all right you guys it finally came so i bought something incredible you know how i got that
2008 norco a-line and it's got that monster t fork on it which i think is pretty sick
what you may not have known is it has a big brother the super monster t man this is crazy
i bought a 12 inch travel 2003 marzocchi super monster and it even came with a bike too
it's a 2001 rocky mountain rm9 today we're going 20 years in the past
gazzaloddi tire look at that isn't that sick this thing is a legit 3 inch 26 inch tire
all right what do you guys say we take a look at this fork oh boy this thing is massive
look how tall this thing is man this is crazy
wow i actually have a super monster this is freaking crazy 300 millimeters of travel
open bath moto cartridge mucho grand suspension and i'm so stoked on this
i actually forgot that anything like this even existed until just a couple years ago
and ever since i knew i needed to get my hands on this thing this is the kind of fork that
free ride legends like josh bender would ride a lot it's also the fork you'll see on a whole
lot of crazy huck bikes and there's some pretty unique looking bikes out there with this fork
so the problem here is that the fork is so long that it just slackens the crap out of
any bike you put it on there's not many bikes that were really made for it some Karpiel bikes
were made for it and those are really rare and hard to find not to mention that super monsters
themselves are also really rare i think i heard that they may have only ever made 400 of them
you can correct me if i'm wrong i'm not totally sure and the weight comes in at 13.5 pounds with
the stem on it so here's the goal i want to put together a bike that'll actually work with the
super monster and produce a proper head tube angle and also be strong enough to handle all my normal
typical riding but with 12 inches of travel now this rm9 was not made for this fork it's gonna get
pretty slack but you know what let's just build it up and see what it's like all right so it's time
to build up the rm9 with the super monster and i'm here today with my friend wesley he's behind
the camera right now we're going to build this up and we're going to actually see how it rides so
it's pretty exciting rm9 it actually looks cleaner than my glory i just bought it the rm9 references
9 inches of rear travel this is one of the cool things about these older bikes is they weren't
afraid to go bigger with their suspension smaller 26 inch wheels and big suspension that's my thing
whereas modern bikes have been kind of going in the opposite direction haven't they
yeah that's like a dirt bike swing arm it's kind of funny yeah the rm9 was rocky mountain's big
downhill free ride bike at the time just like my maiden is their modern downhill freeride bike
this whole bike build is definitely not stock it's supposed to have a regular eight-inch travel fork
but the previous owner was definitely having some fun with it he's from saskatchewan which is flat
as a pancake and he literally said riding off of curbs was the most that he's done with this bike
it all seems like it's in good shape so i'm quite happy with what i got yeah it works yeah
i've already been thinking a lot about what i want to put this fork on permanently ever since
i bought this in fact i have been talking with someone already from europe who's been
playing around with super monsters a whole bunch he's really knowledgeable and he's helping me
with a project that i think is totally gonna work more on that later but that's a whole
bike build project that's gonna take lots of time and effort so in the meantime let's
just get a good feel for this fork and just see what this is gonna be like until we find
something better to put it on see how heavy this thing is much like you fall over okay
whoa okay we didn't tighten the handlebar i forgot what that he used as a chopper going
around town let's be honest pretty much yeah it's all in front all the weight
this is kilograms 49.8 pounds 49 49.8 pounds it's lighter than the a-line what the heck
dude i like this it's like sick that's so sick yeah i'm scared to get in your way with that
thing it's a monster truck dude this is actually so sick the bike actually felt
pretty big but the reach was actually pretty short as all old freeride bikes were i haven't tried to
measure the reach and stack height of this bike with help of my dad we were getting something
about 325 millimeter reach and 625 stack height not exactly something you'd want on your new bike
the wheelbase is longer because that long fork extends the front wheel out it's even longer
than wesley's modern giant glory it's longer by a little bit yeah that's true the arm9 is longer
only because of the fork can you fully bunny hop it oh the rear wheel hardly got up
you're gonna be so ripped if you keep riding that nice
some quick first impressions it's not actually as weird and awkward as i was afraid it might
have been it actually feels good this is gonna be impossible to bottom out
i think so like look at i'm gonna push as hard as i can there's like four inches left
i'm only pushing like eight inches down which i think is a good thing that's all
the travel on a normal downhill fork so it's 12 inches in the front nine inches in the back
i'm pretty stoked it's like actually pretty dialed too yeah i think it feels good so of
course we're going to take this thing out some local trails here but first i'm just going to
touch this thing up a little bit clean it up a little bit make sure it's looking its best
the build on this bike is pretty old school with some old maxis mobster tires
got the double wide rim on the front with the gazzalotti tire
it's got some old haze breaks just dual piston the nice chrome egg fu40 is a really nice touch though
so about that headtube angle i measured it with my phone app however accurate that is but it
was showing about 58 and a half degrees it just reminded me of pink bike's grim donut that one
was a 57 degree head angle however that bike isn't so high up like this one was it's quite
