calling all BMC riders!!..post ur rides
kasho
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My new ride. Loving it!!!
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However there is some bling missing. Upgrades to come!
However there is some bling missing. Upgrades to come!
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What is your opinion on the bike?
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It has great quality overall and we can see instantly that it is swiss, the attention to the details like small stickers that it have in top link to easily set up the SAG. The paintjob is very well made too and it has 3 years of warranty itself, as it has 5 years for the frame i think.
I'm loving it. It is a very fast bike, very confortable, because even with the scor shock (i don't know the brand and i didn't even found something about that), it doesn't pump with every pedal stroke but when we need it, some hole or get up and start some descent, the bike instantly changes it personality and becomes a very fun bike to ride. It is very easy to stick with some lines with it, the fork works amazingly, even the deore brakes are great (but i want the xt ones because of the power). I've never tried onza tires before but they are amazing, Great traction and cornering, and they roll very well on the road (i'm only afraid of the skinwall thickness).
I read somewhere in this forum that the suspension system it's not a big deal in this bike but i couldn't disagree more. This is similar to the turner, and it all depends of the tunning itself. I have a buddy with the fs02, carbon one with all fox suspensions and the shock it's smoother but i like the raw feeling of this bike, it's pure joy riding it.
About the build, let's don't forget it is the lowest fourstroke model so the parts won't be spot on. It came with all slx drivetrain, but i changed the crankset and rear derrailleur for a xt ones as i have those in my home. Now i bought some xt i-spec shifters, thomson seatpost, esi grips and i will convert the wheels to ust using gorilla tape, notubes valves and continental revo sealent (parts didn't arrived yet). After that i might change the stem/bar for thomson and the new carbon trail and the brakes to xt.
The only thing i could say i don't like in it are the wheels. The slx hubs are rubbish, they sound like they have rocks instead of bearings (with only 150km and no agressive cleaning), so i'm thinking about some hope pro2/dtswiss competition/stans arch ex wheels in the future.
If you want to buy some, do it
. I've started in DH and 5 years ago started riding xc/trail. I'm very picky about bikes and every wrong detail annoys me. I think that this is one of the best buys i've made so far.
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2007 BMC TrailFox02
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Just rode hero dirt on Montara Mountain and Henry W Coe State Park this weekend.
Here's a shot of my '14 TF01 XX1 Trailcrew, which has some tweaks over the stock setup:
Rock Shox Pike RCT3
ENVE wheels
Shimano Saint brakes
Wolf Tooth 28T direct mount chainring
Enve bars
Thomson stem
WTB Silverado SLT seat
Schwalbe Hans Dampf / Nobby Nic tires
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Rock Shox Pike RCT3
ENVE wheels
Shimano Saint brakes
Wolf Tooth 28T direct mount chainring
Enve bars
Thomson stem
WTB Silverado SLT seat
Schwalbe Hans Dampf / Nobby Nic tires
Very nice
This is what is left from my 2013 Fourstroke FS02 XT. Basically only frame, groupset, tires and hubs. Everything else is replaced:
Manitou Tower Pro fork - it is heavier than the stock Fox, but it has much better spring and much more tuneable damper. Plus I can maintain and tune it myself with common tools.
Rockshox Monarch RT3 Debonair - also heavier than stock Fox, but it has much better damper + I can tune and maintain it myself.
Both fork and shock have been retuned to have very plush feeling, almost no platform.
Wheels have been rebuilt with WTB KOM i23 rims and Sapim D-Light spokes. I kept the DT Swiss rims, wheels are much lighter.
Rockshox Reverb seatpost - just installed it, I hope it will be useful.
Longer and higher stem to get better sitting position. L-size frame is little bit too small for me.
Right now it weights 12,3kg.
Manitou Tower Pro fork - it is heavier than the stock Fox, but it has much better spring and much more tuneable damper. Plus I can maintain and tune it myself with common tools.
Rockshox Monarch RT3 Debonair - also heavier than stock Fox, but it has much better damper + I can tune and maintain it myself.
Both fork and shock have been retuned to have very plush feeling, almost no platform.
Wheels have been rebuilt with WTB KOM i23 rims and Sapim D-Light spokes. I kept the DT Swiss rims, wheels are much lighter.
Rockshox Reverb seatpost - just installed it, I hope it will be useful.
Longer and higher stem to get better sitting position. L-size frame is little bit too small for me.
Right now it weights 12,3kg.
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New parts and a better picture
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2007 BMC TF02
Recently upgraded to XT brakes 180MM Front & Rear, 750MM Havoc aluminum bars, and a Reverb dropper.
2007 BMC TF02
Recently upgraded to XT brakes 180MM Front & Rear, 750MM Havoc aluminum bars, and a Reverb dropper.
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