Adam Trotter from Cove recently did a magazine photo shoot and he was kind enough to send over some of the shots of himself and his sick custom painted Cove Shocker. Here are the pics, hopefully Adam will pop in and give us some details on the build.
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Here are the details:
Frame: Cove Shocker. I’m 6’3″ and run a medium size as I have always liked my bikes a little smaller. Custom “Starburst Black” paintjob, custom neon green decals.
Shock: Fox RC2 with 450 pound Obtainium Ti Spring
Fork: Boxxer Race. I loved my older Boxxer Team, and the 2010 Boxxer Race is basically the same thing in a stiffer and lighter package. Dead simple fork, feels great.
Headset: King
Stem: Straightline 50mm direct mount
Bar: Chromag OSX cut down 1/4″ each side
Grips: Half bagged out ODI Ruffians. Perfect.
Shifter: Sram XO Red w/matchmaker
Brakes: Avid Elixer CR, 7″ rotors, Ti hardware.
Post: Thomson
Saddle: WTB Devo Ti
Seat Clamp: Straightline
Cranks: Truvativ OCT 165
Guide: E-13 SRS
Ring: E-13 35 tooth red
Derailleur: Sram XO short cage red
Cassette: Sram PG 970 12-26
Chain: Sram PC991
Maxle: Maxle Lite red
Rear Wheel: DT Swiss 340 rear hub on Mavic 721
Front Wheel: Mavic Deetrack
Tires: Maxxis Minion 2.5, Maxxis Welterweight Tubes
Pedals: Straightline
Total Weight: Just over 39 pounds
Just some background, I’ve been a mechainc for over 12 years. I’m the mechanic for the Cove Team as well as the Canadian National DH Team. Plus I teach mechanics courses with ‘Endless Biking’ a Coaching and Guiding company here on the Shore. The last thing I want to do is mess with my own bike, even though I enjoy it. My bike has to get through serious amounts of Shore riding, Whistler laps and a full season of my racing. My bike could be lighter and have way more funky parts but at the end of the day I just want my bike to handle it’s buisness day in day out with minimal worries.
Solid build with a respectable weight and it looks so rad. I think some of us, including myself, could learn from Adam’s view on weight savings vs. reliability. I’d rather be riding than taking the long walk down to the lift because that awesome new whiz-bang, weight-weeny part that I was so proud to show off on the internet failed miserably under my hack like abuse.
Thanks for the specs and background Adam! Another great dude helping to make this industry a great thing to be involved in and passionate about.