Bike Check: Zach Shaw

Oct 28, 2011

Written by Bart de Jong

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-Frame: Wethepeople Chief 2009
-Forks: Wethepeople Helium
-Headset: Wethepeople
-Stem: Eclat
-Bars: Wethepeople Everlite 4pc
-Grips: ODi O's
-Bar ends: Wethepeople plastic
-Brake lever: Odyssey M2 Medium
-Brake cable: Vocal

-Brake caliper: Eclat
-Brake pads: Kool Stop Eagle 2
-Rotor: Odyssey GTXR
-Chain: ??? it's light though (thanks Custom Riders)
-Sprocket: Wethepeople Supreme 28T
-Cranks: Eclat 175mm
-Bottom Bracket set: Wethepeople
-Pedals: Wellgo MG1
-Seatpost clamp: Part Of Frame
-Seatpost: Eclat
-Seat: Wethepeople FAT seat
-Front tire: Wethepeople Feelin 20 X 2.1
-Front rim: Alien Nation Runaway
-Front hub: Wethepeople Supreme
-Rear rim: Alien Nation Runaway
-Rear tire: Wethepeople Feelin 20 x 1.9
-Rear hub: Wethepeople Supreme
-Hub Guards: haha no I ride VERT.
-Pegs: 2 titanium Odyssey pegs.........sometimes on, sometimes off.....

Modifications: Bars have been chopped down they are a bit skinny!......good for speed wobbles.

Weight: 23lb

How much pressure do you use to tighten your stem bolts?
Zach: As much as I need.....

How much pressure goes into your tires?
Zach: Usually I ride the first hour on Vert with 80PSI, then pump them up to 120PSI

How many rims have you killed doing hang ups?
Zach: Wow, good question, maybe 30-40 in my time?.....this started to decline when I started to practice the art of hanging up ;)

If you’re going on a trip where you’re not going to ride any vert, what do you change on your bike?
Zach: The tire Pressure.

Something rattles, what do you do?
Zach: Check it out and make sure it's tightened, no fun having something fall off your bike on Vert

What kind of (tire) pump do you use?
Zach: Track pump if I can get one....don't own a pump at the mo

Is your toolbox well equipped?
Zach: No it has minimum required tools to fix my bike.......The ex wife took my tool box ha!

What tools do you take with you when you’re traveling?
Zach: As few as I can get away with.

Who are hooking you up to keep your bike rolling?
Zach: Wethepeople Bike Co., Custom Riders & Scoop Distribution, Vans, The Lab.

Thanks to: Harry & Klaus @ Wethepeople Bike Co, Mason Smith at Custom Riders, Zeiss at Vans and big thanks to any surgeons who put me back together without them I would be a wreck....