something i'm not sure what to expect from this head angle but we're about to find out first hand
okay guys there's something important i just discovered but the front axle of this double
wide rim is actually 115 millimeters wide 115 by 20 and it's supposed to have a 110
by 20 axle put on this wtb i35 asymmetrical rim looks pretty clean with the black and
everything looks pretty good but yeah it would have been cool to ride with the
double wide but now at least everything's functioning properly so what do you say
let's go for a ride we're out here at ledgeview in abbotsford bc and i couldn't wait to show my
friends to get their thoughts on it it's like a horse at the steam i know one two three all right
remember i'm just gonna pedal up with my monster bike so for some reason this bike
can pedal surprisingly well i've kind of found that with some older bikes
and i don't really know why it's quite interesting it does feel pretty good
i'm just like sitting down in the seat just like a chopper all right my bros
try a bit of charlie's kind of chicken here try some downhill
okay my brakes are definitely something i want to get better boom okay wes
that's freaking boost it up they trim this all nice it's like sick looking
oh heck yeah buddy yeah
yo so freaking chill
yo
wrong way yo that's on the trail let's try this again
i did it better the first time because i didn't crash in the tree
thanks let's try more trail see what's
okay my rear wheel is like drifting
okay okay
yo
okay wow
i was drifting dude and i feel like even my front's kind of like drifting because
the head angle is just too slack anyway i'm gonna take some air to the front tire
got about 16 psi in the front 25 psi in the rear normally i would never dare go that low
in the front but uh it's because it's such a fat tire you can totally get away with it
all right we're gonna do some charlie's canned chicken here
yo
whoa sick whoa
wow i almost drifted out there yeah
i've never actually ridden this just flat
okay
was the first time i ever doing that
i got more compression out of the suspension i think it does have a little bit of a like
an awkward feel obviously it's just so like unbalanced and like slack
what the heck was that i tried to jump it i thought you're gonna nail the tree dude
that's a good drop that was pretty sick like flatlining
that looks like something i definitely want to do with this fork but when i put it on
the proper frame that is i'm not interested in ripping the head tube off of this thing
some flowy bench cut
oh that was my brakes
okay
wow i have to be careful though because i know that my brakes aren't the greatest there
that's actually pretty sick it's also my first time riding this section of trail
so it's a bit blind for me but it is really fun
that was fun what is this
that was pretty fun i actually was having so much fun zoned out and i kept going
that was so quick yeah honestly i'm not feeling the greatest traction though like i don't know
even though the front tire is so like big and fat i don't know if it's like the slack head
angle i don't know just with the tire being so far away from me now just imagine if i have new high
quality brakes new reliable tires if i am able to get a proper head tube angle i'm telling you guys
i think there's a lot of potential here and we haven't even ridden gnarly trails yet just imagine
what the suspension can do on the rough stuff seriously call me crazy but i really think there's
a lot of potential here and i intend on exploring all that we can do with this fork that's the end
china's finishing again it's so fun all right
so
so sick i am not using my travel at all i don't know maybe 10 inches like
that was so much fun okay dropping in
obviously it was a very unique ride and uh the bike is not meant to have a super monster on it
so my goal of course is to get a bike working with the super monster so it's
not so slack so it actually works and i'm here to announce you guys i have since found
and purchased something that i believe is gonna work with this fork and produce a proper head tube
angle it should be pretty balanced unlike how the rm9 was shaped super front heavy
you'll be seeing all this in my next video as we start my epic monster bike build i'm basically
going to be building up the kind of bike that i've only ever dreamed of i am so excited about this
what a ride i also think like as soon as you replace the brakes because you were going so fast
on it that like yeah once you have that like extra confidence you can probably rip on that thing
trust me we're going to be doing a lot more than just new brakes well i'm glad i had that
experience but now that i've tried this out it's time to start on my big monster bike project
yes that looks you look so good dude yeah man so much fun yeah you like to sit well my friends are
really stoked they're maybe a bit jealous of me as well but we're all just super stoked about this
whole project we cannot wait until this is ready to go so that's the one and only time i'm gonna be
riding with this fork on the rm9 eventually i'd like to put a proper eight inch fork on
this bike and then actually ride that maybe do some comparisons with my maiden since they're
18 years apart same brand and everything both downhill freeride bikes i love to hear some of
you guys thoughts what you guys would like to see but otherwise for now i'm just much more focused
on using this super monster so i'm taking it off now and getting it ready to put on the new frame
that i'd bought a bit ago what would you guys like to see the super monster on i know it'd be really
funny to see it on some of my modern bikes but i'm also not interested in ripping the head tubes
off of those frames though so maybe not i was saying before i think there's a lot of potential
with this fork and i want to have a lot of fun with this not just once for a fun joke video i
hope you guys will join me in my next video as we start this epic insane monster bike build
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