[Closed] It's here, my new Niner

got the winter tyres on it for weighing then 😉

Looks lovely and Di2 thing interesting - although the shifter clamps don't look too knee freindly?

OMFG
The nicest bike I have seen-probably ever!!!!!
Cheers
Steve

Ha! to be honest, it won't be used until it dries up a bit - I can't afford to replace the rear mech when it gets bunged up with mud and torn off!

Very nice, I dread to think what it cost!

it won't be used until it dries up a bit - I can't afford to replace the rear mech when it gets bunged up with mud and torn off!

Oh, it's not a mountain bike then? 😉

Pimptastic!!

If it was mine I'd be ditching the front mech and fitting a bouncy fork.

Nice though.

That is awesome - enjoy it

Stunning matey but that needs hanging up in the living room not riding!

Nice. Well done.

That's a keeper, loving the sweep on the bars.

Cracking! though you really need a bouncy fork and i would love to race that

OMFG

Just about sums it up.

Nicely understated, given how ridiculously pimpy it is. A bit too 'showbike' for my tastes - I don't really see the point in a mountainbike that you don't want to get muddy - but that doesn't change the fact that it really is stunning.

I won't ask how much it cost... 😉

Really nice.

I like those niners.

That has to be about the nicest thing I've ever seen on here.
Well done Sir.

Hah great effort, beautiful and ridiculous.

Wow...stunning. Looking nice and understated also.

I'll bite... how much? I could have a stab at it given the price list of the KI2 but I think I'd cry.

Looks lovely though

Did you run out of money when you got to the pedals? 😉

Looks great though, not sure I'd be able to ride it outdoors!

that is proper bo. love it. The finishing kit works well.

Make sure you take some better photos of it.

"B'out friggin time" cough

Looks Ok, erm, yeah looks Ok that, from a distance.. about 10ft away, bet it looks pants up close.. (phah)
Too much gear'idge for my liking but congratulations on choosing some sexy wheels and fitting kit, let us know how they perform once you finally get the thing dirty.

You are aware that bikes do get dirty, you know filthy dirty? Ahh good. I couldn’t build it up then not ride it until it dried up, I’d have to kill it dead now.

Question:
Them there cranks and spider, do they do them in blue (Niner blue)?

Simple and tasteful, two thumbs from me.
Enjoy!

Thanks all

No drama folks, it will be ridden. I'm planning to do the nationals and Regionals again next year and plan to use this to do it. However I'm currently racing the winter series at thetford and from below you can see the conditions from last time - and that's SS!

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Pedals are now fitted, a nice set of XTR's are sat on it. As for ditching the front ring, I did discuss this with Rob, but it means losing the best bit of Di2 - the front mech. It self trims when you're shifting up and down the block which makes me smile...a lot! Anyway, there's a few things I'll probably change on it regarding position and possible once the warranty has run out we'll drill the frame to run the cables internally. I'm half tempted to see what weight it'll build up at as a SS but for now, the Ki2 stays...

Them there cranks and spider, do they do them in blue (Niner blue)?

You'd have to have a chat with Rob, but if your pockets are deep enough I'd imagine something can be worked out. I'd be surprised if they don't though, and the BOR ones are very similar and I've seen those in blue. As we were putting the pedals on (I say 'we', I mean Matt) he commented that the pedal thread felt like a bearing it was that well machined.

sex wee

Nice! Let us know how the DI2 copes with the winter

sex wee

he commented that the pedal thread felt like a bearing it was that well machined.

Tune must have sorted their manufacturing out then, their stuff used to be pretty crap sadly when it came to quality! 5 years ago I wasn't aware of anyone using anything that [i]hadn't[/i] broken! I know their freehubs still crack, but hopefully the rest is alright!

Very nice, I hope they didn't leave it on the shop floor for long though, the amount of muppets I see pressing Di2/EPS buttons on stationary bikes in shops makes me cry

What's a Di2 ?

Very nice, I hope they didn't leave it on the shop floor for long though, the amount of muppets I see pressing Di2/EPS buttons on stationary bikes in shops makes me cry

if pressing the buttons is gonna break it then i wouldnt want it...

That is lovely.

Christ's bowels, that's a stunner. Is that the Air9C or RDO? Again, will be interested to hear how the Di2 holds up.

