My Zoo Pitbull

[jda]

Just got this baby up & running last night after snapping some forks I decided to run a disc up front on my new forks. :joshers:

frame: Zoo Pitbull (version 1) 26"
forks: Home brand rigids from Ivanhoe cycles
brakes: (front) Hayes purple DH 8" disc (rear) Magura HS-33
cranks: Middleburn RS7
Bottom bracket: FSA Platinum pro
front wheel: Echo on XT disc hub
rear wheel: New Echo 48mm on Cris King Classic hub
pedals: Try-all cage
saddle: very uncomfortable :wtf:
stem: Azonic
bars: Azonic double wall with 2" rise
grips: ODI lock ons
derailleur: shimano 105 roadie, modified for trials
cassette: single 18t shimano DX
chain: Kool chain
headset: ?
tyres: Hutchinson Octopus 2.4 front with Michelin DH 2.5 rear

http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/medium/Pitbull_side.jpg

http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/medium/Pitbull_drive_side.jpg

This is my new Echo 48mm rim

http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/medium/new_rear_wheel.jpg

[dvasisxandercolinoscopy]

pretty swank...blue rim tape? or tube? pretty ride you got there as well.

[jda]

pretty swank...blue rim tape? or tube? pretty ride you got there as well.

Its blue duct tape, only thing i could find wide enough!

[toyota200x]

Sweet ride. I didn't know those frames where pitbulls.

[stocktrials]

its not a pitbull. its a limited edition 200 Mitbull..

Looks familiar.
http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/517/medium/pitbull6.jpg

shame about the weather this week eh joel. speak to ya soon, bike looks siiiick!!!

[lucky13]

Cool old car in the garage,.. is it a rambler or something else?

[jda]

Cool old car in the garage,.. is it a rambler or something else?

No its a fully pimped 1964 EH Holden wagon, thats an Aussie car for our overseas friends :wavey

[Macbeth]

Yeah your car rocks Joel..... Shakes a bit once you get up over 100k's but fuck it's fun....

Joel, get a grind on that rim before Pt Elliot

[Mat_P]

pitty about the holden in the background of the swanky lookin bike...
yes i am a ford fan...and yes they did win the v8's championship again last year...st00pid holdens :P

[jda]

Yeah your car rocks Joel..... Shakes a bit once you get up over 100k's but fuck it's fun....

Joel, get a grind on that rim before Pt Elliot

Yeah but once you get to about 140k's it smooths out again :nono:

That rim already has a grind, its the first thing I did :bigthumb:

[Macbeth]

How funny is that guy that thinks people care about car racing :D

Rim just looks a bit smooth in the pics is all......

[lucky13]

Man, it's going to be really REALLY confusing if I get the chance to visit you guys,.. there's like what: 8 trials riding Joel's in Austrailia alone,.. lol

Is that particular frame only availiable on that side of the pacific? How's the geometry?

What do you think of that new echo rim? Mine is um,.. always in need of some tweaking before rides? Maybe I'm sucking at wheelbuilds lately? I suspect the rim though, since my Tryall stayed true most of the time, even when I put flatspots in it.

[Macbeth]

Yeah man, it's getting hard for us too.... Anytime someone mentions a Joel, everyone is like... "Sydney Joel, or Canberra Joel..... or Adelaide Joel???"

That's a 2004 Pitbull I believe, same as my old one.... It used to belong to Mitch (stocktrials).... Mine was 1080, +10mm bottom bracket and as tough as hell.....

[dudu]

too bad you have those rims, they kind of suck
the hols are too big and the side walls not high enouth, so they bend esealy on big gaps, i had one, i sold it and bought a try all, like i had before, in rest the bike is nice......looks cool

[GarthMc]

too bad you have those rims, they kind of

Cry me a fucking river :slap:

[lucky13]

Cry me a fucking river :slap:

:o

I'll be trying to bend mine then,.. gap-o-ramma!

We will see,.. next up will be a pair of zhi or viz. I love that there is a huge selection of trials rims now,.. I remember back in the day when all you had was pinned rhinolites or welded rhinolites. Black, silver or red. :run: