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Title: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: spacevomit on May 27, 2014, 01:15:13 PM

I'm going to build/rebuild/mod my trail bike, and document it in this thread.

First, the wheels. The front is a 26" Sun Rims Single Track, disc brake only, Shimano XT hub/skewers, Specialized Enduro 26"x2" tire. Close tolerance titanium bolts on the discs. Avid mechanical front disc brakes.
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The rear is a 24" Atomic Labs, disc brake only, Shimano Deore hub and gear cluster, XT skewer, IRC Kujo DH pinch-flat resistant 24"x2.35" tire. Hayes mechanical disc.
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Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: ls3_rob on May 27, 2014, 01:24:24 PM

HERE WE GO AGAIN  :banghead: :scratch: :wave:

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: digitalsolo on May 27, 2014, 02:05:03 PM

Cool.  I build all my own bikes, too.   I have a couple of mild mountain/trail bikes I built for the wife and I.  Nothing fancy, hers is a 8x3 hard tail, mine is a 9x1 full suspension.   Rim brakes on hers, discs on mine.  Mostly built out of cast-off stuff on eBay, I can't afford to build a bike with new shiny shit, bike parts cost almost as much as car parts!

Look forward to seeing what insanity you bring here.

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: spacevomit on May 27, 2014, 02:08:45 PM

Yeah me too, except the wheels I had custom made.

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: ls3_rob on May 27, 2014, 02:57:02 PM

do you have a job

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: spacevomit on May 27, 2014, 03:05:01 PM

No but I have some phone interviews lined up thanks to Mike.. And I'm using mostly stuff I already own. Maybe a new part here or there.

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: gc3 on May 27, 2014, 03:37:26 PM

you realize you can't run any hydraulic fittings with a mechanical disc setup....

I enjoy passing by the $2k+ bikes some people ride at the local trails with my cobbled together early 90s steel frame bike with a big dual crown fork stuffed under it. screw geometry!

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: spacevomit on May 27, 2014, 03:41:08 PM

I have a Marzocchi Bomber I traded some kid for a regular threaded headset style rigid steel fork because, I shit you not, it was pink. It's an 80mm stroke air/oil spring with the magnesium unibody and titanium nitrided stanchion tubes.

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: digitalsolo on May 27, 2014, 03:45:54 PM

Quote from: gc3 on May 27, 2014, 03:37:26 PM

you realize you can't run any hydraulic fittings with a mechanical disc setup....

I enjoy passing by the $2k+ bikes some people ride at the local trails with my cobbled together early 90s steel frame bike with a big dual crown fork stuffed under it. screw geometry!

Hah, that's not far off from what I do.   I have an OLD K2 aluminum suspension frame with an older Manitou big travel front (model eludes me).  It's not fancy, but I have whooped on several people with bikes that cost them thousands, vs. my 300 or so dollar investment (my wheels/deraileurs cost more than the rest of the bike, haha).

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: spacevomit on May 27, 2014, 04:08:13 PM

One mod I would do to almost any bike, is the Oury grips with the aluminum locking collars.

Title: Re: MTB mod/build thread
Post by: gc3 on May 27, 2014, 04:18:56 PM

i don't have oury, (never heard of them) but i do have some cheap locking clamp grips and I agree, I'll never ride without locking grips again.
especially in rain.

finally found a recent pic.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t1.0-9/525676_10102375185296443_1074215713_n.jpg)