MTB mod/build thread

[spacevomit]

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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[ls3_rob]

HERE WE GO AGAIN 

[digitalsolo]

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.

[spacevomit]

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

[ls3_rob]

do you have a job

[spacevomit]

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.

[gc3]

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!

[spacevomit]

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.

[digitalsolo]

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).

[spacevomit]

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

[gc3]

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.