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Thanks. Its actually a 2018. I got bored of the original black color so stripped it down to bare metal and polished it up with updated decals. Ive also upgraded a few parts.

My Trek Roscoe:

You can but its hard work. I used brasso many years ago on a previous bike. Autosol is so much better.

I did this to my Trek Roscoe about 8 months ago. Used the Duram paint stripper mentioned above and autosol polish. All in it was about 16 hours of labour. Definitely worth it. Before and after pics, with a few components changes.

Radial lacing was pretty common on the front in the late 90 when we used rim brakes. With rim brakes the spokes feel very little of the braking forces. With discs, its a different story, they feel all of it. That is definitely not safe.

I see their stuff is specced on a few Signal bikes but Id be curious to know if spares are available in SA.

Yup, ride there most weekends.

Haha to be honest there was. I have done this to 2 bikes in the past and it wasn't a problem but they had round tubes. The Roscoe is very flat on the top tube and was a bit of a issue.

First ride on the trail. Looks so good with a bit of sunlight on it.

Got it at my local Midas.

Its called Duram Durastrip. I got it at builders. I have also used one from Alcolin in the past. Both worked well. You have to be very careful with this stuff. A tiny spot on your skin burns like crazy.

Yeah I'm considering it.

Thanks for the kind words guys. In total it was about 16 hours. This included 2 hours messing around with the internal routing for the gear cable. I hope there is a special place reserved in hell for the Trek engineer who designed this system. No plans to clear coat. I have done this to 2 bikes in the past and it needs less maintenance than you would think. Maybe half and hour to polish it every 6 months or so. I have done some reading and it seems there are 2 problems with clear coating: 1 - Because you cant use a primer and the surface is so smooth it difficult to get it to stick properly without it flaking off at a later stage. 2 - If you chip the clear coat you get oxidation starting at that point which can then spread underneath the clear coat. It starts spreading in thin vein like "worms". If there happens there is nothing you can do besides stripping it and starting again.

I've had my Trek for a little over 3 years now and the paint has stated to look very grubby. Lots of scrapes through to the metal and in general it was just looking very tired. I have always loved polished aluminium bikes and thought now was the time to give my Roscoe this treatment. Below is a overview of the process from start to finish. Obligatory before picture: Because I wanted to polish the frame I didnt want to sand the paint off or have it sand blasted. Instead I opted to use a chemical paint stripper with brass pot scourer and brush to remove the paint. I did a small test on the bottom of the BB to check that the stripper would do its job. Next I had to disassemble the bike and start stripping the paint. After a few hours I was left with this: Unfortunately I didnt get any pics of the next few steps. After removing the paint I started wet sanding with 800 grit sand paper and finished off with 1200 grit. Then came polishing with a product called Autosol and finally I applied some fresh decals. And finally some pics of the complete bike:

I would too if we could get it easily. We need more affordable options.

Anyone have any idea when this will be available in sa? My 10 speed deore chain and cassette are due for replacement and I managed to destroy my rear derailleur this morning. Seems like the perfect time to move to 12spd.

Just put this Rock Shox 35 on my Roscoe. Cant wait to take it for a proper ride.

Very excited about this. My 2 year old 10sps deore has been rock solid. Haven't even changed a gear cable yet I have changed the chain.

Based on all the hype I bought one to replace my aging WTB Rocket. To be honest its the most uncomfortable saddle I have ever used. After one ride I took it off.

If you take pride in your bikes appearance and often polish it, never, ever be tempted to polish the saddle.

I am thinking of putting a 29er on the front of my Trek Roscoe. Its currently 27.5+ so geometry changes should be minimal.

A few colleagues and I also rode to work today.

Friend of mine bought a trail 5 and asked me to assemble it. I couldnt get the right pedal to go in and eventually discovered that it was threaded for a left pedal even though the axle was stamped RH. Could even screw it into the left crank. Other than this small problem the bike is fantastic for the price.

I see no problem why it wouldnt work, as long as your derailleur can handle the range. I get away with a medium cage on my 1x set up so I am sure it would be fine with a long cage.

Yup, got mine from the same place. Sent from my HUAWEI GRA-L09 using Tapatalk