Friday, April 2, 2010

Just Ordered

After drooling over the Motobecane Fantom Pro SL 29 for more than a year I finally put my order in for two a 15" for my wife and a 21" for me. My wife is 5'7" and I'm 6'4".

Pre-Initial changes:
I am putting 400 mm Kalloy seatposts on because I know that the included seatpost is only 350mm which won't be long enough for my wife, and I love the two bolt clamp on this post.

I am also going to switch out the tires as soon as I pull the wheels out of the box, my wife has the Nevegals that came on her OutCast 29 and I ordered a pair of Continental Mountain King 2.4's.

I'll put my favorite Oury grips on mine and I am looking at the Ergon grips, or something similar but cheaper.

Any suggestions? Or questions? I'll try to keep this updated with my impressions and the changes I make on our bikes.

4 comments:

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  2. http://bigmuddywheels.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-pain-no-pain.html

    Ergon GX-1 is worth the money. I was an Oury guy myself, until I tried these bad boys.

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  3. Please report back, I'm interested to see if the 2.4" tires fit that frame. I would like to pick up a pair of the mountain kings myself.

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  4. The mountain kings fit really well, there is a centimeter of clearance on each side. The mountain king 2.4 is a bit small for a 2.4, but I'm pretty sure you could run a real 2.4 in there. Of course the fork also has plenty of room. The 2.2 Nevegals on my wife's bike have about the same amount of clearance.

    I put Oury grips on my bike and specialized BG grips on her bike. They are like the Ergon's but a little bit smaller diameter than the small ergons, she claims to not have any wrist problems while riding now!

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