Justin Wyper Bike Check
Specialized P3
Date: 2009-03-02
This past season started out well for me. One of the highlights was winning nsmb's "Airprentice." Winning AIRprentice has given me the opportunity to be able to ride one of the best jump bikes made; the Specialized P.3.
Frame:
The P.3. frame is made from aluminum, and has been double-butted. The bottom bracket, iscg, and dropouts have all been forged, and the dropouts are horizontal with built-in chain tentioners making it quick and easy to set your bike up single speed. They have also improved the feel for the 09 frame by slightly raising the bottom bracket, and slightly lowering the steerer tube. The frame also weighs practically nothing and has some wicked gold paint.
Cockpit:
Riding for NSMB has also given me the chance to ride for few other companies as well. One of them is Syncros. Syncros makes some of the best bars in the world in my opinion. This year I have been riding the syncros FR 2014 bars, with a 20mm rise, and cut to 29 and 3/4 inches. One thing that I have done is flipped my stem upside down and put a 12mm spacer under it raising the stem up from the headset. This puts my bars at the same height as if I had my stem upright and no spacers in. But this way I have room to put a hydraulic gyro on my bike for comps without changing the height of my bars that I am used to.
Brake/Shifter:
Clamped securely to my bar is my Avid Ultimate brake, and my Sram XO shifter. I am quite the weight weenie so this is somewhere I like to try and save a few grams. On top of my Ultimate brake I also run ti rotor bolts witch drops quite a bit of weight.
Wheels:
As for my wheels I have my syncros DS 28s to keep my rolling. The DS 28 is a light wheel that is also durable. I have them laced up to syncros all mountain hubs, (also another place I try to save some weight. I am currently running a DS 32 on the back temporarily, as I have a few broken spokes on my 28...
Wyper getting some serious hangtime on his P3.
Drive train:
I run a short cage SRAM XO derailleur with a 12-23 tooth SRAM road cassette with the top two high rings taken off and the 12 tooth ring taken off as well. Again something I do for weight. Why have them if you're not going to use them? I only run the gears I use the most. I use a SRAM pc 991 chain. Up front I have a pair of Atlas Freeride cranks with a 32 tooth chain ring courtesy of Race Face. My Atlas cranks are super light but also provide strength and stiffness as well. I run the 175mm length.
Fork:
I have ridden many forks in the past but never a Fox, until this past year that is. I am still so amazed at how good they feel, and how stiff they are. I really like low front ends, and steep head tubes. To achieve this I run a fox 32 instead of the 36. The 32 is about an inch and a half shorter in the axle to crown height. This has also saved me almost two and a half pounds! I dropped my suspension on the fork down to 55mm. I run my air pressure in my fork at 120 psi, this gives me a nice squish, but also keeps it stiff. Idont really like to play with my reboun a whole lot, it is something that i usually set and leave. I have it set about 4-5 clicks out from wide open to keep things moving quickly.
Thanks
I would like to give a big thanks to all every one who helped me out in 2008:
The boys at, NSMB.com
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