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Updated September 28, 2008 |
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Welcome to my Mountain Bike Page!!!! |
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My PedalForce MT Custom. Most all
of the parts were custom painted and
had custom decals made for them.
COMPLETE BIKE WEIGHT:
with HED MTB Wheels=21.65lb (9820gm)
with Mavic Crossmax SL=20.10lb (9117gm)
Bike Specs:
Frame- PedalForce MT/Leichtkraft + Custom Paint & Decals $2000
Fork- Pace RC39 w/Lockout. $900
Headset- Cane Creek w/King Top Cap. $70
Stem- Generic Carbon w/12k weave. $40
Handlebar- Generic Carbon wrapped alloy w/12k weave $30
Seatpost- Origin8 Carbon w/12k weave. $60
Seat- Merek Full Carbon with Ti reinforced carbon rails. $200
Cables/Housings- Nokon Carbon Derailleur. $150.00
Gruppo- 2005 SRAM X9/XO $400
Brakes- Avid Juicy Ultimate Carbon Blue with Blue Hope Mono Mini Rotors. 160mm front, 140mm rear. $700.00
Cranks/BB- CarbonLord MTB. $300
Pedals- CrankBros SL Blue.$90
Wheelsets- 2001 HED MTB w/2008 Hope Pro 2 Blue Hubs. $1200
2006 Mavic Crossmax SL $700
Tires- Schwalbe Nobby Nic. $75 each.
Computer- Garmin Edge 705. $700
Bottle Cages- Generic w/12k Carbon weave $60
Bike Cost- Built up with HED wheels $5470+
w/ Mavic Crossmax $4970 |
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The frame is a PedalForce MT. The EXACT same fram used by Leichtkraft. Go to www.leichtkraft.com to see the frame. PedalForce only sells the frame plain. Leichtkraft sells the frame in just the color red. I wanted Blue and so I bought the PedalForce frame and painted it. I used 3-part epoxy primer base coat followed by a coat of HouseOfKolor silver Basecoat and finished with HOK Oriental Blue with a 10% mix of metal flake. It was then clearcoated with a catalyzed Urethane. I tried to buy the frame decals from Leichtkraft, but they told me that they would not sell me any decals under any circumstances. I designed some with Photoshop and had them custom cut by a decal maker. The price structure was such that I ended up buying enough decals for 3-4 bikes. I used some on my commuter roadbike which looks very similar to this frame. The rest were used to customize the rest of the components. I was originally going to paint just the frame, but like all of my projects, one thing led to another and this is what it has become. Enjoy. Most all of the parts were custom painted when possible. The wheels were a very rare 2001 HED MTB. I bought them and had them relaced with Hope Pro 2 Hubs. I still may change out the shifters and derailleurs to SRAM XO 2008, but since it will only drop a few grams I may not.......... |
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Click the picture below to see my Trail Bike before I converted it to my trail bike and painted it Charcoal Metallic. |
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Below are pictures of my trail bike. The same one as pictured to the left, but I wanted something less flashy for trail riding. |
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