So, built this bike a bit less than 2 years ago and using it as a daily commute since. It's nothing special but it's a great daily and not very likely to get stolen. Since I bought the well used Bontrager wheelset just about when I found the frame abandoned in my friends student dorm for 30 Euro, there is not much (if any) rim life left.
Since seeing all those nice rigid disc braked MTBs and @Hulsroy's Specialized conversion (which unfortunately got stolen) I was toying with idea of converting this to disc brakes. I am doing it on the budget (ca. 200€), so it won't be anything fancy but will hopefully work nice and might serve one day as a (heavy duty) tourer. Here is how it stands (although back to Flite and cheap Rose inline seatpost):
Plan is to:
get disc brake tabs and braze ons (cable mounts and low rider mounts) from ceeway 30€
buy cheap second hand wheelset (on the way) 60€ incl postage
buy cheap second hand hidraulic disc brakes (incl. bleeding kit and new pads) ca 70€
get a disc brazing jig machined by a friend (hopefully free), if not resort to the ghetto option
get all the pieces brazed in place back home in Croatia by a mechanic who worked in the airplane industry (wine and chocolate)
get it sandblasted and powder coated in battleship grey or military green in Croatia (30€ and a long ride out of town)
build up with existing parts
Step 1-3 is easy, 4-6 should happen when I am back home doing an internship in the summer and is hopefully doable!
So, built this bike a bit less than 2 years ago and using it as a daily commute since. It's nothing special but it's a great daily and not very likely to get stolen. Since I bought the well used Bontrager wheelset just about when I found the frame abandoned in my friends student dorm for 30 Euro, there is not much (if any) rim life left.




Since seeing all those nice rigid disc braked MTBs and @Hulsroy's Specialized conversion (which unfortunately got stolen) I was toying with idea of converting this to disc brakes. I am doing it on the budget (ca. 200€), so it won't be anything fancy but will hopefully work nice and might serve one day as a (heavy duty) tourer. Here is how it stands (although back to Flite and cheap Rose inline seatpost):
Plan is to:
Step 1-3 is easy, 4-6 should happen when I am back home doing an internship in the summer and is hopefully doable!