Monthly archives: December, 2011

29er Flow Rims on Hope Pro 2 Evo hubs – actual weight

More actual weights: Front wheel: 29″ Stans Notubes Flow rim 32H Hope Pro2 Evo front hub w/ QR caps DT Swiss Supercomp spokes & alloy nipples Actual weight: 900 grams Rear wheel: 29″ Stans Notubes Flow rim 32H Hope Pro2 Evo SS/Trials w/ stock bolts DT Swiss Supercomp spokes & alloy nipples Actual weight: 1100…



Finally, a Honzo 20L build!

Looking forward to building mine up… in the meantime here’s a nice one: http://forums.mtbr.com/8835696-post23.html



Sram Truvativ XO Carbon Crank actual weight

Just got my Sram XO Carbon cranks in.  See the pics below for actual weight!  I’ll be running these with a 28T Homebrewed Components spiderless chainring, which should weigh in at around 65g.



Configuring Intel SRT on an Asus P8Z68-V Pro without reinstalling Windows

I just picked up a cheapo 32Gb SSD and wanted to try out Intel’s Smart Response Technology.  Here’s how I did it: My system drive is a 1TB Western Digital Black.  My SATA controller was configured as AHCI in the bios/efi.  Changing this to RAID (as required by SRT) causes windows to barf.  Here’s the…