Dirt Office Bikes
September 30th, 2009 @ 2:57 PM
Big Mikes NS Majesty bike build. Dirt Magazine editor Big Mike talks us through his jump bike build.
NS BIKES MAJESTY BIKE BUILD
We’d received this NS Bikes Majesty frame quite a while ago now, and finally we have completed the build…and she is amazing.
It may seem shallow, but I was first drawn to the Majesty because of the great paint job that faded from matt black on the front triangle through to gloss black. Now liking a bike just because of its paint job is pretty shallow, but on closer inspection the frame just seemed right. Small, tight and compact, with clean lines and good features.
We’ll be having a full test on this bike (and a load of others) in an upcoming issue of the mag, but I‘ll just give you a quick run down on some of the key products. We went for the complete NS finishing package of bars, stem, pedals and hubs (the front hub comes with no disc mounts, so back brake only). Sun Ringle rims are bombproof, Intense Micro Knobbly tyres are rulers, integrated headset, some classic Gusset Reynolds 853 cranks we had in the office, an old Charge DJ saddle and Truvativ post, half link chain, a pretty old XTR disc brake and Charge grips.
The gearing was interesting (for us). We normally have gears on our bikes here at Dirt and it took us a while to work out what was needed to go with the 10 tooth rear cog…it was a 22 tooth front. DMR came up with the goods.
The bike is super light, around 26lb, and that is partly thanks to the RockShox Pike forks. They are not dirt jump specific, so it will be interesting to see how they hold up. All we need to do now is to get it down the trails a bit more. It has passed the bunny hop and roll back tests (!) in the car park, and Jon the designer has ridden it down the trails once. He texted me straight away, “she’s a beauty…makes other bikes feel wooden in comparison…she floats…so much soul in this one”
Watch this space.
Big Mike
9 Responses to “Dirt Office Bikes”
September 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Can we see video of Big-Mike-The-Cow actually riding this beast
September 30th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
nice. neat n simple but looks like a treat.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Big boys BMX nice!! I fancy switchin to 26 from 24s jump style.
October 1st, 2009 at 9:34 am
Maybe…time please…
October 1st, 2009 at 7:40 pm
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October 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
sweet bike. can you please tell me spindle length on cranks as i have just bought majesty frame and am having problems with cranks. thanks
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:05 am
Keith, we’ll have a look for you when we get back in the office on Monday. I am pretty sure that we mixed the cranks and bearings from two different sources!
October 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
thats great thanks alot,i got macneil cranks and bought a 6inch profile spindle to try get crank arms and chainwheel away from chainstays but it didnt fit. i have seen loads majestys with all brands of bmx cranks on them but nearly all bmx brands come with 5.75 spindle like mine and its really tight for spacin out then am left with hardly any spindle for crank arms to go on. any info grateful
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
I have a simmilar issue with one of thes frames. Which length spindle did you use with the gusset cranks? 145mm or 153mm?
Cheers
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