Hi buddies!
Well I finally finished assembling the Santa Cruz VP Free!
Here are a photic:)
Phew, what it cost me to leave this fine bike, especially at the level of transmission.
Here it is the "bike-check"
Box 2008 Santa Cruz VP Free in size M
Address Cancreek XXL
reducer to 1-1/8 FOX DHX 5 Coil Shock 2008
Rock Shox Boxxer Team Fork 2010
full Shimano Saint group (except for front plates)
covers Blackspire chain guide plates and
Dewlite Blackspire Super Pro Inner plates 26 and 36
Blackspire Nuvi
Hayes Stroker Trail brakes with discs 203
Power Kore
Husselfet Handlebar Truvativ DH
4
Pedals Crank Brothers Mallet January 2010
Tire Equalizer Sunringle
Nuke Proof Generator hubs front and rear.
Covers Navégalo Kenda 2.5
The truth is that the bike is a little "freaky", so let me tell you some things to keep in mind if you ride you a "free" these caracterĂsitcas, if this bike can be considered free only because in my opinion might be true for almost about everything.
The first thing to consider, and I I did not, is that the BB is high, the reason is obvious, the rear travel of the VP is 215 mm, so that any jump or bumpy area or large stones, the chances of crashing are high, since The rear swingarm is going to go far, so everything can be higher than the BB, then all the better. But this raises a serious drawback if you intend to use two dishes, and especially if one is small, like me, is that the switch is going to lift the chain that small dish, literally, when the bike is at rest, if you know this, mosqueo that you'll get is important.
When I started riding This made the bike left me crazy, almost upset, I even think that was bad soldier, but thanks to Marc Stefani, the guy who welded, everything was ok. Here it is a photo of Marc, type majete, hehe, these are Santa Cruz cane, I included with each painting a caricature of the welder who "created" the box. Although this was well until 2008, unfortunately, the pictures of Santa Cruz are no longer "Made in USA" as he puts in the back seat tube, but "Made in Taiwan", in which we fn to do .. Marc
In my obfuscation on the subject of the chain and derailleur could confrmar the picture is well investigated in several sites. And what happens is that when you get on the bike, or ride small sprocket, the very height of SAG makes the switch down a bit and there is no lifting chain. This does not happen if you carry only medium bowl or large plate or dish medium and large plate, something the latter, it would be quite absurd in a bike like this.
champion! Thank you very much for doing such fine work, the picture is perfect. Congratulations! For soldier you see that it is the box, you can see in the picture after the Marc, the penetration of the weld on the inside of the pipe towards the top tube weld. It is something that is rarely seen. According to my friend Wolf, it seems that is not MIG and TIG; although I leave these issues on an expert welder, I have no idea of \u200b\u200btungsten:) Finally you can see the photo with the ok of "Inspector Bike" by Santa Cruz.
In my obfuscation on the subject of the chain and derailleur could confrmar the picture is well investigated in several sites. And what happens is that when you get on the bike, or ride small sprocket, the very height of SAG makes the switch down a bit and there is no lifting chain. This does not happen if you carry only medium bowl or large plate or dish medium and large plate, something the latter, it would be quite absurd in a bike like this.
Moreover, this, though it is inconvenient to mount a standard change is a big advantage for jumps and other aggressive practices for there is much more distance between the chain and the lower sleeve, so that fewer shots to the table. On the other hand, as I said, the ride height prevents shocks.
I put a picture to see him clear and you will understand much better the issue up the chain as the chain when at rest and enlarged, in small bowl. You can also see how to go as high bottom bracket, the chain guide chain tension just resting in small dish, this also let me fly until I discovered that only happens in the rest position.
I put a picture to see him clear and you will understand much better the issue up the chain as the chain when at rest and enlarged, in small bowl. You can also see how to go as high bottom bracket, the chain guide chain tension just resting in small dish, this also let me fly until I discovered that only happens in the rest position.
If you look, the chain is fully diagonal to the axis of the pedals, a clear difference of a normal bike. I think now you will understand better what I mean. This circumstance forced me to choose a small plate with some teeth more than the typical 22, in this case a 26, might seem to many teeth to a small dish, but consider that the small plate on this bike is just to help you up, not for use as bike uphill, because the goal is clearly lower, or routing marginally. Therefore, with 24 or 26 case solved. In medium bowl took 36, more than enough to lose as much for plain if need be.
I decided to keep a tape of 11-34, being a bike that I use for everything except to climb Calvary clear ...
Leaving aside this issue, the other components are normal in their assembly, with the exception of the fork, which like all double decks has its little things that mount up correctly. The address is a 1 / 5 with reducing to 1-1/8 as the fork is a Boxxer Team 2010 in this measure
I was surprised by the Saint group, the changes are simply spectacular, very very soft well .. like almost everything Shimano truth.
Boxxer fork came standard with the red spring (medium hardness) and try to change to yellow, which is hard, luckily I did not, and that, not sure if it because it is new, the fork is very hard.
Anyway, I'm missing some finishing touches such as adjusting the damper, shortening a brake hose and put some guards that do not rub the brake and shift cables. But otherwise is complete at 99%.
Hope you like it and we see by the Pyrenees bikeparks next year. Because I think spending a month with my Santa Cruz !
Greetings and see you on the road!
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