Here is my cross-country/touring hardtail mountain bike (parts list below below). I built it specifically for Newfoundland's T'Railway in Eastern Canada.
It's the first bike I've ever built from the ground up. I was EXTREMELY fortunate to have some experts from Reynolds & Manitou help with consulting/design and then troubleshooting during assembly.
Mixing road shifters with MTB calipers required a specific hydraulic hose kit with a threaded inline crimp fitting, and of course then bleeding the entire system. Another snag I encountered was the P-29er frame did not fit my original tire choice. The P-29er should accept 2.3 inch tires, but Nobby Nic 2.25 inch rubbed the frame, so I switched to the 2.1 inch Vittorias shown in the pics.
Overall, a very fun project. I didn't have enough knowledge to do this before I started. But I learned a lot (through many errors of course), certainly enough to fix issues that arise with this particular bike while touring and to maintain afterwards also.
- Ritchey P-29er steel frame (medium)
- Ritchey Coralitos drop handlebars
- Ritchey Comp Trail Zero seatpost
- ProTaper ATAC Stem
- Manitou R8 Pro fork
- SRAM GX Eagle AXS rear derailleur
- SRAM GX Eagle XG-1275 Cassette (12-Speed, 52t)
- SRAM X01 Eagle Boost Crankset (170mm, 32t)
- SRAM Apex AXS eTap shift/brake levers
- SRAM Level TL MTB calipers
- SRAM CenterLine X Disc Brake Rotor
- Reynolds Blacklabel 309 Enduro Pro wheels
- Vittoria Mezcal Performance XC-Trail TNT tires (2.1 inch)
by MotherrRucker