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What we Ride: Luke's 9:Zero:7 Custom 29+

5/5/2015

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Ever since the release of the Surly Krampus Luke has been drooling over 29+ bikes. His first Krampus tipped the scales at close to 26lbs but more importantly then that it carried the shop team to a 4th place finish at the Spokane 24 hour "Round the Clock" race, and provided one of the most enjoyable rides that any of us had ever experienced. Between the massive roll over and                     un-dampened "suspension" of the 29+ tires the bike provided a lively and almost goofy ride quality that quickly put a smile on your face.
Since then it has been a waiting game to see who could offer a system that would be able to improve upon the greatest bike that no one asked for. When RockShox released the RS1 it was game on, the inverted 29er fork offered the closest thing that could possibly work on a 29+ wheel, and knowing that RockShox had modified one to fit on a 29+ Borealis, there was no reason to think it couldn't be done in house with a little bit of ingenuity.
The issue at hand that needed dealing with is that at full compression that fork crown over laps the tire by 1/4" , just enough to send someone fully OTB and into a world of hurt. The solution that was come up with was to use a bottom out bumper out of a Pike damper and bore it out to fit that of a RS1, reducing the travel by "just enough" (Thats a scientific measurement by the way) to allow the fork to clear over the tire and eliminate the overlap.
Coming in  at a whopping 27.4 lbs with pedals this could be one of the coolest bikes to ever leave the store. 
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8/9/2015 05:22:14 pm

What does it cost ? Look like a cool bike, man

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Cam link
12/29/2015 05:20:12 pm

With that fork, probably in the 5-6k range. I'd have to dig up some old sales records to give you a more accurate price.

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