Tune must have sorted their manufacturing out then, their stuff used to be pretty crap

Now I know we've had this discussion before and the only pieces I've got other than what's here are a set of king/kong hubs so I don't have a wealth of experience. However, the hubs I've got have been fine (although they have the ti upgraded freehub because the other one cut up quite a lot apparently). But I've also read bad things about QC - time will tell!

It's an Air9C - when we ordered it they hadn't released the RDO. Rob has recently done an RDO Jet 9 with full XX. Now THAT was a lovely bike....

That is sweet, i've been waiting along time to finally see the finished pictures of that, considering that it weighs about the same as my road bike i think i would have gone for a suspension fork and still had a light bike, but each to their own.

I've got a set of SIDS to go on it (well, they're hung in the shop at the moment)should it require them. But the first races next year are at Sherwood and the regionals are all pretty smooth

You Sir have got an eye for colour matching.

It does look sweet..

If you don't want to get it mucky like, I'm sure one of us lot (here) would do that for you, you only have ask,

Go on, ask away..

Go on, bet none of us could pull a half decent wheelie on it and slam it nose down hard..

Spokes.. what spokes have you used??

flange - Member
Ha! to be honest, it won't be used until it dries up a bit - I can't afford to replace the rear mech when it gets bunged up with mud and torn off!

That's the point where it stops being a bike and becomes an ornament. I couldn't be arsed with a bike that I wasn't going to ride, crash, fall off, and generally mistreat.

[i]I couldn't be arsed with a bike that I wasn't going to ride, crash, fall off, and generally mistreat.[/i]

Me neither, but maybe if I was LOADED it might be different!

Go on then, how much?

Looks nice (and ridiculously expensive but that's between you and your loan shark) and I'm looking forward to leccy gears for mtbs but being afraid to ride it in the mud kinda sucks.

Could you not SS it for winter? ooh wonder how light it'd be then

That's the point where it stops being a bike and becomes an ornament. I couldn't be arsed with a bike that I wasn't going to ride, crash, fall off, and generally mistreat.

I can see your point and you're not the first to mention it on this thread alone. However, if I'm going to be doing jumps/drops and the like, I've got other bikes I can do that on, ones that will handle it better and be much more fun to do it on. That's not what this was built for, its purely for going fast round not massively technical XC courses - Dalby probably being the most technical it'll see. That's why its got a rigid fork and skinny tread-free tyres.

To be fair, it has been done as a bit of an exercise as to how pimp we could built it. The original spec had a set of KillHill brakes on it but apparently they just don't work - so we went for the Clegs. I could have lost even more weight by having tubs rather than clinchers but these are pretty light and I've got the ease of changing tyres (well, easier than tubs).

I could SS it, but to be honest its a right faff to pull all the Di2 off it and i've already got a SS that I can race on.

It will be used, and it'll be raced as hard as my fat arse can pedal it. And it does wheelie really well...just out of interest

Lovely bike. I have a Scandium air9, and built with mid-range 1x9 drivetrain, Stans 3.30s on Crests+Ralphs and a DT carbon rigid fork I got it down to 21.5lb (large size frame with pedals). A few less zeros on the creditcard than yours, but something I'm happy to take out in British conditions. 18lbs is mental.

he commented that the pedal thread felt like a bearing it was that well machined.

Tune must have sorted their manufacturing out then, their stuff used to be pretty crap sadly when it came to quality! 5 years ago I wasn't aware of anyone using anything that hadn't broken! I know their freehubs still crack, but hopefully the rest is alright!

My Tune cranks snapped from a crack starting at the pedal thread on the non driveside; 3 years of summer road use only. I don't think I'd bother with them again, but they did look lovely.

If you need a spare lightly used [i]hexangonal[/i] taper BB give me a shout! 🙄

Go on then, how much?

I'll be honest, I don't actually know. I'll just keep taking in money until they tell me to stop.

flange - Member

Go on then, how much?

I'll be honest, I don't actually know. I'll just keep taking in money until they tell me to stop.

Superb 🙂 Nice one.

Yeah I'm not sure why some people think a bike needs to be ridden down black runs, through a swap and then submerged in a river to clean it to constitute an MTB. It's clear this is a race bike so why would it need to be trashed through winter to be a real bike? I'm sure a lot of people have a winter and summer road bike, I know my decent road bike doesn't go out in the wet - I know it could cope fine if it did but what's the point of adding wear and tear to it when I have another more suitable bike for the conditions? I even rode my ss rigid MTB yesterday because I didn't want to get my freshly cleaned fs bike dirty again so soon, sue me :p

[i]the amount of muppets I see pressing Di2/EPS buttons on stationary bikes in shops makes me cry[/i]

Why, its not going to break it.

