Mountain Biking West Cork

The rebuild 2012.

well as ye all know I have been rockin the same Ancillotti thomaso DHP since 2007, its been to France for a few trips, lived and rode in Vancouver’s north shore/whistler sunshine coast etc  for a year as well as 4 full race seasons, so at this stage a bunch of parts are worn out and in need of being changed. (yes I Wear parts out not change em for the sake of it) stage one with help from OC tuning was the fox 40’s which have been upgraded to a 2011 model with Kashima sanctions and SKF seals for extra slipperyness.

Coming up next was the frame itself which was stripped down to the bare frame and got a nice rub of a combination of elbow grease and polish, the amount of dirt that came off the frame was scary. Why polished? One its lighter, two I don’t have to worry about the paint being scratched major bonus giving Irish uplift systems.

Next up was a set of custom Decals made by Sign Studio in Skibbereen using the original Ancillotti decals as a base with a few personal details including the Cork crest and renaming the bike “Ricardo” instead of “Thomaso” and changed the colour from yellow to rebel RED.

Next up was the rebuild with a few new bits to add in, during the season I damaged the bash guard at the Cullahill race last year, I picked up a Gamut bash off Ben Reid at Yellow water and a chain ring and other parts from the Bike rack. The chainring went on fine but the Bash needed to be filed down to fit, no problem. After that a few straitline bits and pieces replaced a bunch of old worn details, bar end caps, seat post clamp. New bars from race face to replace my old ones that had served for 2 years, better safe than sorry when dealing with the controls.

The next thing up for replacement was the brakes, the Formula the ones on the bike have been my most reliable brakes ever but were getting a bit old in the tooth and needed either a full rebuild or replacement so I went for the replacement option and picked up a set of Formula mega’s direct from Formula. Hopefully they will hold up as well as the ones.

The overall colour scheme was rebel red, so as you can see the only things needed was the rest of the drive train, a Sram X9 mech mated to a XO gripshifter why gripshift, one im used to it two its lighter than a trigger shifter, 3 it shifts faster than a trigger and 4 it is a way easier to change cables than the sram triggers if needed in a Race situation.
What else the wheels are my trusty hope Bulbs with mavic 721 rims shod on maxxis rubber, usually High rollers swapping to spikes if its proper nasty and minions DHF’s if its proper dry (so never used them in Ireland) and always tubed tho ghetto tubless could be an option for Morzine trips.

Weight wise the bike comes in at about 41lbs with a sturdy build, the only thing I would see dropping a chunk of weight is the frame but if it ain’t broke why change it!!!!

Thanks to James from OC tuning, AL from the bike rack and Bob from Sign studio, now to go ride the Beast!!!

http://www.octuning.ie/

http://www.signstudiocork.com/

http://thebikerack.ie/

http://www.ancillotti.com/

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