Jarrett Moore's Rocky Mountain Slayer Slopestyle Bike Check Video

by Jarrett Moore
Aug 14, 2011 at 18:17

Rocky Mountain Slayer Bike Check with Jarrett Moore:

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This is my 2011 Rocky Mountain Slayer Slopestyle. It was hand built in Vancouver B.C using a Slayer tube set for Gully and I. Unfortunately, it is not a production frame and continues to be for Rocky Mountain riders only. Here is my set up for 2011!


The frame has completely revamped geometry from a production Slayer making it more suitable for jumping. This frame has a 23" top tube with a nice and short rear end and 4" of rear wheel travel. A shorter top tube frame was also made, but being tall I opted for the longer frame.


Jarrett's Spec Details:

  • Frame - RMB FORM 7005 Hydroformed Alu
  • Fork - Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti Tapered
  • Rear Shock - Marzocchi Roco Air
  • Chainguide - MRP G2
  • Pedals - Wellgo MG1
  • Handlebar - Spank Spike
  • Brakes - Formula RO
  • Cranks - Race Face Turbine 170mm
  • Hubs - Spank
  • Rims - Spank Tweet Tweet
  • Tires - Maxxis Crossmarks 2.1 LUST
  • Saddle - Chromag Overture
  • The complete build weighs in just under 31 pounds.



Here is a link to the Oak Bay Bikes Blog (they helped me build this bike up!)


Thanks for checking out my bike!

-Jarrett Moore
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102 Comments

  • + 33
flag BIGMITCH1 (Aug 14, 2011 at 19:52)
 is it wierd i got a boner from the bike?
  • + 65
flag downhill96 (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:00)
 yeah...thats f*cked man. you should probably get that checked out...
  • + 66
flag webeskankin3 (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:06)
 only if it last longer than 4 hours, like the commercials say.
  • + 2
flag six66 (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:30)
 Not at all weird.. The only thing she's missin is a nice pair of 36C's
  • + 12
flag bikebikebikebike (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:40)
 i only noticed he was bald right at the end
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flag TremblayBKer (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
 You should check with your doctor to see if your heart can handle this pic.
  • + 2
flag RaleighVoid (Aug 14, 2011 at 23:48)
 ive got an old slayer slopestyle and it looks nothing like this, its got 6" all round and 66 deg head angle, its completely changed
  • + 2
flag reallybigmantis (Aug 15, 2011 at 1:42)
 no the slayer is the same. this is a custom frame of which only two exist.
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flag stinkysam (Aug 15, 2011 at 4:09)
 why is the shifter mounted to the frame?
  • + 4
flag hazdxb (Aug 15, 2011 at 4:59)
 because it gets in his way and he doesn't need to shift while on a slopestyle course. The shifter is there so he can fine tune how much speed he needs for the different courses
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flag swearmouth (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:06)
 I was under the impression they did in fact shift during runs, they just needed it out of the way. That makes more sense to be honest.
  • + 7
flag ktmmxrider (Aug 15, 2011 at 13:27)
 They shift during runs, its out of the way so that it doesn't ghost shift when he does barspins/tailwhips, like he says in the video...
  • + 1
flag bikeracer28 (Aug 15, 2011 at 22:15)
 yeah spinning pulls the cable thus shifting the gears. and it looks a lot cleaner with the downtube shifter in my opinion.
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flag jaketinnelly (Aug 14, 2011 at 18:59)
 I wish they would mass-produce these bike and sell em'
  • + 21
flag b1k3r-j (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:22)
 Yeah Trek and Rocky get your act together! Dude looks like he fell face first in a tackle box
  • + 1
flag rockyflowtbay (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:26)
 Thats exactly what i was thinking....rocky please make this bike!
  • + 1
flag viccityburner (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:29)
 I was talking to some guys and from the sounds of it. the tubing and stuff that goes into these bikes and the time that it takes adds up. The number i heard was 4 grandish for just the frame for them or something crazy
  • + 1
flag dkidd (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:51)
 the retail number is definitely closer to the $1700 range for the frame and shock. The question is how well it would sell. Rocky would have to move lots of units (gonna let someone who actually works for rocky devulge precise numbers) and they aren't sure they could do that. I had a chat with the guys about sales of Le Pinks and Killswitches, the current thinking is that more expensive slope-bikes just don't cut it if you want to make money.
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flag love2freeride (Aug 15, 2011 at 6:19)
 We need to buy 200 of them
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flag DARKSTAR63 (Aug 15, 2011 at 6:44)
 The market is smaller than most think. This is a frame with a very specific purpose. Unless you ride big slopestyle trails you really dont need a bike quite like this. I think the thing is sweet, I actually ride a Cowan DS as a trail bike- as I used to ride bmx and love the feel of a bike that is short and likes air-time. But if i was shelling out big money for a new frame, Id go with the standard Slayer which is way more versitile than this bike.
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flag Wa-Aw (Aug 15, 2011 at 9:20)
 I don't really understand the purpose of bikes like these. Even in events like crankworx, just about everyone with the hip short travel slopestyle bikes had some sketchy landings on the big stuff and gave their steerer tubes some good fellatio love.

