Saw this on SF craigslist in rotten condition for $200 and had my buddy pick it up for me within an hour of it being posted (now living in small town Oregon where it can be locked up without a 2nd thought). I stripped it down to the frame and fork, and did a miserable job touching it up with some white spray paint. If you can imagine, it looked worse before! Got the decals for a respray but I don’t think I’ll ever bother. I like the shittiness.
The build looks precious but loads of these parts came from my collector buddy’s stash for very little (that wheelset was $60!), and various parts bikes that I’ve purchased and made my money back on. It was cheaper than your hardrock with discs probably 🙂 <3 I did order some custom DOOM bars that are 780mm, 50 degree backsweep, and 50 degree rise. I like ‘em! To cap it all off, it came from a bike shop in my home town of San Carlos (which we got priced out of several tech booms ago lol).
* F/F: Ritchey Ultra
* HS: XTR
* Post: Race Face with lotsa setback
* Saddle: WTB Lazer V Ti
* Bars: Doom
* Grips: worn ass Ergons
* Stem: Nitto FW30 or 33 120mm + nitto cable hanger
* Cranks: Specialized Flag
* Rings: Tuff neck 46 ring sawed off into bash guard. 34/20 double using the avid adaptor.
* Pedals: Chromag Scarab
* BB: Phil wood 119mm (off a super old crusty parts bike but still smooth!)
* Brakes/levers: Paul to paul touring with red moon unit- off a parts bike nice!
* Shifters: suntour xc run inwards
* RD: XT Rapid rise
* FD: XT
* Chain/Cassette: Sram 990 (both used but working)
* Wheels: Mavic 221 gold/dt hugi compact
* Skewers: bolt on with cool nds red end that lets you twist these on easily
* Tires: 2.1” gravel kings
* Pump: Matching zefal with zefal doohickey
* Frame bag: freebie
* Burrito bag: Roadrunner in custom camo
* Cages: King Iris
cycling_rat on
That’s a really cool seat tube.
Illustrious_Maize624 on
Fuck yeah! I LOVE the shittiness – what a great rider you’ve built. Cool you found something from close to home too.
Excellent details and thank you for the complete parts listing. Well done!
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Saw this on SF craigslist in rotten condition for $200 and had my buddy pick it up for me within an hour of it being posted (now living in small town Oregon where it can be locked up without a 2nd thought). I stripped it down to the frame and fork, and did a miserable job touching it up with some white spray paint. If you can imagine, it looked worse before! Got the decals for a respray but I don’t think I’ll ever bother. I like the shittiness.
The build looks precious but loads of these parts came from my collector buddy’s stash for very little (that wheelset was $60!), and various parts bikes that I’ve purchased and made my money back on. It was cheaper than your hardrock with discs probably 🙂 <3 I did order some custom DOOM bars that are 780mm, 50 degree backsweep, and 50 degree rise. I like ‘em! To cap it all off, it came from a bike shop in my home town of San Carlos (which we got priced out of several tech booms ago lol).
* F/F: Ritchey Ultra
* HS: XTR
* Post: Race Face with lotsa setback
* Saddle: WTB Lazer V Ti
* Bars: Doom
* Grips: worn ass Ergons
* Stem: Nitto FW30 or 33 120mm + nitto cable hanger
* Cranks: Specialized Flag
* Rings: Tuff neck 46 ring sawed off into bash guard. 34/20 double using the avid adaptor.
* Pedals: Chromag Scarab
* BB: Phil wood 119mm (off a super old crusty parts bike but still smooth!)
* Brakes/levers: Paul to paul touring with red moon unit- off a parts bike nice!
* Shifters: suntour xc run inwards
* RD: XT Rapid rise
* FD: XT
* Chain/Cassette: Sram 990 (both used but working)
* Wheels: Mavic 221 gold/dt hugi compact
* Skewers: bolt on with cool nds red end that lets you twist these on easily
* Tires: 2.1” gravel kings
* Pump: Matching zefal with zefal doohickey
* Frame bag: freebie
* Burrito bag: Roadrunner in custom camo
* Cages: King Iris
That’s a really cool seat tube.
Fuck yeah! I LOVE the shittiness – what a great rider you’ve built. Cool you found something from close to home too.
Excellent details and thank you for the complete parts listing. Well done!