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ectoplasmosis
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Well what can I say, it’s finally finished! What a ride it’s been, from my original plan of making it into a pub cruiser for as cheap as possible to where the build is now.
If you haven’t read the original post, this bike had spent the last few years hidden away in a garage in Worthing. It was very kindly given to me due to it not having been used for some years. Despite having been stored near the sea the frame hardly shows any signs of corrosion.
The build has changed a lot since my first plans, but the more time I spent working on it and allowing myself to become enveloped in the world of trendy Bluelug/Rivendell 26” mtbs I knew this was the path I wanted to take with it.
I started this build towards the end of the first lockdown and before the second over Christmas so I really felt the effects of the parts shortages the industry was feeling. Having a really good look at what I already had and what I wanted to do I decided to go with a 1x7 setup with a Stridsland chainring. The rest of the parts then fell into place around this and I went with as many smaller manufacturers as possible (telling myself it was to support small business during lockdown, but also I just wanted some of that cnc loveliness)
I haven’t had a chance to get out on a long ride yet, but from the quick spin I have done up and down my road it rides very well. I have to get used to the friction shifting and the fact I now have 2 brakes having come from riding a fixed for the last few years.
There isn’t really much in terms of changes I want to make to this bike for now bar some tweaks here and there as I bed it all in and potentially the Barnacle fork when it comes out. ;)
Thank you to everyone who has followed this post over the best part of 5 months.
I will do a write on on how it rides since I’ve gotten out on it a little more!
Parts list
17” 1995 Rockhopper frame
Thorn Sherpa mk2 fork
Hope pro 4/Velocity Cliffhanger
Continental Contact Speed 2.1
Black Chris King nothreadset
Paul Gino
Paul funky money canti hanger
Spa cycles titanium steerer spacers
Nitto b903r Bullmoose
Crane e-ne bell
Microshift left hand friction thumbie (swapped upside down to right side)
Paul canti levers
ESI Chunky
Nitto bar ends
Thomson inline
Odyssey Selte titanium binder bolt
Selle Italia turbo
King cage x2(1 lowering)
Shimano un55 73mm
RaceFace turbine
Stridsland 38t nw chainring
Stridsland crank caps
MKS XC-III
Paul neo retro (front)
Paul Touring (rear)
Paul Moon unit
Koolstop thinline (Salmon)
Shimano hg50 7 speed cassette 14-32t
Shimano stx-rc rear derailleur