Bring back the venerable freeride bike! Just give them the love of modern bike tech and I bet you can make them as light as these bikes, and as nimble as well. 6" sounds just about right.
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  • + 10
flag vonichi (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:08)
 Just another unobtainium Frown
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flag louiscritchie (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:51)
 Regular Rocky Mountain Slayer: XC Bike. Jarrett Moore's Slayer: Slopestyle bike.
Regular Trek Remedy: XC Bike. Semenuk and CMC's Remedies: Slopestyle bikes.

Huh.
  • - 1
flag double-mint (Aug 15, 2011 at 5:18)
 So go grab an XC / Trail bike and ride slopestyle now!
  • + 4
flag Lehel-NS (Aug 15, 2011 at 6:26)
 Yes you just need to bend some of the tubes to get different angles, weld on a few pieces of metal to make the frame stronger and there you go!
  • + 3
flag swearmouth (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:08)
 regular slayers and remedys aren't XC bikes... they have 165 and 150mm of rear travel respectively.
  • + 2
flag louiscritchie (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:41)
 oh my bad, I guess that makes them AM?
  • + 0
flag elgoogyug (Aug 15, 2011 at 9:32)
 Semenuk and mccaul use custom trek scratches, not remedys
  • + 1
flag swearmouth (Aug 15, 2011 at 10:17)
 Yeah, the slayer is a freeride bike and the remedy is all mountain.
  • + 2
flag progression (Aug 15, 2011 at 13:13)
 Elgoogyug, where'd you get the idea Cam & Brandons slope frames custom Scratches not Remedys, does that really even matter? Same goes for Gully and Jarretts Slayers, sure they have the same name. But they are completly different bikes; Different Geo, shorter links, different shock lengths/stokes, shorter travel.

Norcos in the proto stages right now for a new slopebike that looks similar to both Trek and Rockies slope bikes at the moment. But it won't been anywhere near production anytime soon
  • + 1
flag elgoogyug (Aug 15, 2011 at 13:45)
 because the scratch is a different bike then a remedy...brandon semenuk said himself in a video
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flag progression (Aug 15, 2011 at 14:49)
 of course the scratch is different from the remedy but the slopebike he rides is completely different from both of them.
  • + 1
flag elgoogyug (Aug 15, 2011 at 14:55)
 There's where your wrong. They both ride trek scratch frames with custom geo. Other then that its the same frame
  • + 1
flag amacdonald (Aug 15, 2011 at 17:31)
 Are you kidding me they have almost half the travel of a scratch
  • + 1
flag elgoogyug (Aug 15, 2011 at 19:28)
 Hence the different geo making it a shorter travel..
  • + 1
flag bikeracer28 (Aug 15, 2011 at 22:20)
 actually im pretty sure the remedy was originally intended to be an aggressive all mountain bike.
  • + 3
flag progression (Aug 15, 2011 at 22:26)
 @elgoogyug Travel has nothing to do with Geo, with that logic you can say that the Session is a custom Scratch too "it has different Geo making it more travel"
  • + 2
flag swearmouth (Aug 16, 2011 at 13:32)
 It doesn't say scratch or remedy on the slopestyle bikes, and the tubing itself is entirely custom such that even if it did share the name of either bike it would only be for show.

