kk6gan Posted August 13, 2021 Share 58 minutes ago, Coenie W said: New build ready for tomorrow ! What fork is that, and where'd you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted August 13, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, Coenie W said: New build ready for tomorrow ! I just had a pantsident.... Congrats. I'm very keen to hear how the bike climbs. Please post some details of that rigid fork. What is the suspension compensation? Where are BOTH of your Bottle Cages??? MORNE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted August 13, 2021 Share Don't think I've posted this current guise? Ever since putting the Pike on I've been having a lot of fun on it. Good clean muddy fun. Now if I put the flats back on it will be proper British Hooligan Spec. Hairy, NotSoBigBen, MORNE and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coenie W Posted August 14, 2021 Share Thanks for the comments. The gearing is a 32/20:setup. The fork I bought of a hubber, and it does not have a brand name. To be honest it looks as though the legs were tig welded onto a n old suspension fork crown. Very sturdy, no problems so far (I'm fat but ride conservatively). Approx 490 mm axle to crown so 100 to 120 fork length. I collect steel frames and they are all built as rigid singles, because they have to be ridden. Gears and suspension is a budget killer. Bottle cages to follow ! Edited August 14, 2021 by Coenie W Hairy and ChrisF 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 14, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, Coenie W said: Thanks for the comments. The gearing is a 32/20:setup. The fork I bought of a hubber, and it does not have a brand name. To be honest it looks as though the legs were tig welded onto a n old suspension fork crown. Very sturdy, no problems so far (I'm fat but ride conservatively). Approx 490 mm axle to crown so 100 to 120 fork length. I collect steel frames and they are all built as rigid singles, because they have to be ridden. Gears and suspension is a budget killer. Bottle cages to follow ! Cool, I used to run a 32x20 on my On One when I was not so lazy and used to do Table Mountain before work ... that is a nice ratio if you are not a skinny race snake Edit: I see you are Durbanville, so that should take you up any climb on the Tygerberg trails. Edited August 14, 2021 by Hairy on a Davidson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted August 14, 2021 Share 4 hours ago, Hairy on a Davidson said: Cool, I used to run a 32x20 on my On One when I was not so lazy and used to do Table Mountain before work ... that is a nice ratio if you are not a skinny race snake Edit: I see you are Durbanville, so that should take you up any climb on the Tygerberg trails. Living in the past there Hairy? hahahaha Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 14, 2021 Share 4 hours ago, Jewbacca said: Living in the past there Hairy? hahahaha Jewbacca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverRider Posted September 17, 2021 Share Finally finished the build on my MTB SS. He already made an appearance on the Where has your bike taken you today thread. Got the frame almost exactly a year ago, together with the handlebar and seat post and some gearing goodies that I never intended to use. Got it from a Hubber. Then came the fork, front wheel, white tyres and an extra set of black tyres. Also from a Hubber. The fork's paintjob was tired but some powder coating sorted that. The crank, BB, green grips, tubby bag and minipump from Hubber Rion. The stem I bought many years ago, also from a Hubber. Saddle also from a Hubber. The chainring and sprocket came from CRC, long before the ZAR become so useless. Rear wheel, chain and headset I got from the LBS. I have a 38-16t on there, because my commute is really really flat. Everybody knows that Potch doesn't really have hills. It rides like a dream. It's quiet and smooth, the bike is light compared to my old commuter, and is just loads of fun. Hairy, Fork-it, Trashy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted September 17, 2021 Share Doesn't take much to hatch an idea ???? BaGearA, BogusOne, Hairy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted September 17, 2021 Share That'll do for now ... the fork is probably worth 4 or 5 times the rest of the 'rat bike' build ???? Coenie W, BogusOne, BaGearA and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted October 19, 2021 Share That 'rat bike' look really bothered me so it went off to the painter yesterday, spent some time at the vinyl guy this morning ... this is the end result. Much happier now ???? Scary Rider, BogusOne and MajG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogusOne Posted October 19, 2021 Share 45 minutes ago, NotSoBigBen said: That 'rat bike' look really bothered me so it went off to the painter yesterday, spent some time at the vinyl guy this morning ... this is the end result. Much happier now ???? Hairy and NotSoBigBen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 19, 2021 Share 9 minutes ago, BogusOne said: went down this rabbit hole a while ago with the track BogusOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter1 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Looking forward to spend some time on the old girl again Hairy, NotSoBigBen, SilverRider and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted October 27, 2021 Share On 10/19/2021 at 4:07 PM, Hairy said: went down this rabbit hole a while ago with the track Then re done by one of my favourite bands of all time; MORNE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Spin Posted October 27, 2021 Share 5 hours ago, Pieter1 said: Looking forward to spend some time on the old girl again Grave on the left? MORNE , Pieter1, SilverRider and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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