Moots Mooto-X 29er

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shan75

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Here it is guys the very first and currently the only Moots Mooto-X 29er. This is a custom frame from 6/4 Titanium with Moots specific Paragon Machine Works 6/4 Ti sliding dropouts and cable routing for gears also. Build is as follows:

Moots Mooto-X 29er
Industry Nine 29er Wheels with Salsa Delgado Rims
Maxxis Ignitor Tyres with Ultrlight Tubes
Jeff Jones H Bar
Formula K24 Brakes with Dirt Dog Dragon Rotors
Race Face Deus Stem
King Headset with Ventana +4mm Headset Race
Rockshox Reba Race 29er at 100mm
(Also have a Pace RC39 Carbon on its way for mext weeks marathon)
A2Z Ti Skewers
Middleburn RS8 Cranks 32t Uno Ring
Boone Ti Rear Cog 20T and spacers
SRAM PC68 Chain
Crank Bros Candy SL Pedals
Moots Seatost
WTB Rocket V Race ti Seat

Weight TBA but lighter than my Niner in the same regalia.

Let me know what you think.












Extremely nice bike to both ride and gaze at. Craftsmenship is the best I have seen on a frame. Finish is Raw beadblasted Ti and so so sweet. This bike will spend most of its life as a Singlespeed with the Reba as the Blacksheep which arrives in a fortnight will be a Rigid Only with a custom Webtrussed Ti Fork.

Shannon
 
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Very cool. Those rotors are schmick.

Is there any play/twisting in the rear brakeside dropout when you brake hard? Doesn't look like there's much in the way of slots/guides (other than the bolts) to resist the twisting (my PDC hardtail has a very similar setup and while it's sufficient under normal trail-type braking, doing rear wheel stalls and the like it is not a fan of).

Most importantly though, how does it ride?
 
J@se

J@se

Breezeway Bandit
Interesting setup with the bars. Those industry 9 hubs are truly the schizzle.
 
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shan75

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I certainly can't feel any twisting on the rear under hard brakes. The dropou has a rectangular machined lud that fits pefectin in the slot that prevents and motion of the dropout as well so it isn't just the bolts like most similar setups.

Ride: well this thing is fast. I am a 6'3" and weigh 92kgs and ride aggressive XC, Enduros etc. I love 29ers in fact I have traded all my 26" nikes for them. Personally they are faster for me and feel right.

The Moots, well it is probably a bit stiffer than my Niner 853 Steel frame but weights a fair bit less. It is so compliant as far as trail chatter and feedback goes, this is my first Titanium Mountain Bike Frame and I am amased with how nice the ride is. With the wheels it is very snappy under acceleration and gets up to speed very quickly. I am still playing with handlebar height as it is a bit higher than I am used to but still climbs like a dream with no front wheel lift. Steering as per most 29ers is very stable and not twitchy at all, not quite as fast as a 26" bike but requires a lot less body language to maintain line. It really is point and shoot.

I will give some more thoughts in the next few days as I accumulate some more time on it but thus far it has me wondering if I needed to order the 3" Dually that I have coming.

I simply Love it.
 
tu plang

tu plang

knob
aaaah i had the pleasure of seeing crazy gav's moots frame at work today, incredibly finished frame with a crazy-nice built kid to boot.
 
Pete J

Pete J

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Yikes, that is some serious bike porn right there! :eek:
Might even be one of the most blingingest bikes i've seen here on farkin...
Awesome ride Shannon. :cool:
 
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hardinge915

hardinge915

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thats SHMICK! love to look of welds on Ti, theyre so much nicer than say an Alloy weld. Awsome build up, cant wait to see the weight of that!
 
setonz

setonz

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Those brakes are Formula Oro k24. sweet brakes i have just put a set on my trance and they rock:D
 
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crankyjerome

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pimpn moots

kudos to you my friend.
you have a great selection of some very exotic parts and am interested in where you aquired them?
am waiting with anticipation of the weight?
as our friend homer would say arggrrgrgghhh
 
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shan75

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Okay had a good hit out on it today in the 2006 Kooralbyn Marathon. And by a long way this is the best SS I have ever owned. I love it. weights for those who want them are s follows as I have made a few changes but it will move back and forth. I have now added Formula Puros with Goodridge Lines, I have a boone ti 32t Chainring on order for the middleburns and also added a Pace Carbon 29 Rigid fork to the options.

Weight as pictured with 2 x King Steel bidon caged and Puro - 10.08kgs

weight with Pace Carbon fork - 9.31 kgs

The frame size is a custom 20" with 25" TT length.
 
starship303

starship303

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mmmmoots

Mmmm. Moots are still the king of MTB Ti in my book. Your not going to see many others rolling around town either.

Then there is the weight - daaamn! That thing would absolutely fly down the trail with 29ers and that weight. Brilliant work.
 
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