After having my second Orange alloy frame developing a crack it is time to take the steel is real path! I have had good experiences with UK bikebrands using Reynolds tubing and loved the single pivot kinematic and flex of my last two Oranges. So the choice fell on Starling Cycles. Then I saw a guy having a EDC tool in the rear yoke and imediatly knew that I want the same on my Starling. Unfortunatly there were no pictures of the drive side and I can imagine why. Hammering a starnut in to the rear triangle or use a topcap with a nut is kind of a bodge. Because of this a friend came up with a specific designed cap that is absolutly killing it. The colourchoice was easy when having the opportunity to coulourmatch it to my beloved pink UK steel commuter. The plan is to buid it up as og mtb with innertubes, polished Stem, 31.8 riser, coil shock and not a single carbon part. This bike will completly lack modern marketing gimmics like electronic shifting, wireless droppers and big cassettes.
Frame:
Starling Cycles Mega Twist V3 / Size Medium / Powder Pink colour / 2x SKF MTRX 6902RS 15x28x7mm Bearings / 230x65 EXT Storia Lok V4 with long 350lbs V2 Spring / 35x8mm 30x8mm Buschings. Frameset weight: 4,04kg
Fork/Headset:
Intend Hero Blackline 165mm / Hope ZS44/28,6 / Hope EC44/40
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Shimano XTR FC-M9100 165mm with nichecycling preload ring / Shimano XTR BSA
Pedals:
Time Speziale 10 small
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Shimano XTR CS-M9101 10-45 cassette with nichecycling freecoaster / Garbaruk 30T round chainring / Shimano XTR Chain CN-M9100
Derailleurs/Shifters:
Shimano XTR RD-M9100 GS / XTR SL-M9100 I-Spec EV
Saddle/Seatpost:
Ergon Enduro titan rails / 31.6mm OneUp Components V3 210mm reduced to 190mm Dropper with Ti boltkit
Brakes:
Intend bc Trinity V2 2.0 enduro silver / 203mm Intend Blackline Skinny rotor front, 180mm Trickstuff in the back
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Hope Pro 5 laced with 28 Sapim D-Light to 29" DT Swiss XM421 / ERD 602mm / Wolfpack Enduro 29x2.4
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Hope Pro 5 laced with 32 Sapim D-Light to 27,5" DT Swiss XM421 / ERD 564mm / Wolfpack Enduro 27.5x2.4
Accessories:
King Kage Sideloader Titanium Bottlecage / Trickstuff Matchmakers / Hope model N IS200 Adapter +40mm silver / nichecycling.ch Titanium UDH / STFU Slapper Tape / OneUp Components EDC Lite Tool / nichecycling.ch CNC Starling Cap / Pro-Bolt Ti bolts / Loam Lab Counterpunch /
More Info:
total weight is 16,66kg
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Added by ianiscaratti. Last updated 23 days ago.
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you're an engineer i take it? hahaha regardless, I'm here for it!
Posted about 1 year ago
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Deluxe says:
lmao this is crazy stuff
Posted about 1 year ago
ianiscaratti says:
I take it as a compliment lol
Posted about 1 year ago