update 2009

Pre big rebuild over the winter my BB7 looked like this...


Came up with this...


Painted...










Built up...




Custom decals...


Frame: 2nd last new BB7 ever to be sold
Fork: Fox 40 RC2
Rear shock: Fox Vanilla RC

Cockpit:
Handlebar: Burgtech Ride Wide 750mm wide, 20mm low rise
Grips: MTB direct
Barends: Hope
Stem: Burgtech Stanchion Mansion - direct mount and top crown
Headset: Chris King
Seat: Selle Italia XTC 185g
Seatpost: Burgtech Carbon
Seatpost clamp: Balfa

Drivetrain:
Cranks: Shimano Saint
Bottom Bracket: Superstar components
Sprocket: E-13 36t
Chain: SRAM
Casette: SRAM road block
Pedals: Easton Flatboys
Chain device: E-13 LG1 ltd edition orange
Rear derailleur: SRAM X.0
Shifter: SRAM X.0

Wheelset:
Hubs: Hope Bulbs or Hope Pro 2s
Spokes: DT Swiss on both
Rims: Mavic D321 or DT Swiss 5.1s
Tyres: Michelin Comp 16s or Michelin Mud 3s

Brakeset
Calipers: Avid Code
Levers: Avid Juicy Ultimate/Carbon

Weight: Could be lighter...

Monoid -> what is up with your swing ? Is that rust i see.

Jay Uk -> Saw your rig over at southerndownhill and was about to go tell you to get your ass over here. Nice work, im rebuilding mine too. Just got it back from powdercoating and is now ordering some shit and looking for decals.

yes it is raw. all, the aluminum and the steel

Just got this and it needed and still needs some TLC.
Frame: 2004 BB7 Reg
Fork: 2003 Marzocchi Shiver DC
Rear shock: Progressive 5th Element

Here is some pictures of my ride before and after its new rebuild

Before





After





Specs

Frame :Balfa BB7, medium (2003?)
Fork: 2009 Fox 40 (new lowers and matching decals comming, also going to lower it to 7")
Shock: Some old Vanilla RC, have a Vivid but that fucker is busted and needs service
Wheels: Mavic 721 with Nuke Proof hubs (intense tyres)
Brakes: Formula The Ones
Gear: Sramx9
Cassette : Sram pg970 (road)
Seatpost: Nukeproof
Saddle: The Icon
Stem: Point1 Racing (split second)
Bar: NukeProof
Headset: NukeProof
Pedals: NC17
Crankarms: Some old Roox (upgrading nextyear)

Got a fresh black powdercoat forthisseason

Also had the dude over at http://slikgraphics.com/ hook me up with new decals and they are the BOMB!

So, these aren't in chronological order, but the second two are of the bike as I got it off eBay, I think somebody hit it with their minivan or something. The first one isn't assembled, but it's post welded. I only had to replace the two brake side chainstays, and do some serious tweaking here and there of everything else. When I find a complete picture, I'll post the specs.

This is my old BB7, just sold it. It had a 1 inch shorter swingarm, 2004 headtube but no gusset, 2004 bb plate, its machined out in a few more spots and the top tube is slightly shorter then a medium.

Here are some low res pics of my current ride. Spent the winter with a knee injury building it up, polishing some parts along the way.









Future plans include new link plates, new pivot axle, new bearings, polish job on the front triangle, gussets near the dropouts(brake side was cracked then welded). An 8.5x2.50 5th element custom shim stacked to drop the bottom bracket down a bit, firm up the rear end, and slacken the head tube . I figure this should bring the bike pretty inline with modern world cup geometry, other than the back end being long.

I was thinking about that too, but finally decided to keep with stock 8.75" shock. I'm very looking forward to see the results of such swap!