What I did not change
1-wheelset
2-crankset
3-seat
Thats it I think. When it was all done and I put it on the scale at Jdogs shop, I think it came in at 26 pounds. Not terribly light, but lighter than what it was. Mind you, this was with the Avid mechanicals.
Another thing about NJM, my mother was a State Farm Agent, and when my wife and I were able to get NJM through her work, even my mother said to jump on it.
what I changed
1-Easton EC70 carbon seat post, the one with the offset head
2-Easton O/S Monkey Lite carbon bars, low rise
3-Thomson 100x0 O/S stem, they same length as the stock Ritchey, check yours, you have a smaller frame so the stem may be shorter
4-Pace carbon fork
5-Ergon mag grips, the ones with the bar ends
6-King headset
7-Rotor ring, 34t
8-Ignitors front and rear
9-As of about 24 hours ago, Magura Louise Hydros, 185f/160r
9-KMC chain, not sure which one. Chris at Halters said my legs will snap before the chain does
What I did not change
1-wheelset
2-crankset
3-seat
Thats it I think. When it was all done and I put it on the scale at Jdogs shop, I think it came in at 26 pounds. Not terribly light, but lighter than what it was. Mind you, this was with the Avid mechanicals.
Another thing about NJM, my mother was a State Farm Agent, and when my wife and I were able to get NJM through her work, even my mother said to jump on it.
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nice, thanks walt. i'm basically going to replicate that. your bike felt completely different than mine.
acording to salsa, the gordo's aren't due into market for a few months (spring 2008) so in the meantime, may as well work on the other stuff. 😀
acording to salsa, the gordo's aren't due into market for a few months (spring 2008) so in the meantime, may as well work on the other stuff. 😀
ArmyOfNone
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This is my first year w/ njm. When do i get my check????
The KMC is a pretty beefy ass chain. Nuttin light about it.
walter
Fourth Party
Norm, I dont know which one it is. When I was having the 34t rotor ring put on, my old chain wasnt long enough so Chris threw that one on. As Fred said, its pretty beefy, it may be a bmx/freestyle chain.
walter
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Jake, take notice of your stem length and seat position on your post. Easton also makes a carbon post with a zero offset, so that the seat sits directly on top of the post, like a Thomson. Also, remember what Maurice said about your bars and your spacers, I believe your bars are on top of all your spacers, I have two below and one above the stem. I also have a bit of a drop from the nose of my seat compared to the height of my bars. Anytime you want let me know, we can hook up and you can ride it a bit more thoroughly and take some better notes.
i'm not going to press my luck with the mary bars flipped after riding them for a year (particularly at my weight). it was brought to my attention that riding a rigid bike puts much more stress on the bars than with a shock (as it absorbs all the bumps) and one should think about replacing them after a year or so b/c of the stress. it's one of those "oh yeah...duh" things that i never thought of.
edit: upon further research, i think i'm at least going to pass on the carbon fiber seat post. seems it's ejecting a lot of folks in my weight range.
edit: upon further research, i think i'm at least going to pass on the carbon fiber seat post. seems it's ejecting a lot of folks in my weight range.
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Jake, anybody lucky enough to ride as much as I do will go just as fast, if not faster.
Just to comment on your bike, IMO it's a great bike, you only need some minor adjustments, such as:
- lower tire pressure, you're not that heavy (I hope I don't sound like too much of a jerk...) and you'll be amazed at the difference it makes. Tubeless?? Go the el-cheapo route to try it out and see the difference.
- handlebars: the bike fit me, but trying to pedal standing up is harder. Try just once flipping the stem over (bar on it and all) and putting it at the lowest position on the steerer and feel how weird it is. It should not take more than 15 mins. tops given that you have lock-ons and no shifters. Ride around the block then revert to the original position. Then work from there until you find something that suits you best. It's a myth to think that it's bad for the back, it's quite the opposite, but by going too fast you may put too much strain too soon on "untrained" parts of the body. However someone your size should be able to go fairly low and reap huge benefits: better traction on the front (as Norm pointed out), better weight distribution on the tires (cf. tire pressure), more leverage when going over obstacles, you can take more advantage of upper-body strength when climbing, and so on...
One thing I noticed, and was fairly surprising, is that the mary bars tend to make your hands slip towards the bend at the front, and that, even though I couldn't put too much pressure on the bars since they're so high. Don't know if anybody noticed that, but I like to keep my hands relaxed down hill even at speed and mary bars didn't seem to let me do that. I'm speaking of the downhill on the orange trail towards the green rooty trail, that's probably one of the most "technical" descents in that park 🙂
Walter's setup sounds sweet, I wish I had tried it out.
Good luck!
Maurice
Just to comment on your bike, IMO it's a great bike, you only need some minor adjustments, such as:
- lower tire pressure, you're not that heavy (I hope I don't sound like too much of a jerk...) and you'll be amazed at the difference it makes. Tubeless?? Go the el-cheapo route to try it out and see the difference.
- handlebars: the bike fit me, but trying to pedal standing up is harder. Try just once flipping the stem over (bar on it and all) and putting it at the lowest position on the steerer and feel how weird it is. It should not take more than 15 mins. tops given that you have lock-ons and no shifters. Ride around the block then revert to the original position. Then work from there until you find something that suits you best. It's a myth to think that it's bad for the back, it's quite the opposite, but by going too fast you may put too much strain too soon on "untrained" parts of the body. However someone your size should be able to go fairly low and reap huge benefits: better traction on the front (as Norm pointed out), better weight distribution on the tires (cf. tire pressure), more leverage when going over obstacles, you can take more advantage of upper-body strength when climbing, and so on...
One thing I noticed, and was fairly surprising, is that the mary bars tend to make your hands slip towards the bend at the front, and that, even though I couldn't put too much pressure on the bars since they're so high. Don't know if anybody noticed that, but I like to keep my hands relaxed down hill even at speed and mary bars didn't seem to let me do that. I'm speaking of the downhill on the orange trail towards the green rooty trail, that's probably one of the most "technical" descents in that park 🙂
Walter's setup sounds sweet, I wish I had tried it out.
Good luck!
Maurice
please maurice, you don't sound like a anything. it was great to finally meet you...but as for me going fast...well, we'll see what 2008 brings. i haven't been at this riding seriously thing long so i need and will take any and all advice.
funny that you mention the "slippage" of the mary bars b/c if i had ANY gripe with them that would be it. i'm going to change A LOT of things on that bike after riding walts. as much as i liked the mary bars, i realized how much better that bike could be without them. when mary goes in for her "alterations" she'll come out a new woman. kinda like the bionic woman, just not as expensive.
funny that you mention the "slippage" of the mary bars b/c if i had ANY gripe with them that would be it. i'm going to change A LOT of things on that bike after riding walts. as much as i liked the mary bars, i realized how much better that bike could be without them. when mary goes in for her "alterations" she'll come out a new woman. kinda like the bionic woman, just not as expensive.
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DANSPANK
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That actress used to play a bit of a slapper on "Eastenders" back home. A soap about grim life in the East end of London. A bit like Desperate Housewives but with ugly people and fewer explosions...
walt, you have no idea how bad i want to change your avatar to this:
You asked for it...
walter
Fourth Party
Im larger than life, thanks guys
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