Green steel, carbon & Wood(s).

wkkie

wkkie

It's Not Easy Being Green
Single high pivot, custom geo, Australian made, steel, adjustable shock position, gearbox, belt driven, beast! Almost in the stable, awaiting pickup in a few weeks.

I've always wanted a steel, single pivot dually. Not always with the high pivot, but giving this one a go. I went very short with the chainstay length to keep the rear more playful and given it extends through its travel, it gets to roughly 437mm at sag. With the adjustable shock mounts, it can go down to 150mm travel with a 230 x 57.5mm shock and up to 200mm with a 250 x 75mm shock. It runs a 22mm main pivot axle with PF30 bearings.

Some of the numbers:
505mm reach, 64 deg head angle, 78 deg seat angle, 425mm chainstay, 420mm seat post length, 1285mm wheelbase, 20mm BB drop. Clearance for a 2.6in tyre out back.

Frame: Woods, El Camino. Custom, high pivot gearbox. 170mm (230x65) / 200mm (250x75) travel.
Shock: SR Suntour Voro coil, 230 X 65, 525 lb Nukeproof SL spring. / SR Suntour Triair2 3CR, 230 X 65 / Marzocchi Bomber Air, 250 X 75.
Headset: Wolf Tooth ZS44 upper, EC44 lower, raw silver.
Seat post clamp: Wolf Tooth 34.9mm, raw silver.
Fork: Rockshox Zeb, 27.5in, 190mm travel. 590mm A2C.
Dropper post: PNW Loam, limited silver, 200mm travel. 31.6mm.
Dropper post lever: One-up Components, V2, Ispec 2.
Seat: Dartmoor Trail V2.
Stem: DMR Defy limited liquid green, 35mm length, 31.8mm clamp.
Handlebars: PNW Loam carbon, 800mm, 35mm rise, 5 deg up, 10 deg back.
Grips: ODI Rogue.
Cranks: North Shore Billet, Talon, 160mm.
Pedals: Sixpack Millenium 2.0.
Bottom Bracket / gearing: Pinion C1.12 W. Gates Carbon Drive belt, 130t.
Chainring: Pinion Gates Carbon Drive, stainless 39t.
Tensioner: Pinion BT1 w. printed custom extended tensioner arm with JRA bash guard.
Shifter: Pinion DS2.
Rear cog: Pinion Gates Carbon Drive, Stainless, 39t.
Idler: Pinion Gates Carbon Drive, Stainless, 22t.
Brakes: TRP DHR Evo W. Freedom Coast lever blades.
Rotors: TRP, 220mm F / 203mm R, 2.3mm thick.
Brake pads: Uberbike E-matrix.
Front wheel: 27.5, Light Bicycle AM730, 30mm internal, 36mm external on Onyx Vesper boost, 32h.
Front tyre: Maxxis 2.6 DHR2, TR EXO, W. Huck Norris original.
Rear wheel: 27.5, Light Bicycle AM730, 30mm internal, 36mm external on Onyx Classic single speed, 142mm, 32h.
Rear Tyre: Maxxis Dissector 2.4, 3C, EXO+ TR, W. Huck Norris Sandwich.
Gear cables & brake hoses: Uberbike smoke braid.

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Looks awesome. What a fun project @wkkie

Do you reckon there will be a level of 'compliance' in that back end with thin tubes and no seat stay brace?
 
What type of steel is this?? And who welded it??

pull the white plastic of the woods emblem too, it’s giving me the jitters
 
yuley95 said:
Looks awesome. What a fun project @wkkie

Do you reckon there will be a level of 'compliance' in that back end with thin tubes and no seat stay brace?
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Not sure about that. I don't think anything has been intentionally designed in, in terms of flex.

There is that brace behind the main pivot, which is fairly high, so it might help with that. And it is a fairly short rear end... But really, I don't know! :p Time will tell!
 
This thing is epic, wow!

As a rider of a steel single pivot, can confirm, rear is very.. compliant. This will probably be less so with a shorter distance from main pivot to shock mount, a more substantial brace under the rearward shock mount point, and a bigger beefier main pivot.
 
Have you got the frame yet and ridden it?
I like the external cables and gearbox.
Has the headset bearings as the pivot given you any trouble?
 
That's the one!

Bit of info since I got it home. I took the box and shock off and gave it a weigh. 4780g with shock hardware and the idler.

I also had the chance to install the headset and seat post clamp. Too busy a weekend unfortunately to finish the build, but hopefully on Monday.

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