Summer is almost over, and I haven't been doing much Jeep work. Driving it a lot, enjoying the hell out of it.
I have been riding my bikes a lot. I made the mistake of testing a single speed a buddy of mine picked up. Took exactly 5 minutes to get hooked. I found an old Van Dessel Buzz Bomb for sale after a couple weeks. Already set up single speed and rigid. Gave the guy 130 bucks for it.
It was full of old tech... Narrow, flat bars, long stem, 1 1/8 straight steerer. It did have hydraulic brakes, 29er tires, and sliding dropouts. I have a hard time leaving stuff alone, so like anything else, I had to Mod it. I rode it a couple times to make sure it was good enough for me.
Then I stripped it all the way down. The orange is the factory color, revealed by removing the nasty spray paint the previous owner used. I cut some vinyl at work for the new decals. I built a new wheel set for it, so I could run a 2.3" tire in the rear (Maxxis Ardent Race) and 2.6" up front (Maxxis Rekon). It got a new bottom bracket, stem and bars. Put a Carver carbon fork up front (rigid). I had to design some dropouts for it to accommodate the 12 x 142 rear spacing standard. I'm running 2:1, 34T chainring and a 17 T cog. It's a blast! Flies up hill and with the big tires, goes pretty good down hill too.
This whole bike building thing is getting addicting. This weekend, I sold my old GT and put the money toward a Niner ROS 9 frame I found on Ebay. It will be a full build. Debating on 27.5+ or 29er wheels. But I'll use a 140mm fork, 1 x 11 drivetrain, dropper post, and a smattering of carbon. Hoping to have a slacked out, long, Hardtail, All Mountain bike that is around 26 lbs.
A built ROS 9...
Gonna be a slow build though. I'm not going cheap on this one.
I have been riding my bikes a lot. I made the mistake of testing a single speed a buddy of mine picked up. Took exactly 5 minutes to get hooked. I found an old Van Dessel Buzz Bomb for sale after a couple weeks. Already set up single speed and rigid. Gave the guy 130 bucks for it.
It was full of old tech... Narrow, flat bars, long stem, 1 1/8 straight steerer. It did have hydraulic brakes, 29er tires, and sliding dropouts. I have a hard time leaving stuff alone, so like anything else, I had to Mod it. I rode it a couple times to make sure it was good enough for me.
Then I stripped it all the way down. The orange is the factory color, revealed by removing the nasty spray paint the previous owner used. I cut some vinyl at work for the new decals. I built a new wheel set for it, so I could run a 2.3" tire in the rear (Maxxis Ardent Race) and 2.6" up front (Maxxis Rekon). It got a new bottom bracket, stem and bars. Put a Carver carbon fork up front (rigid). I had to design some dropouts for it to accommodate the 12 x 142 rear spacing standard. I'm running 2:1, 34T chainring and a 17 T cog. It's a blast! Flies up hill and with the big tires, goes pretty good down hill too.
This whole bike building thing is getting addicting. This weekend, I sold my old GT and put the money toward a Niner ROS 9 frame I found on Ebay. It will be a full build. Debating on 27.5+ or 29er wheels. But I'll use a 140mm fork, 1 x 11 drivetrain, dropper post, and a smattering of carbon. Hoping to have a slacked out, long, Hardtail, All Mountain bike that is around 26 lbs.
A built ROS 9...
Gonna be a slow build though. I'm not going cheap on this one.
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