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=trek+slopestyle&um=1&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=BXvveaI1EK5ZmM:&imgrefurl=http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Day-3-Pit-Bits-from-Sea-Otter,2216/Semenuks-Prototype-Trek-Slopestyle-Bike,17810/bturman,109&docid=J_eqYarcJicAbM&w=780&h=520&ei=iNJKTqK0JtCo8QP0hdD7CQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=424&page=2&tbnh=151&tbnw=211&start=15&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:15&tx=72&ty=50 />
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/gravity/scratch/scratch_9/

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/technical_trail/remedy/remedy_8

Brandon's bike physically does not have enough space between the top and bottom tubes to fit the shock from the scratch or remedy, regardless of the fact that the rocker itself is different.
  • + 1
flag progression (Aug 16, 2011 at 13:43)
 ^thank you!
  • + 1
flag brianpark (Aug 16, 2011 at 17:26)
 @progression: the "Slayer Slopestyle" moniker makes sense for Jarrett & Gully's bikes. It's the same tubeset, just with custom angles.

A bit off topic, but I'd say that goes a long way to inspiring confidence in the regular Slayer tubeset's strength. To my knowledge none of these Rocky slope bikes have broken.
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  • + 5
flag northisland (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:48)
 Looks like a Slayer
  • + 1
flag Stewartlowe (Aug 15, 2011 at 11:41)
 I think it is.
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  • + 3
flag alex-k (Aug 15, 2011 at 4:45)
 build it for everyone Rockymountain! Do it!
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  • + 1
flag alexallan (Aug 15, 2011 at 17:01)
 "all the dirt hit me in the face. Like, all of it!" Awesome bike, cool guy, great vid Smile (I would happily buy that bike. Make it buyable RM!)
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  • + 1
flag tsm11 (Aug 15, 2011 at 6:40)
 First, idk how the hell these guys get there bikes to be so light, second... After seeing this i dont think anyone will ever buy a stock slayer again...
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  • + 1
flag biffoz (Aug 16, 2011 at 14:45)
 Some pretty dense action goin' on in here! Most of the slope peeps run their rear shocks >200psi, with 240-260 not being uncommon. Yeah, the sometimes blow seals.
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  • + 2
flag ir0cks (Aug 14, 2011 at 22:32)
 Hubs-Spank--- Huh? Spank makes hubs?
  • + 2
flag MTB-RnD (Aug 15, 2011 at 13:29)
 Wheelsets to be introduced at Eurobike and Interbike.
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  • + 2
flag mtbdriver (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:44)
 What a f*cking ugly pigring in his nose Razz
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  • + 3
flag KonaBass911 (Aug 14, 2011 at 18:27)
 That is SOOOOOOO nice!
  • + 6
flag louiscritchie (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:55)
 It's pretty sick. It's not often you see a pro running full Marzocchi. Going against the grain, I like it Smile
  • + 1
flag DARKSTAR63 (Aug 15, 2011 at 10:20)
 The grain is shifting back to where it belongs.........Marzocchi is back to making the best suspension on the planet. Smile
  • + 9
flag dazem (Aug 15, 2011 at 12:40)
 The grain goes where the sponsors pay it to.
  • + 1
flag louiscritchie (Aug 16, 2011 at 21:19)
 this
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flag reecewallace  (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:50)
 Yeah Jarrett!
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flag Rouu (Aug 15, 2011 at 3:50)
 why is the shifter on the downtube
  • + 1
flag togood2die (Aug 15, 2011 at 3:58)
 One less cable to wrap around the HT when they are tailwhipping or barspinning...
  • + 1
flag joseph13  (Aug 15, 2011 at 15:07)
 and so it doesnt ghost shift mid run from accidentally hitting it.. watch the video....
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flag studers (Aug 15, 2011 at 7:22)
 looks a bit like a wildcard
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flag Rossignol (Aug 15, 2011 at 15:13)
 i think the paint job/design looks horrible but the frame would be sweeet ass, why do rocky mountain always do this :l
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  • + 1
flag jhopism (Aug 14, 2011 at 22:16)
