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Kona Major Jake(s)
2 Kona Major Jakes - identical builds with the exception of 1 black fork, 1 black/orange fork.
The Details:
HiFi EP 39mm wide disc Carbon wheels for racing - with Clement PDX tubular tires (occasionally running Clement LAS or MXP in dry conditions)
SRAM Force CX1 Hydro Group
42 tooth Wolftooth Drop Stop Direct Mount Chainring
11-32 SRAM cassette
Bontrager RXL Alum Bars, stem, seatpost
Bontrager Cork Bar tape
Bontrager Evoke RXL Saddle
Cane Creek 110 Headset
CrankBrothers Candy 2 Pedal
Carver Solid Mud Rotors
HiFi Mixtape Disc Wheels for training with Tufo Cubus SG Tubular Tires
Wheels Manufacturing PF30 Bottom Bracket
KONA Big Unit
The details:
This bike is built for cross country racing on a budget, with durability and weight in mind. Total weight as pictured: 23.2lbs
Frame: Kona Big Unit 17inch Scandium with sliding dropouts (can be set up singlespeed!!!)
Fork: Fox Evolution Series 32 Float, CTD (climb-trail-descend) damper, rebound, E2 tapered steerer, 15QR thru axle, custom G2 Geometry w/51mm offset on 29ers, 100mm travel (swapped over from a Trek Superfly 8)
Wheels: HiFi Hootenany wide - 30mm width aluminum custom built wheels - 1500grams-ish for the pair. Aluminum tubeless 29er. Fidelity Hubs, Japanese stainless steel bearings. Wide and radical.
Bars: Bontrager RXL Carbon 68mm (they might get a few cm shorter soon - feeling a little too wide for my XC habits)
Crankset: XTR M9875
Chainring: Wolf Tooth Drop stop 1by specific to XTR M9875 88mm bcd - 34 tooth
Rotors: XT ice tech 160mm front and back
Brakes: Shimano SLX hydraulic
Pedals: Crankbrothers Candy2 - orange for Kona!
Tires: Bontrager XR2 team issue - a great do it all tire!
Rear Der: Shimano XT Clutch-style
Cassette: Shimano SLX (maybe an XT upgrade soon for some more weight savings?)
Levers: Rear shift and front rear brake levers - Shimano SLX
Grips: ESI medium
Cages: Bontrager bat cages - super reliable, never jettison a bottle again
Chain: Sram PC1071 - sorry shimano
Seatpost: LVWA Carbon 31.6mm
BB: Shimano XTR standard - or whatever came in the XTR crank box - rad that it and a tool for installation were included
Saddle: Bontrager Paradigm RL
Stem: A hand-me-down niner carbon stem - 100mm
Headset: FSA tapered 1 1/8 upper and 1 1/2 lower