[justa]

Ordered a Cosmic Orange El Ciclon

Hardest bit was choosing the colour !

Oh and the wait for it !

thanks to Alan at Riverside cycles and all the kind folk on here for advice - especially Joe for the pictures of his - sorry to order the same

Now then, what headset for an El Ciclon.....

 

[LoneStar]

You're going to love it. Congrats!

 

[mtnbiker4life]

Ordered a Cosmic Orange El Ciclon

Hardest bit was choosing the colour !

Oh and the wait for it !

thanks to Alan at Riverside cycles and all the kind folk on here for advice - especially Joe for the pictures of his - sorry to order the same

Now then, what headset for an El Ciclon.....

Here is a picture of my Army Green El Ciclon................

 

[ajr]

good choice

 

[crisillo]

Congrats, justa!

What's the build going to be like? any idea yet?

 

[stevelei]

I will be too!!

Congrats !!

Just ordered my Ciclon today as well 17" frame in ball burnished w/ RP23 shock and quad bearings.

Can't wait.

Enjoy it!!........SL

 

[EnglishJon]

built mine up last night: 19" super dust. will try to put a pic or two up on the el ciclon pic thread

 

[jonelli]

How long a wait

 

[vortexracing]

Welcome to the fold Justa

 

[justa]

cheers

too long !!

being made next Monday - hopefully shipped to the UK on Thursday - and then in the post from Riverside Cycles to me !!

Build ?

07 Vanillas
Thomson post & stem
Easton Monkeylites
Juicy Carbons
717's on Hope Pro II's
Schwalbe Nobby Nics
Spesh Alias saddle
X.0 or 07 XTR - can't decide

The wait is going to kill me

 

[stevelei]

How long... isn't that kinda of personal

Right now roughly two weeks.

 

[EnglishJon]

justa - if it makes a difference, wiggle have got XO rear mechs for £80 at the moment I think

 

[stevelei]

How long

Yeah they told me about two weeks roughly Febuary 5th maybe sooner. They are working on CIclon's this week.
So far no snow on the East Coast hopefully it remains that way.

I had a Titus Switchblade this is the replacment taking my old stuff over.
SRAM X.O/Shimano XTR cranks and front derailleur.
Wheels DT Swiss 4.1D/240 disc
King Headset
Thompson Post

Brakes and fork I would like to replace from Marzocchi Marathon SL to Marzocchi XC 700SL and brakes from older Hayes to Magura SL.

I'm a XC geek can't help it every gram counts.

 

[crisillo]

cheers

too long !!

being made next Monday - hopefully shipped to the UK on Thursday - and then in the post from Riverside Cycles to me !!

Build ?

07 Vanillas
Thomson post & stem
Easton Monkeylites
Juicy Carbons
717's on Hope Pro II's
Schwalbe Nobby Nics
Spesh Alias saddle
X.0 or 07 XTR - can't decide

The wait is going to kill me

The build sounds sweet! Congrats again! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[justa]

cheers jon - it looks like a medium one ?

would that be ok for running 3 rings up front ?

 

[EnglishJon]

I reckon medium cage mechs are fine for 3x9 set-ups so long as you don't ask the drivetrain to use all 27 gears - they don't like that. they have the benefit of giving just a little more ground clearance too - useful in rocky areas

 

[justa]

cheers jon

let us know how you get on with the El Ciclon

 

[agoura_biker]

cheers jon - it looks like a medium one ?

would that be ok for running 3 rings up front ?

I use a medium-cage X0 on my Salty with 3 rings. I can shift into all gears without it blowing up, but I wouldn't want to try to use the big-big combo. You just need to be careful setting the chain length - and if it's a full suspension bike, make sure there is enough slack for shock travel, too.

 

[AL29er]

Congrats :thumbsup: Can't go wrong with cosmic orange. Only downside I can think of is that if you outfit it with Chris King mango parts you can't easily swap those parts onto other color frames. Okay, other than black or gray

Post up some pictures of your baby when it comes in