Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share It's been a while since I posted the last build thread so here's another one that I did recently. The name of the game was "recycle" and "budget" - I literally wanted to complete the build out of what I had lying around without buying anything new. I had another RM5 frame so that was chosen along with a Fire Eye rigid fork which I had already stripped of it's paint a while back so that was going to be used as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share Step 1 : Strip the paint from the frame (again BUT this time I wasn't planning to polish it, I wanted a raw aluminium frame). At the same time the fork was sent off to Annette at Cycle Delic to be sprayed Candy Apple Green. IH8MUD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share After getting the fork back it was time for a checklist to see what I still needed to complete the build - amazingly the only new thing I ended up buying was a set of ESI foam grips. It didn't take long to get everything assembled and before long I was out cruising on the "new" build. Just shows you that you don't have to break the bank to do something different and still end up with a bike that's unique and fun to ride. popcorn_skollie, deanbean, Hairy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share Some more photos ... BenReaper and Dragu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share The previous 26er SS build ... NixM, Dragu, BenReaper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixM Posted April 3, 2015 Share I also used an old deore lx crank on my ss build, nice and retro. I must say the polished aluminium on your second bike is very bling, how did you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share I must say the polished aluminium on your second bike is very bling, how did you do it? Obviously strip the paint and then polish, polish, polish - long hours and very dirty work. There's a thread on the entire build somewhere on the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monark Posted April 3, 2015 Share Great work. Love that fork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted April 3, 2015 Share I keep coming back to have a gawk. Sick ride Tractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share Great work. Love that fork!Candy apple green Got to love it man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted April 3, 2015 Share I keep coming back to have a gawk. Sick ride Tractor. Thanks Soapbox - unfortunately I've now run out of old 26er frames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted April 3, 2015 Share Thanks Soapbox - unfortunately I've now run out of old 26er frames Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Nicest Ralley's I have seen in a long time. Great work. What did you use to strip the frames? Removall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted April 3, 2015 Share edit, dubble post... Edited April 3, 2015 by CAAD4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcar Posted April 3, 2015 Share i want to build a dirt jump bike but cant seem to find parts ?? well old parts Lance Cruz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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