[Asbury]

After being told another month here, another month there I'm getting anxious about the arrival of the ASR-Carbon. From what I can tell, I'm not the only one. So to pass the time I thought everyone could post details of their planned build. So here goes.

Frame Color: Black
Suspension: Fox F100 (hard to beat, but I'm interested in other opinions)
Headset: CK
BB: XTR
Crankset: XTR
Fr Der: XTR
Rear Der: XTR
Shifters: XTR
Cassette: XTR (maybe XT, I don't like replacing $200+ parts on a regular basis)
Chain: XTR
Hubs: SLR or XTR (still undecided, opionions?)
Rims: see above
F Tire: Ignitor
R Tire: Crossmark
Brakes: XTR
Handlebar: Easton Monkeylite
Stem: Thomson X4
Grips: Yeti Odi lock on
Saddle: Yeti Ti

 

[Apedale]

If you wanted a lighter build you could go with the following

Pace RC39 forks
Goldtec Pro Comp hubs on Stans ZTR Olympic rims and run the Stans NoTubes system
Hope Mono Mini Pro brakes with floating rotors
Ritchey WCS stem
Ritchey WCS grips
Selle SLR 135 saddle

The Goldtec wheels are lighter than the Mavics and XTR's even with normal DB spokes. If you ran light spokes they would be much lighter.

 

[Benno]

Frame Colour: Turquoise
Suspension: Fox F100RLC
Headset: Chris King
BB: XTR
Crankset: XTR (26/40)
Fr Der: Ultegra
Rear Der: XTR (short cage rapid rise)
Shifters: XTR Hydraulic Dual Control
Cassette: DuraAce 12-27
Chain: XTR
Hubs: XTR
Rims: XTR
F Tire: Schwalbe Furious Fred's (295grams)
R Tire: Same
Brakes: XTR Disks
Handlebar: Easton Monkeylite
Stem: Thomson X4
Grips: Ritchey WCS Foam
Saddle: Yeti Ti
Skewers: Woodman Ti

With the Schwalbe's and the 2x9 setup I think it will be around 21.5-22lbs. Though those tires have a silly low amount of grip so most of the time I will be running either Small Block 8's or Crossmarks.

 

[Apedale]

Our Yeti team rider is getting all his parts ready for the arrival of the frame and he also has gone down the Ultegra cassette and duo chainring route. He's also got some alloy rotors from PoshBikes.com and other various carbon bits. Plus I think he's using RS SID's for his forks. He is getting a small frame as he's not much over 5ft 4ins and he weighs about 9 stone when wet lol. I've got a bet on as he reckons he can get it under 21.5lb but I say 22 is more achieveable.

 

[MichauxYeti]

I doubt I'll have the money for it this year, but if I win the lottery here's how I'll build mine:

Frame Color: Black
Suspension: Rock Shox Reba Team
Headset: Crank Brothers Cobalt Ti
BB: XTR
Crankset: XTR
Fr Der: XTR
Rear Der: X.0 medium cage
Shifters: X.0 triggers with matchmaker mounts
Cassette: SRAM PG-990 11-34
Chain: SRAM hollow pin
Hubs: Industry 9 black with red spokes
Rims: Stans 355
F Tire: Conti Speed King 2.1 Duraskin w/ Stans
R Tire: Conti Speed King 2.1. Duraskin w/ Stans
Brakes: Avid Juicy Ultimate 160mm f&r
Handlebar: Easton Monkeylite SL
Stem: Easton EA90 120mm 5 deg.
Grips: Ergon GX2 carbon
Saddle: Specialized Phenom SL
Pedals: Crank Brothers Eggbeater Ti

The weight works out to about 21.5 lbs. Sick. I love it. Gotta go buy some lottery tickets.

 

[used2Bhard]

OH Boy!

Frame - Turquoise - Md
Suspension - Reba Team or Magura Durin
Headset - Tune
Crank - XTR
Ders - XTR/XTR Shadow
Shifters -XTR Triggers
Cassette - XTR
Brakes - XTR
Bars - Syntace Duraflite
Stem - Ritchey WCS 4-Axis
Grips - Titec Pork Rinds
Seat - Spec. Toupe
Wheels - Stans ZR3000/355Race (1204grams!)
Rotors - Stans Alum
Tires - Michelin XCR Dry2
Pedals - Eggbeater 4-Ti
Cage - Torrelli

Projected weight is 20.5 lbs!

 

[caballero]

Frame Color: Turqouise
Suspension: Either Magura Durin, 08 SID either in white
Headset: Tune Bobo turqouise ano
BB: XTR
Crankset: XTR 180mm with turqouise bolts and 28/42T chainrings
Fr Der: record
Rear Der: XO
Shifters: XO twisties
Cassette: Dura ace 12-27T
Chain: KMC X10SL
Hubs: Tune King / Kong Turqouise ano
Rims: STANS ZTR race
F Tire: Various
R Tire: Various
Brakes:Juicy Ultimate, al/ ti bolt tuned. stans rotors
Handlebar: Syntace Duraflite carbon, With turqouise ano Tune bar ends
Stem: Tune turqouise ano
Grips: Titec pork rhind
Saddle: Speedneedle white

Should be awesome. All the tune parts i am going to have Anod. myself

 

[Rover Nick]

Our Yeti team rider is getting all his parts ready for the arrival of the frame and he also has gone down the Ultegra cassette and duo chainring route. He's also got some alloy rotors from PoshBikes.com and other various carbon bits. Plus I think he's using RS SID's for his forks. He is getting a small frame as he's not much over 5ft 4ins and he weighs about 9 stone when wet lol. I've got a bet on as he reckons he can get it under 21.5lb but I say 22 is more achieveable.

If he's running a 2x9 with a road cassete, he may be able to get away with running a road derailleur, too. Any idea on what size chainrings he's using?

 

[Circlip]

So far looking like;

Frame: Turquoise, Medium
Fork: Rock Shox Reba Team, Black
Headset: Chris King, Black
BB: XTR 970
Crankset: XTR 970
Fr Der: XTR 970
Rear Der: X.0 long cage
Shifters: X.0 twisters
Cassette: XT 11-32
Chain: SRAM PC99HP
Hubs: Rear = Chris King, Front = American Classic or maybe 'nother Chris King
Rims: Stans ZTR Olympic
Spokes: Sapim CX-Ray
F Tire: Schwalbe Racing Ralph 2.25, w/ Stans
R Tire: Schwalbe Racing Ralph 2.25, w/ Stans
Brakes: Margura Marta SL 160 F & R
Handlebar: Ritchey WCS carbon flat bar
Stem: Ritchey WCS Carbon Matrix 100mm, 6 degree
Grips: Ergon (GX2 carbon if available, or whatever else I can get at that point)
Saddle: WTB Silverado
Pedals: Crank Brothers Eggbeater 4Ti
Seatpost: Thomson Masterpiece or Ritchey WCS Carbon (if they release a zero setback for 2008)
Cable Housing: "Nino's" fully sealed Alligator shifter housing/liner

With the slacker steering angle I think I'm going to ditch the Hopey steering damper that I've been running with my old ASR. Was wondering if I'm ready to go crazy with something like a Rohloff in the rear (the whole bike will be so light it's not like I'm going to have to worry about weight...) but I don't think I'm ready to take that plunge quite yet.