Converted to modernish Deore m5100 1×11 cassette, shifter, and derailleur. Wolftooth dropstop b 34t. Origin 8 160mm cranks that I thought I could remove the logo from. Sim Works super yummy tires, koolstop low profile salmon pads, and Nissen housing from blue lug! XT brakes and xtr hub came off an old gt avalanche. Pit bike bars cut down to 720mm. Bontrager anja elite saddle, enve grips, and old VP 747 bear trap pedals.
I tore down the entire bike, cleaned it, polished it with graphene/ceramic protectors, and added new bearings to the headset, hubs, and pedals. Waxed the chain with UFO ultra endurance wax. New bottom bracket, which shimano replaced for free with the faulty cranks, even all these years later. Turns out the bb was too long so I had to buy another.
Upgrades left:
New tubeless rims. I tried to ghetto tubeless these but it was my own personal hell. I have never had that much difficulty…
Dropper post
Small front rack
And maybe these Judy forks I rebuilt…
All in all I’m really happy with it for my first real ground up build. I learned a ton and it really ignited a new passion.
Thanks for looking!
by gek__co
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Oh and you’ll see near the seatpost clamp is my fix for the vbrake conversion. Just a bit of brake housing bumped up against the cable routing collar. I also trimmed the elbow and bent it more acute. It’s working for now. I may look for a clamp on cable router for the top tube instead…
That thing is rad! Love all the personalization and those handlebars!
This bike looks super fun. Great use of color without going overboard.
Curious why you care to go tubeless. It certainly has its place, but if the use case doesn’t justify it, I can’t see bothering with the hassle.
Beautiful bike, what do you think of the deore 1×11? I’m about to put it on my surly ogre frame
So that’s where all the swag went