AM SC Bronson CC 2015

Scotty T

Scotty T

Walks the walk
Frame - 2015 Bronson CC XL
Rear shock - RockShox Monarch plus Debonair
Front shock/fork - Rockshox Pike RCT3 160mm
Handlebars - Deity 787 (cut to 735)
Stem - Truvativ Hussefelt 40mm 0 degree
Headset - FSA top, Cane Creek bottom (came like that, works so whatever)
Grips - Lizard Skins northshore
Saddle - 3x1 pine beam (SanMarco Concor, it's going)
Seatpost - Command Dropper - it's not working so well, might ride better with straight post
Front brake - XT M8000 203 rotor
Rear brake - XT M8000 180 rotor
Cranks - RaceFace Evolve 34t
Chainguide - MRP
Chain - Dura Ace XTR
Pedals - Saint
Rear derailleur - XT M8000
Rear shifter - XT M8000
Cassette - XT M8000
Front hub - Hope Pro2 Evo
Rear hub - Hope Pro2 Evo
Front rim - Stan's Flow
Rear rim - Stan's Flow
Spokes - DT Swiss Comp
Tyres - Maxxis High Roller 2 Tubeless Exo
Total weight - ~13kg with the bathroom scale method

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Has around 150km on it apparently and looks it, and rides like it. Had my first ride this arvo. I'll post a bit more about it but in short it's amazing. I loved the Trek Fuel 27.5, but love this way more. Now to post Trek up for sale.
 
Ultra Lord

Ultra Lord

Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Luckily that camelback will still give you abit of that yellow flash.


I’m glad you love it, great bike those bronson’s
 
Scotty T

Scotty T

Walks the walk
First ride was just a blast. I went for a blat around lower Stromlo, the ground was slow and heaps of puddles, didn't realise it had rained so much, so my first muddy ride in 2 years was on the new rig.

Bigger brakes with fresh pads were great. I need to do more messing around with the suspension, I had it too slow on the rebound. But far out.

Climbing was nice, so hard to properly compare efficiency with super slow damp stuff everywhere, and it was my first time running flat pedals for 3 years so technique was rusty. Still managed the same speeds i've been doing lately on climbs and flat stuff.

Gong down or fast on flat I was being conservative as I was alone and not many peeps around. I was leaning harder into corners almost everywhere. Breakout is one of my favourite sections to go fast and I was not putting anywhere near the effort I would on the Trek and felt pretty quick. It wasn't even a clean run as my dropper was too low and I slowed a bit to sort it. Finished the ride. Checked my time when I got home and was faster by a second than my best time which was a couple of years back and going as hard as I could. Obviously it was going to be a faster bike but not fastest ever on the first outing. Stoked.
 
Scotty T

Scotty T

Walks the walk
Saddle sorted. The Trek had the most comfy saddle I've ever ridden, they don't make it anymore. I set about looking for one online as I didn't expect the local shop to have one, only found one in the US for $100. Wife said go to the LBS, went there today while we were nearby and they had the CrMo rail model at a whole 30g more weight in their pull off parts bin for $30. Wife had gone past there a couple of weeks back and got some brake chips for free to transport this bike without wheels in the car. Top peeps at the Woden Trek store. If only they had a second hand bike sale program like some car makers ;)
 

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Scotty T

Scotty T

Walks the walk
Been out for only 3 rides so far totalling about 60km. Still loving it. Did 2 more PRs at Stromlo today again not really pushing hard as I was solo again. It's as good for climbing if I flip the switch which I always ran open on the Trek, it's much nicer pedalling up when it's not sitting as deep in the travel which it's meant to do when open. The switch is also a bit easier to reach with the mid mount shock. But it's so quiet through ruff stuff where the Trek used to chatter. Still getting used to the plushness when popping off stuff but definitely no regrets. Even flat twisty singletrack is faster because it can carry more speed through corners. Lucky i came here and was told I had too much post exposed, nobody wants to see that :)
 
Scotty T

Scotty T

Walks the walk
Went faster on more things without trying too hard. Even cleaned some techy uphills faster.

Needle bearing shock eyelet and replace the bent chaining next. In the big cogs the chain skips when back pedalling at the point where the ring is bent. Otherwise I don't think I'll want for more for a long time.
 
dancaseyimages

dancaseyimages

Mountain bike pornographer
Scotty T said:
Went faster on more things without trying too hard. Even cleaned some techy uphills faster.

Needle bearing shock eyelet and replace the bent chaining next. In the big cogs the chain skips when back pedalling at the point where the ring is bent. Otherwise I don't think I'll want for more for a long time.
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Dream bike, pretty much what I'm searching for now ;)
Can we catch up sometime so I can check it out?
 
Scotty T

Scotty T

Walks the walk
A year and 1070km on this thing and it's an amazing bike. I had the pivot loosening and wrecking the bushing issue, the chainline is fiddly in top cog and the Raceface BB crapped itself which was apparently to be expected, XT in and it's running perfectly. Shock rebuild also to be expected, made loads of difference and way better than when I bought the bike.

I've ridden this harder than any of my previous bikes, and it just takes everything I throw at it. Super forgiving and super stiff when it gets rowdy. The compact linkage and one piece rear triangle make it stiffer than any four bar Horst/FSR I've had and I think I'm a fanboi for life, it really is just so nice to ride.

The Stans wheels, and Hope hubs, I'll also be going back for more when I upgrade. These were hand built by Drift, they've been super solid, and seem quite light. I have to pay respect to the dude who built it, other than puting a short stem I've kept the spec. XT, and big rotor spec made going and stopping functions as we all expect from XT, faultless. I'll give them a service and replace the pads over the break. I was always a Rapidfire fan and didn't like the forward downshift on SRAM but over four years of having both ways it's really great to be able to pull or push depending on your stance on the bike. It's only in the last few months I've become habitual with this.

The Deity bars are just sensational and I was riding them rolled back for most of the time, even better now I've positioned them right. I'll get some full width ones eventually. I'll also get an angle headset, I think 1.5 will make it really nice but need to be wary of ETT and reach. I'm holding off on both because the bike is harder to ride now so it will make me better and I'll blitz it when I fit the new parts. In theory anyway, or maybe I just don't have budget clearance from the CFO.

Actually everyone who has picked the bike up says it's really light, even the woman loading the shuttle at Stromlo asked "how much travel has that got, it's so light". I was stunned that it was so close to the Trek when I got it, it has made a big difference in the perception I had buying the Trek that I had to get a 120mm bike to get lightness.

It's a machine from 2015, I love the colours and might go all Xuesen Zhan on a new bike to retrofit this colour scheme. It screams 80's Santa Cruz and I think it's the best SC colour scheme there has been.

Where would I go with said new bike? I'm reckoning HTLT. I'm a big boy so the whole 29 is too hefty is probably lost on me. I really need to ride a 29er in the mid travel range to find out, but following @T-Rex I really felt we were pretty close but he'd just roll over shit so smoothly and ride away at times. I'm gonna post a controversial article on this shortly. It's all pretty convincing.
 
link1896

link1896

Mr Greenfield
I realised this after pushing a Turbo Levo through a tree gap at warp speed (top ten strava time if I had let it count) and scaring myself stoooopid
 
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