I have been working at Baum for about 6 weeks now and I am loving it! Even the bad bits are good. But I don't have a Baum bike yet . . . what? . . . what is that I hear you say? . . . "Don't be RIDICULOUS, how can you work at Baum and not have at least 3 Baum bikes!!?!??!"
Alright, alright, so I need to buy myself a Baum bike. How about a mountain bike? Well, as it happens I have been thinking about the build of a new Baum mountain bike for me.
I want it to be a fast race bike. I would also like it to be super light, but still a practical mountain bike – no road cluster or double chain rings. It will show what we can build here at Baum – to get people excited about fast, light mountain bikes with a bit of bling - and because I like that kind of bike. There will be no "it gets me from A to B" type bike for me. Finally it will have to be big because I am 188cm tall - Darren has already suggested running the large diameter Ti tube set with the 44mm down tube.
I have yet to sit down with the boss and talk through frame geometry, components etc, but my currently thinking on components is as follows:
Frame: Baum Cubano 1350 (estimate)
Forks: DT Swiss XRC 100 RL 1380
Handle bars: Schmolke 80
Grips: Extralite Neogrips 16
Stem: Ritchey WCS 4 axis carbon 124
Headset: Tune Bobo 79
Seat post: AX Lightness Europa 118
Seat Post clamp: Extralite Ultraclamp 11
Saddle: Specialized Phenom SL? 195
Front Derailleur: SRAM X9 154
Rear Derailleur: SRAM X0 197
Cables: Nokon?? 95
Shifters: SRAM X.0 trigger 225
Brakes: Avid Juicy Ultimate 683
Wheels: Tune Princess and Prince 1216
Rim tape and valves: 15
Skewers: Tune Schnellspanner 51
Crankset: THM Clavicula 440
Chainrings: Extralite Octaramps 109 or Carbon Ti chainrings
Chain: SRAM PC-991 Hollowpin 271
Pedals: Eggbeater 4Ti 167
Cassette: XTR 224
Cassette lock ring: Tune alloy lock ring 4
Tyres: Stans The Crow 820 or Schwalbe Racing Ralph
Tube: Stans notubes sealant 120
Lube & grease : 20
Chain stay protector: Stick on 12
Bidon Cage: tune carbon 9
Bidon Cage bolts: Ti 4
TOTAL 8235g
Well, that is very light. Some of these weights are estimates and of course one never really knows what the weight will actually be until the bike is built.
Comments are welcome on this build list.
Give me a few months and you will see me out at the races on a new steed. I am sure you will see more posts about this bike also – I will do posts about the build process, the parts as they arrive and photos of the finished bike before I go and get it all dirty.
David Rusden
Friday, 21 March 2008
A new mountain bike
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4 comments:
All i can say is .... WHAT TA? I've been a weight weenie fan but this going to be a wicked bike when its finish. Looking forward to seeing you David in action with the Baum bling bling machine.
Yep, should be great. I am excited about it and looking forward to seeing how it rides. Still a while to wait though.
This is going to be a crazy build. You should submit the bike to weightweenies when it's done.
My first thoughts are:
Ditch the X9 front der for an XTR - it's better and lighter. The Eggbeaters, while pretty and light aren't worth the trouble. Jim had four pairs fail on him before he switched back to XTR.
The thing I'm really interested in is the fork though. It looks the goods, it's light, but how will it ride? We're all dying to know.
Now ... will it be painted in to match the rest of the team, or will it be a 'black sheep'? With all the carbon and the DT forks you could make a pretty badass black-and-ti scheme.
Will she be ready for the SHITS?
Copy that on the front derailleur.
I have had 2Ti eggbeaters for the last couple of years, and they are getting a bit worn now, but they have been great. I have hit these pedals REALLY hard at times and had no problems. Did Jim have 4Ti or 2Ti?
I had thought about the colour scheme too - Team Baum, or something else? Don't know yet.
It won't be ready for the SHITS. I estimate it will be about 2 to 3 months away.
If I can get it as light as I think it will be, I will definitely put it on weightweenies.
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