Nice bike, I can understand why you want to keep it for dry days. Nothing wrong with that, I've got bikes I only use in the dry but thats because I have other bikes to use in the wet.

Ooooh, that is not my flava, but by 'eck it is a nice bike.

Gis a go of your bike Mr.

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That is fantastic, lovely frames to ride. Mail the pics/build to Niner, ninerds will be spaffing worldwide!

Been waiting for this, that is lovely!

Di2 hadn't heard of this until googled it. What are the benefits, strikes me as more potential issues than tried and tested cable setup. Struggling to see the point TBH. Interested in views.

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Looks rubbish. Probably rides badly too. 😉

I totally don't know what I'd do with that bike but have to admit it looks very striking in an understated sort of way and bloody nice!

^ 😀 @ Merak

Carpet needs a vacuum

Beautiful bike, looks like it does a hundred miles an hour.

Not the sort of thing I would ride, but hell, that not only looks amazing, but fast as well! Enjoy...

Lovely lovely bike pal. Floats my boat. What bars have you got on it???? Can you buy the ki2 or is it a especially built by the shop.

nice, very nice. But.

could they not have done a better job on the Di2 customisation? battery in the seat pin, controller recessed into the stem?

apart from that, lovely!

Warton

We did speak about routing the cables inside the frame but obviously this would involve drilling the frame which would invalidate the warranty. When it's out of warranty then it could be on the cards.

Calfee do a seat post with the battery pack mounted inside but it's mega money and would have ruined the Enve theme! Similar with the stem, and then there's the additional cost again.

As it stood Rob had to splice an additional Di2 loom into the existing one to make it long enough to reach the rear mech - its frightening how few copper strands there are in those cables! So to run it inside the frame would have been a right pain in the arse, especially if things break (remember, there's not many of these about so there's every chance it might have some issues to start with). It's actually pretty neat up close and I've still got the option to run other groupsets/ss should I want to.

As for reasons as to why it's got Ki2 on it - well, just because I suppose. Yes, its more complicated and yes, there's a higher chance of borking, but it's pretty cool (I'll get a video of the front mech self trimming) and I wanted it. So that's what it comes down to really. I'm never going to win an Elite MTB race (hell, I'd settle for a win in Sport!), but there's nothing to stop me having a nice bike to finish mid pack!

I suppose if you were a Pro racing every weekend, chucking your bike on a plane every five minutes, training on it round the clock then the ideal set up would be full XTR/XX so if and when stuff breaks you can easily replace it. Functional rather than form. But I'm not, I don't so that's why its got this.

The bars are a low rise Enve bar - they're bloody light but pretty strong. I've got a set on my other bike (I might be selling them) and its had a season of abuse and they still look mint. Can't praise the Enve stuff enough, worth every penny in my book.

Ki2 stuff - Not sure if you can still buy it as a complete kit from K-Edge. Lifecycles sourced the necessary Di2 stuff in the UK and had it shipped to the US for the conversion. This mainly involves the shifter pods and changing the rear cage to a long one so you can run a bigger cassette. Its all very nicely done, and they remove nearly all the dura ace branding too.

stunning, i'd be afraid to ride it and hang it in glass cabinet instead and drool over it

they're bloody light but pretty strong

Nice looking bike. 🙂

Apart from the Enve bits, which I'm sure are perfectly functional, but are adorned with that hideous logo.

Keep going back to the pics and each time there is just a little bit more dribble running down my chin.
Very nice.

Flange:

* how does it ride? (soft/hard etc)
* any EBB creak?

You are responsible for me having an A9C crush. Thanks for that.

and are the Enve bars super stiff or do they have a little flex?

I'd flame you for having a bike you won't ride in the mud, but I'm too busy treading water in my own drool…

Nice project result. I like unusual stuff that people spend time on and it's pretty unique. Verging on OCD/bonkers, in the nicest possible sense )

That's not what this was built for, its purely for going fast round not massively technical XC courses - Dalby probably being the most technical it'll see. That's why its got a rigid fork and skinny tread-free tyres.

Fair play - Some bits of Dalby WC course on that would be more than many could handle.

I'd flame you for having a bike you won't ride in the mud, but I'm too busy treading water in my own drool…

This, I love!

Merak +1 🙂