|   santa Curz SL build up question | radarstorm
Aug 31, 2001 7:44 AM | | Need some opinions
Both set ups are for a Santa Cruz Superlight and both come out to be $2300. Seems to me having Colorado cyclist build it up is better
Package kit from Colorado cyclist (buy a frame get 8% discount on build kit and 15% off fork)
XT (Front derailleur, rear derailleur, shifters/brake levers, cassette, chain, bottom bracket, crankset, brakes)
Headset Cane Creek C-2
Seatpost: Ritchey seatpost.
Wheels: Mavic X-221 Silver rims, 14/15 DB DT spokes, Velociraptor tires, Velox rim strips, and Conti tubes.
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Genuine Gel saddle.
Handlebar: Ritchey Pro bar.
Stem: Ritchey Pro Black.
Grips: Yeti speed-grips
Shock: RS Duke or Physlo, or manatou Black
Super-X kit
Drive train: Shimano LX Crankset/BB 175mm-44/32/22.
Cassette: XT 11-34.
Shifter: LX-Rapid Fire 9-speed pods.
Deraileurs: XT front and rear.
Brakes: Avid 7 V-brakes and levers.
Wheels: White front hub, XT rear Hub, Bontrager Valiant rims, 15g spokes, alloy nipples.
Tires: Hutchinson Air Lite Python 2.0 Kevlar.
Seatpost: Easton EA70 (220g) 350mm.
Saddle: Fizik Dolomiti Ti (250g)
Stem: Titec Alloy 120mm.
Bar: Easton CT2 carbon (125g) or Easton Carbon Monkey Lo-rise bar(160g)
Headset: Aheadset AL (115g)
Shock: SID XC |
| I'd go with Colorado Cyclist's build | Nuget
Aug 31, 2001 8:03 AM | | Just a quick question for ya. Did you talk that build out with them or is it a build kit they have set up already? Did you call and talk to them or did you ask them to just build up a kit for the same price? Thanks and good luck with your Superlight. Have fun |
| I'd go with Colorado Cyclist's build | radarstorm
Aug 31, 2001 8:49 AM | | thanks for reinforcing what I think. no I have not talked to them. It is thier set-up XT kit. just used info out of their paper catalog. |
| I don't know... | CMC
Aug 31, 2001 10:20 AM | | It's kind of give and take.
CC kit...
Better chainrings, shifters, fork
Worse rims (no mention of hubs), seatpost, handlebars, brakes/levers
A better fork is nice especially a 2002 but the wheelset has some low-end rims.
I think you would come out better if had your local dealer order you up a powder coated frame with the Float R for around $1050, you order the complete XT build kit from JensonUSA for $600, add a $400 fork and have your shop build it up for $100 or less. You also might also want to sell the XT brakes and levers on eBay and get the Avid SD7 brakes and levers at SuperGo for $65. |
| Yep... | Cranky
Sep 1, 2001 3:47 PM | | I'd do as CMC recommends. Too many weak links in either build for me. Especially avoid xt v-brakes. Added to the xt build kit from Jenson, you could include a Marzocchi 2001 z2 xfly for just over $300. And while you're there why not Avid mechanical discs, the only cost efficent way to go to discs is when building a new bike. Take some time and do the homework. |
| I don't like "build kits" | Charles Coker
Sep 3, 2001 5:10 AM | | like you said, too many weak links
there are no "magic bullets" when it comes to parts kits
most of the time companies try to slip in a few cheap parts
I don't offer kits per se, everything is ala carte
we just go down the list and choose what you want part by part
I have a flat "fee" I charge to build a bike, I make the same on a 2500 bike or a 3500, not based on percantage, i.e., the more you spend the more I make
I will tell you my cost difference between parts and let you decide what's right for you
seems fair to me
Charles
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Charles
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