What have you done to your bike today?
- Thread starter Chris(NJ)
- Start date
pkovo
Well-Known Member
Did some more work on my kids new ride. New headset, lightweight aluminum fork from my trials bike, and a disc front wheel From my LBS. Got the chainline all setup with some spacers and creativity.
Just need to swap over a brake and eventually trim down the steere and I think it will be good to go.
Just need to swap over a brake and eventually trim down the steere and I think it will be good to go.
New bottom bracket and installed the 125 Fox Transfer dropper I was trying to sell into the Mach 429 trail.
Also new rear rotor and brake pads on the 429SL.
Bled front and rear brakes on both bikes.
Also new rear rotor and brake pads on the 429SL.
Bled front and rear brakes on both bikes.
Well let’s see if this works....
The Salsa use to be the wife’s bike. She just never was fully comfortable on it. So she went to Marty’s to ride the Roscoe, well she went there to drop off a flier for the Warren County NICA team. So now we will play with seat height and stem length to get her fully settled in. And the salsa feels great. Snow riding in the backyard is great on flats.
The Salsa use to be the wife’s bike. She just never was fully comfortable on it. So she went to Marty’s to ride the Roscoe, well she went there to drop off a flier for the Warren County NICA team. So now we will play with seat height and stem length to get her fully settled in. And the salsa feels great. Snow riding in the backyard is great on flats.
Attachments
So being that you went to Htown LBS means your local and is the wife Amy?
Rowan
New Member
Yes, matty!
RetroGrouch
Active Member
Not "to" my bike, for my bike
I took off my engineer hat and donned my industrial design chapeau to design something more comfortable for some distance riding and/or bikepacking. I wanted more sweep but without sacrificing reach as is typical of high sweep alt bars. Most alt bars lack needed rise and head tubes are too damn short.
I took off my engineer hat and donned my industrial design chapeau to design something more comfortable for some distance riding and/or bikepacking. I wanted more sweep but without sacrificing reach as is typical of high sweep alt bars. Most alt bars lack needed rise and head tubes are too damn short.
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
That’s cool!
RetroGrouch
Active Member
The CAD jockey work was a few weeks ago. All I did today was open the box.
My hands should reach to almost the same place as they were for this conventional riser bar, depending on how I roll the bar.
Dan at Defiance Frameworks built this according to my drawings. If I put enough miles on this bar, I might eventually have him make it in titanium with any desired tweaks. This bar isn't light thanks to its 4130 ChroMoly construction but I will probably never break it.
EDIT: 31.8 lower tube means no shim!
My hands should reach to almost the same place as they were for this conventional riser bar, depending on how I roll the bar.
Dan at Defiance Frameworks built this according to my drawings. If I put enough miles on this bar, I might eventually have him make it in titanium with any desired tweaks. This bar isn't light thanks to its 4130 ChroMoly construction but I will probably never break it.
EDIT: 31.8 lower tube means no shim!
qclabrat
Well-Known Member
very nice, can you take a side rear pic with the full bike?The CAD jockey work was a few weeks ago. All I did today was open the box.
My hands should reach to almost the same place as they were for this conventional riser bar, depending on how I roll the bar.
Dan at Defiance Frameworks built this according to my drawings. If I put enough miles on this bar, I might eventually have him make it in titanium with any desired tweaks. This bar isn't light thanks to its 4130 ChroMoly construction but I will probably never break it.
EDIT: 31.8 lower tube means no shim!