 looks like it could slay anyone who tries to ride it
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  • + 1
flag DownhillDustin (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:30)
 this is what you need and u can put em where ever you want
  • + 0
flag DownhillDustin (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:31)
 My bad forgot the link http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19014
  • + 3
flag joshbb1 (Aug 15, 2011 at 1:43)
 no way. tape fixes everything...
  • + 1
flag bikingboy123 (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:57)
 Looks like litte gopro mounts
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flag lumpy12 (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:07)
 jump ship jump?!?!
  • + 1
flag dkidd (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:52)
 yup.
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flag hankyman (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:36)
 how many gears are on that bike?
  • - 2
flag dkidd (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:53)
 think he has five. gully only has 3 on his setup.
  • + 10
flag six66 (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:04)
 Said in the video 6
  • + 3
flag hankyman (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:40)
 werd, watched that with no sound, freaking old computers!
  • + 3
flag frojoe (Aug 14, 2011 at 22:08)
 Gully has 4, and a slightly more-ghetto bottlecage/shifter setup. He also runs 265psi in the rear shock... yikes!
  • + 2
flag REVO-of-Rustler (Aug 14, 2011 at 22:10)
 Pretty sure he just said 65...
  • + 4
flag jonlake (Aug 14, 2011 at 23:24)
 in his tires. That's also Jarrett not Geoff. Geoffs pretty solid, and his suspension is stupidly stiff. Preference.
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flag dkidd (Aug 14, 2011 at 23:39)
 pretty sure there were only 3 on gully's when I rode it the other day.
And I just remember counting 5 on Jarrett rig when it was on the stand... wasn't really paying attention.
That said it appears I'm really bad at counting these things.
  • + 2
flag joshbb1 (Aug 15, 2011 at 1:44)
 just casually
  • + 1
flag YetiMong (Aug 15, 2011 at 5:09)
 I doesn't really matter how amny it's got, you only need one for slopestyle.....
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flag hankyman (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:35)
 yeti, thats what i was thinking!
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flag nathanbirdseye (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:13)
 guy is super steezy
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flag guerrerodownhill (Aug 15, 2011 at 9:43)
 OMG! I'm Erected :$
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  • + 1
flag tdoyle1995 (Aug 14, 2011 at 19:03)
 he was pretty dirty
  • - 1
flag ItaniConnor (Aug 14, 2011 at 22:10)
 so was your mom last night.
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flag larsridesyt (Aug 16, 2011 at 5:40)
 this bike looks unreal!
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flag monstermax (Aug 17, 2011 at 15:28)
 rad
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flag voltagerider  (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:55)
 Awesome ride jarret!
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flag Vaili (Aug 15, 2011 at 9:25)
 i dont understand it has gears but where is the switcher?
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flag TheMonkeyman5130 (Aug 15, 2011 at 9:45)
 It's attached to the frame :O
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flag XxBicycle-RidaZxX (Aug 14, 2011 at 22:46)
 jumpship kicker?
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flag DHr4life (Aug 14, 2011 at 23:52)
 yeah lol i noticed t hat too
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flag gaventang  (Aug 14, 2011 at 21:19)
 Wish this were VOD.
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flag dkidd (Aug 14, 2011 at 23:39)
 so does Brian.
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flag lopez65 (Aug 15, 2011 at 7:05)
 Rocky Mountain was known for 2 things: Hand Made Big hit bikes.
Today? Neither.
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flag bikingboy123 (Aug 15, 2011 at 8:57)
 And their sisters vaginas
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flag makripper (Aug 14, 2011 at 18:29)
 best
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