Quicksilver - Saturn 14ST

[leitch]

Done.

Spec list because I'm a) bored and b) this is what we do now.

I initially was going to just swap everything across from the Rocky and then sell the Instinct frame, but in the intervening months I've been waiting for delivery I started to get carried away... As you do. And then I realised if I just bought a couple extra parts I would be able to sell the Rocky as a complete which should be easier. So, in for a penny in for a pound (many pounds).

Meanwhile, boxes of shit have been piling up in the shed waiting for a frame to go on, here's the plan:

Frame	Nicolai Saturn 14 ST (M)	3.25​
Shock	DPX2 Factory 210x50	0.42​
Headset	Cane Creek 40	0.12​
Seat clamp	BBB Lightstrangler	0.02​
Fork	Pike Ultimate	1.88​
Seatpost	Transfer P/E 150	0.56​
Seat	Phenom Pro	0.21​
Stem	Deity Copperhead 35x35	0.14​
Handlebar	OneUp 35 20mm rise	0.20​
Grips	ODI Vans	0.11​
Shifter	M8100	0.12​
Derailleur	M8100	0.28​
Cassette	M8100	0.47​
Chain	M8100	0.25​
Cranks	M8100	0.52​
Chainring	Pilo 34t	0.07​
Chainguide	OneUp ISCG05	0.04​
Pedals	XT trail	0.41​
Brakes	Cura 4	0.53​
Rotor F	MT800 203mm	0.16​
Rotor R	MT800 180mm	0.13​
Adapter F	Shimano	0.02​
Adapter R	Nil
Wheels	EXC1200 (inc tape/valves)	1.80​
Tyre F	Assegai 29x2.5 EXO+	1.13​
Tyre R	Dissector 29x2.4 EXO	0.90​
Insert R	Rimpact Pro	0.16​
	Total (est)	13.89​

 

[beeb]

At what point do you realise you're actually keeping the Instinct?

So keen to see this build though!

(...even though your seat clamp has the weirdest S&M kinkster-inspired name I have ever seen)

 

[leitch]

(...even though your seat clamp has the weirdest S&M kinkster-inspired name I have ever seen)

Haha I'm no @pink poodle - I can only cope with a light strangle.

Definitely not keeping the Instinct, they're not sufficiently different for there to be any point. I like it, it satisfied my urge to see if I would like a mid-travel 29er. I did, now I want one that I can also get excited about.

 

[hifiandmtb]

Something to aim for:

 

[leitch]

Something to aim for:

Less blue, more silver and black. Would definitely go with the Intend if I could though

 

[pink poodle]

Haha I'm no @pink poodle - I can only cope with a light strangle.

Definitely not keeping the Instinct, they're not sufficiently different for there to be any point. I like it, it satisfied my urge to see if I would like a mid-travel 29er. I did, now I want one that I can also get excited about.

I don't mind it rough! One of my seat clamps says "Skywalker". It's on the jumpy bike.

What sort of plans do you have for this thing?

 

[leitch]

What sort of plans do you have for this thing?

Everything really! General trail duties, bit of enduro racing, laps on the jump trails etc

 

[pink poodle]

Everything really! General trail duties, bit of enduro racing, laps on the jump trails etc

So much play time!

 

[leitch]

Frame collected from distro by TNT... Odds of it making it from Qld to Mel overnight? Probably slim. Odds TNT might deliver on a Saturday? Also probably slim. Fingers crossed but looking like it'll be here Monday.

 

[beeb]

Frame collected from distro by TNT... Odds of it making it from Qld to Mel overnight? Probably slim. Odds TNT might deliver on a Saturday? Also probably slim. Fingers crossed but looking like it'll be here Monday.

"Tomorrow Not Today"

 

[Minlak]

Frame collected from distro by TNT... Odds of it making it from Qld to Mel overnight? Probably slim. Odds TNT might deliver on a Saturday? Also probably slim. Fingers crossed but looking like it'll be here Monday.

Prepare for Friday Next Week - Thursday Pick up goes to a Depot - Friday sorting - Saturday / Sunday it's Australia that shit ain't going nowhere - Monday to Melbourne depot - Tuesday to local Depot - Wednesday / Thursday it will be in the freight nether void realm (A realm where freight goes to whilst the local Depot swears they haven't got it) - Friday you go and pick up when it miraculously reappears.

 

[leitch]

"Tomorrow Not Today"

Being a cheeky bastard

 

[leitch]

 

[Asininedrivel]

Person: What kind of impacts are your headtubes stress tested to?
Nicolai: Yes

 

[leitch]

Person: What kind of impacts are your headtubes stress tested to?
Nicolai: Yes

Yeah wild hey. The regular non-ST Saturn 14 doesn't have the extra gusset, and is "not rated" for bikepark use or forks with >35mm stanchions. Which seems wild because even without the gusset these things look tough as.

 

[beeb]

Person: What kind of impacts are your headtubes stress tested to?
Nicolai: Yes

(Nicolai engineer checks post-test)

"Yep, still fine..."

 

[Asininedrivel]

(Nicolai engineer checks post-test)

"Yep, still fine..."

I either read somewhere or just made up that Nicolai / Geometron are still sitting on 0.0 warranty returns after six years, so I can only assume they just go straight through whatever they crash into. That A-bomb probably got dented hitting it.

 

[Daniel Hale]

I either read somewhere or just made up that Nicolai / Geometron are still sitting on 0.0 warranty returns after six years, so I can only assume they just go straight through whatever they crash into. That A-bomb probably got dented hitting it.

a local in gisborne warrantied his, i think it was a saturn, he rode it with loose linkage bolts and on crashing it one of the joins failed - prob wasn’t nicolai’s fault but they warrantied it anyway, that was roughly 18months ago -he moved to ibis and is very happy - built up new nic. frame for his partner who doesn’t ride

 

[Jpez]

Rides a Nicolai with loose linkage bolts- deserves to have it confiscated.

 

[leitch]

Only had enough time/daylight to make a start yesterday afternoon… headset pressed, steerer cut, cranks in. Should get it finished by tomorrow evening hopefully!