Hyena
10 GW
Hey guys,
I'm creating this raptor 140 thread as a bit of a more of an informative / instructional / tutorial type thread.
I've posted a fair bit to the other general raptor threads and alot of what I'm doing and my various builds in my own build thread but that's getting pretty lengthy these days and with regular updates about all and sundry I wanted to keep this one for raptor specific stuff. I've been getting alot of PMs about just how involved it is to build up a bike like this from scratch so hopefully this will answer those questions without noobs having to trawl through various threads and hundreds of pages of posts.
First up, an unboxing video - this shows what you'll get. This is the very first raptor 140 frame shipped so I was slightly vague in my narration as I'd never seen any of it before either.
[youtube]DrKwU5KKFWY[/youtube]
Next up I've just made this semi-time lapse vid of assembling the basics of the frame and suspension.
I'll make another video shortly detailing the fitting of all the electrics and some of the other parts, though all the other generic bicycle specific stuff should be widely available on youtube (eg fitting bottom brackets, adjusting brakes etc)
I've gone into a bit more detail on how to fit the headset in this vid using 'backyard' methods as most who are attempting building their first bike probably dont have a full complement of bicycle specific tool like headset presses, nor do you particularly need them. I've also shown this method (including greasing the head tube and putting the cups in the freezer first) as Rod commented in his build thread he had trouble fitting his headset and ended up using a heavy duty hydraulic press that the vast majority of us probably dont have access to)
[youtube]zkqM1QeARds[/youtube]
Any particular photo / video requests, post them up
Also check out the general raptor 140 discussion thread here:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=60903
BTW, as per most of my vids the above are in 1080p HD so watch them in full screen and click on the HD icon for maximum clarity.
I'm creating this raptor 140 thread as a bit of a more of an informative / instructional / tutorial type thread.
I've posted a fair bit to the other general raptor threads and alot of what I'm doing and my various builds in my own build thread but that's getting pretty lengthy these days and with regular updates about all and sundry I wanted to keep this one for raptor specific stuff. I've been getting alot of PMs about just how involved it is to build up a bike like this from scratch so hopefully this will answer those questions without noobs having to trawl through various threads and hundreds of pages of posts.
First up, an unboxing video - this shows what you'll get. This is the very first raptor 140 frame shipped so I was slightly vague in my narration as I'd never seen any of it before either.
[youtube]DrKwU5KKFWY[/youtube]
Next up I've just made this semi-time lapse vid of assembling the basics of the frame and suspension.
I'll make another video shortly detailing the fitting of all the electrics and some of the other parts, though all the other generic bicycle specific stuff should be widely available on youtube (eg fitting bottom brackets, adjusting brakes etc)
I've gone into a bit more detail on how to fit the headset in this vid using 'backyard' methods as most who are attempting building their first bike probably dont have a full complement of bicycle specific tool like headset presses, nor do you particularly need them. I've also shown this method (including greasing the head tube and putting the cups in the freezer first) as Rod commented in his build thread he had trouble fitting his headset and ended up using a heavy duty hydraulic press that the vast majority of us probably dont have access to)
[youtube]zkqM1QeARds[/youtube]
Any particular photo / video requests, post them up
Also check out the general raptor 140 discussion thread here:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=60903
BTW, as per most of my vids the above are in 1080p HD so watch them in full screen and click on the HD icon for maximum clarity.