Published by Tristan on 10 Nov 2009 at 04:17 pm
Rhys 29er fork upgrade and wheels
Rhys always asks a lot of questions after I work on his bike (a good thing) so I though I’d document the fork upgrade from a Reba to a 2010 Fox F29RLC and the fitting of his new Wheelworks 29er wheels with QR15mm Hope hubs.
One of the big downsides with 29ers is their higher handlebar height. Compared to the Reba the new Fox was 10mm taller (bad) but has 20mm more travel (good) so once the forks sag into their travel the ride height should be only be a few mm higher.
I was surprised how light the new Fox was with the FIT cartridge.
The net result is 459g weight loss and a better performing fork and wheelset….win!
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- The Reba which I removed (with the disk adapter still fitted)
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- Axle to crown on the new Fox
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- Axle to crown on the old Reba
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- The new Fox RLC. It’s light!!
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- Old Straxle front quick release
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- New QR15 axle
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- Old front wheel
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- New front wheel – weight savings here we come!
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- Old rear wheel complete with pie plate
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- New rear wheel with Hope Pro2 hub
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- Deore boat anchor to be replaced with an XT
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- Old rear skewer
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- New skewer
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- Finito
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- ohhh, shiny
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- Looks racy from this angle I think
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Stuart Hill on 13 Nov 2009 at 1:10 pm #
That’s a very nice looking rig!