My brand new 09 Transition Bottlerocket, with a no expense! pimp build - sub 34lbs!

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flag jezzah (Jul 26, 2009 at 12:29)
Looks sweet mate!

Only thing id change is the wheels.. as pimp as they look, they are dreadful wheels
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flag tomo12377 (Jul 26, 2009 at 13:13)
you know this from experience or just reading reviews, because i've ripped it all weekend and they are lovely
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flag jezzah (Jul 26, 2009 at 13:32)
From experience, owned some.
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flag tomo12377 (Jul 26, 2009 at 13:58)
fair do's
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flag corsair711 (Aug 18, 2009 at 17:47)
Hey, my buddy's been running outlaws for a year, and they're completely perfect. Stayed tru the whole time. Don't worry about them.
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flag tomo12377 (Aug 19, 2009 at 8:40)
I think it depends if you run them with a bolt through axle or QR, because you can't lock the QR sleeve in place meaning they are shockingly bad under braking, mine have been sent back!
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flag corsair711 (Aug 19, 2009 at 8:50)
Maybe, but my friends rear is a quick release... His are also 08's, which I've heard don't have near as many problems as 09's...
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flag andrew-ewart (Jul 26, 2009 at 13:48)
Damn! It looks awesome!
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flag seraph (Jul 26, 2009 at 17:39)
Only thing I would change is a 7" rotor up front and an SS cage derailleur. You're only running a single ring so there's no need for a GS cage.
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flag tomo12377 (Jul 27, 2009 at 5:55)
It's so light that a 7" rotor is just over kill and will add weight, as for the SS cage, the medium that is fitted is much better when using a wide range cassette. cheers for your thoughts though
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flag seraph (Jul 27, 2009 at 13:14)
I doubt that a short cage Saint M810 would perform worse on your cassette unless you're running a 12-36 or something. The new M810 SS cage derailleur is designed to work on both large and small ratio cassettes. It features a removable derailleur-positioning stop that allows the top pulley to be pulled closer to the cassette for a smaller range and removed to fit a larger range, up to a 34t big ring.
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flag eric-dh (Jul 27, 2009 at 8:59)
what rims are they (azonic outlaw??) also what hubs are they on

thanks
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flag tomo12377 (Jul 27, 2009 at 9:01)
09 Azonic Outlaw Wheelset (Ano Gold), you can get em from CRC loads of colours
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flag eric-dh (Jul 27, 2009 at 9:13)
yea there are some white ones on ebay i have a rocket too and i want it to be a bit lighter as got sas wheels on it

would you recomend the outlaws?? the ones i want are on azoninic recoil hubs but think i would put them on blue pro 2s

what do u think??
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flag tomo12377 (Jul 27, 2009 at 9:39)
I've only had the bike built up for 1 weekend, wheels feel great, engage super quick and feel solid - a chap above does say there dreadful though, i m happy with em at the mo though
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flag eric-dh (Jul 27, 2009 at 9:40)
same i only riddin myne 1nce what hubs r u using??
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flag tomo12377 (Jul 27, 2009 at 9:45)
as i said above its an Azonic Outlaw Wheelset so hubs are azonic to
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flag eric-dh (Jul 27, 2009 at 9:56)
o yea sorry hope the bottle rocket goes good for you
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flag bottlerocket96 (Aug 20, 2009 at 12:49)
only thing i would change the the shocks i much rather ride fox DHX 5.0 coil shocks
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Date: 2009-07-26
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