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.
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.
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