My neighbor gave me his old gen1 tallboy carbon a little over a year ago, and I haven’t had time to do anything with it until now.
It has an incredibly high-end build for the era. Formula the-one brakes, factory 32 fork, xx1, ec70 wheelset, etc. I race single speeds in our local series, and I figured I could turn this into a very lightweight SS XC race bike with minimal fuss.
It’s still a work in progress, but I took it out on its first ride, today, covering 11 miles of essentially gravel bike level trails. It’s definitely twitchy as all hell, and needs some cockpit adjustments, along with a small smaller cog (I forgot to swap it out given the tiny chainring), but it’s got promise.
And, it’s weird, which is what matters.
by eye_be_em
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Is that just an old Shimano derailleur as your tensioner? Love the build.
What frame box is that? And are you just using an enduro strap to hold it on?