After wanting a hard tail for a long time and test riding quite a few, I had given up on anything off the shelf and was going to get a custom Ti frame from Waltly. I contacted the local distributor for Banshee but they had a long lead time on frames and I thought $1300 was a bit steep for an alloy frame when a custom Ti job would only be a little bit more.
Then FatMuz put his nearly new Paradox frame up on here for a great price and I'd had a couple of beers (great procrastination lubricator) so I purchased that. It's on the way to Melbourne with Couriers Please at the moment, so I expect it will turn up around Christmas time to the wrong address and bent like a fucking pretzel. Fingers crossed. In the meantime I've purchased all the other components so the build sheet looks like this and is in the hands of Australia Post:
Frame: Paradox V3 Large Yellow
Fork: Pike Ultimate 42mm with C1 air spring Black
Crank: XT 12 speed 165mm 28T
Rear Mech: XT 12 speed
Shifter: XT 12 speed
Bars: Rental 30mm rise 800mm
Stem: 35mm Rental Apex
Dropper: One Up 210mm
Brakes: Deore 4 spot - Super cheap so I'll see if they are any good. I'll put my Saint metal pads in and see how they go but I expect that they'll be fine and share all of the important components with the more expensive and blingy xt/xtr
Wheels: Not sure. I'll probably just use my carbon wheels off another bike and see how it goes and then keep my eyes open for a bargain.
If the postage gods are smiling on me I'll be able to ride it next weekend.
What it used to look like.
Then FatMuz put his nearly new Paradox frame up on here for a great price and I'd had a couple of beers (great procrastination lubricator) so I purchased that. It's on the way to Melbourne with Couriers Please at the moment, so I expect it will turn up around Christmas time to the wrong address and bent like a fucking pretzel. Fingers crossed. In the meantime I've purchased all the other components so the build sheet looks like this and is in the hands of Australia Post:
Frame: Paradox V3 Large Yellow
Fork: Pike Ultimate 42mm with C1 air spring Black
Crank: XT 12 speed 165mm 28T
Rear Mech: XT 12 speed
Shifter: XT 12 speed
Bars: Rental 30mm rise 800mm
Stem: 35mm Rental Apex
Dropper: One Up 210mm
Brakes: Deore 4 spot - Super cheap so I'll see if they are any good. I'll put my Saint metal pads in and see how they go but I expect that they'll be fine and share all of the important components with the more expensive and blingy xt/xtr
Wheels: Not sure. I'll probably just use my carbon wheels off another bike and see how it goes and then keep my eyes open for a bargain.
If the postage gods are smiling on me I'll be able to ride it next weekend.
What it used to look like.