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[mc]

Ok. The furious frame is on order, and all I need to do now is decide on the last few components.

Forks I'm still undecided over. I've got a superb pair of fortnight old Fox 36 Vans, which are truly brilliant, however, the furious is designed around 180 travel forks, and the Vans are only 160. A set of new Marz 66s is tempting.

Need a rim for the rear wheel. Front wheel will have a EX823 rim on it, but I don't know if I like the thought of having a tubeless on the rear, given that I've managed to seriously flat spot a 321 rim riding a xc route last week (ok, maybe the 3 foot drop and squint landing may of contributed to that ), I'm concerned about just how quickly I'd knacker the tubeless rim.

Rear brake is causing the biggest issues. Does anybody know if it's a 6" or 8" post mount set-up on the rear?
If it's a 6" set-up, I'll use the Hope Mono M4 I've got kicking around for now, but if not, I'll just get another Moto V2.

[steveb]

Don't forget it's a 83mm BB and 150mm rear axle.

If you need a chainset I discovered during the build up of my new bike that the Elive DH chainset I had in is for a 83mm shell, not a 68/73 one, so if you want that, I'm happy to do a deal.

[steveb]

And I've a rather nice Ringle rear hub that will fit, and sounds amazing!

[mc]

According to the Commençal site, the frame comes with a Jumping Flea hub...
Ringle hubs are so nice. Ended up machining an axle so I could fit the 12mm Lawhill I had kicking around on to the Absolut, and I got a fair few looks when freewheeling past people on the cycle way to/from the World Champs at the weekend!
I keep finding myself standing spinning the wheel just to listen to it 

I know about the BB issue. Was considering either a set of Diabolus cranks (CRC are still showing as having the Ltd edition white ones in 83mm, but I think that may be a bit too much white!), or some Saints.
I take it you mean RF Evolve rather than Elive?

Once I decide what I want, I was going to email you anyway, just to increase your work/stress levels