PVD Max's Millennium Falcon

This is a highly custom singlespeed bike built for local talent Max. He knows how to ride fast and he can pedal too. Hopefully this will do the trick.

Tubes

• Down Tube - NOV_CODT_35_858 Nova 29er DT 35 x 8/5/8 x 750
• Top Tube - NOV_CRDT_858_650 NOVA CRMO 28.6 X 8/5/8 DT/TT
• Seat Tube - Nova CMST 460, External Butt Seat Tube, 28.6/30.0 X 460
• Seat Stay - DED_AMSS_16ST_.7CRMO 16mm X 0.7 SINGLE TAPER 560
• Chain Stays - NOV_CXCS_OVST_9/6NOVA ROAD OVERSIZE CHAINSTAYS 24mm OVAL .9/.6 WALL
• Bottom Bracket - PVD Hollowtech II Shell, Road, 92mm wide x 1.75" Ø
• Dropouts - Paragon Light Slider
• Braze-ons - Pacenti Hydro

Special or Odd Parts

• 80mm 90 degree stem with flat bars
• XT Cranks, granny ring posts machined off for single speed use.
• 5" rear rotor.

Print

We worked hard on this design using a current PVD frame and did a bit of testing and changes before drawing the frame up. Max is on the Whole Athlete Team. His coach, Dario Fredrick put in in some time with the fit here to ensure that the handling and performance goals that Pete and Max put together would still produce plenty of power for racing up the hill.

Paint

Baby blue, baby!

RAL #5012

Weight

Frame - 4.07 lbs w/slider hardware and bottle cage bolts.

Bike - 23 lb 12 oz. with next to no fancy light parts other than the carbon post.

Gearing

For now I want Max to try a 2x2 setup. This is a single speed setup that allows a gear change by moving the chain to an alternate gearing latterally.

To start, we will try an offroad gear of 34/19 (148.5") with 94 chain links. Two options for road/traverse gear are 36/17 (175.7", shortest ctc) and 38/14 (225.3", longest ctc).

Fork

Fox Float 140, lowered to 100mm. Damping with Red Line Light oil.

I figure that Max will be running a fairly high pressure in the fork so I wanted to open the damping a little to keep the fork moving.

Pictures