2006 Morewood Ndiza ST
Setup Highlights:
Drivetrain:
The Sram X9 drivetrain shifted smoothly and there wasn’t any noticeable chain slap since the rear derailleur prevents the rear derailleur from moving into the chainstay. The Ndiza was pretty much silent and only the buzzing of the Sun Ringle hub could be heard as it pinned its way along.
Frame:
The Morewood Ndiza, like the rest of the Morewood linuep, features a simple design that requires little to no maintenance. Morewood’s single pivot interface (SPI) utilizes big non-specialized bearings that are easy to find and replace. The SPI proved to be laterally stiff and works as advertised.
Morewood defines the SPI further as
“The heart of the SPI design is the pivot axle that unlike a lot of our competitors’ is not welded into our frame. Instead the threaded pivot axle slides into a larger (read stiffer) hollow pivot that is welded into the frame- this removes the risk of a stripped pivot resulting in a scrapped frame. Sandwiching this threaded pivot axle and the swingarm (with the pressed in bearings already in place) are the pivot caps seen below in gold. These pivot caps run through the swingarm and the bearings, and a small amount into the frame providing for an ultra stiff combination that we call SPI.”
Chainguide:
We used both the LG1 and 32 Special from e.thirteen while testing the Ndiza. Both worked flawlessly and installed with ease. The LG1 is a more race specific guide that doesn’t have a bash guard on it.
e.thirteen 32 Special
e.thirteen LG1
Fork:
The Minute 03, while not top of the line or overly feature laden, worked fine at smoothing out the ride while being light weight. The air fork made the fork easy to dial in.
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