NSX Streetlegal
EDIT: now sold to my mate Will!
More bike props, this time to my North Shore Extreme Streetlegal, a dirt/street/park bike that I use mostly for posing, though I can trackstand (ooh) and drop off things on it with no problems at all (aah). This is arguably the single most stable bike that I have ever ridden, with no fear at all of it doing something unexpected both on the ground and in the sky.
Given it is a somewhat heavy bike (I believe my build weighs in at a healthy 18 kilos) but it can get off the ground (even with me on it) and takes to the skies as if on rails. I run mine in a dirt-esque setup with disks front and rear and the massive Marz DJ-1 fork to cushion falling off things wrongly heh. If I had a rigid fork I’d take off the front brake and be a hardcore street poser.
Recently I’ve had a fad of going XC with it (which my mate Will did when he came over last year). It can be done, but it’s hugely heavy and the current 38x19 gearing doesn’t lend itself well to going up hills, though it does like to play amongst the roots and rocks just as much as it likes the streets. Well done North Shore Extreme!
TdC frame rating: 9/10 points
TdC build rating: 8.5/10 points
- NorthShore Extreme Streetlegal Raw finish, yummy.
- NSX Moto 50mm stem
- NSX Xup bars
- Odi yeti hardcore grips
- PlanetX 3pc cranks, 22mm spindle, 38t brave machine chainring
- NSX “leg eater” pedals (yes, they are aptly named)
- PlanetX LMF rims on PX hubs
- Maxxis Holyrollers 26” (and Hookworms and Minions god I’m such a hoarder)
- endless bikes kick-ass cog 19t
- Hayes 9 disk brakes, 200mm rotor front, 160mm rear
- shadow conspiracy interlink2 chain
- Thomson elite seatpost
- SDG kevlar-clad saddle