Plankosaurus
Spongeplank Dalepantski
Due to some extra time on my hands, I started doing too much thinking and thoughts led to playing around with something of an AM hardtail. I've moved from alu to steel for hardtails before and it's a much nicer ride so this is where I aimed for. @Daniel Hale has kindly sold me a wicked frame to try this out on, a burly cotic bfe - now Mr Beefy
It's early stages yet, first step was to get the frame ready. I've chosen a finish that's going to be harder to achieve than its probably worth and will likely not last - clear coat over raw steel. I hear it's going to rust under the clear, I'm counting on it for effect, but not sure how the clear will go sticking long term with no primer. I'm keeping the cotic graphics too, will try to rough it up a bit and blend that to the steel. It works in my head at least...
Forks will be a cheap set of fox36 with a busted talas module and a dodgy steerer extension. They feel great though so should work till I decide if it's worth upgrading.
Brakes will be Magura mt5
Wheels are Stan's flow on pro2 Evo
Tyres are Minion ss rear and dhf front
Driveline is 1x 11 Shimano xt
Pedals are my blackspire sub420
Old ks lev 150 for the seat post
Still need to suss out a crankset...
Moar to come as I progress!
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It's early stages yet, first step was to get the frame ready. I've chosen a finish that's going to be harder to achieve than its probably worth and will likely not last - clear coat over raw steel. I hear it's going to rust under the clear, I'm counting on it for effect, but not sure how the clear will go sticking long term with no primer. I'm keeping the cotic graphics too, will try to rough it up a bit and blend that to the steel. It works in my head at least...
Forks will be a cheap set of fox36 with a busted talas module and a dodgy steerer extension. They feel great though so should work till I decide if it's worth upgrading.
Brakes will be Magura mt5
Wheels are Stan's flow on pro2 Evo
Tyres are Minion ss rear and dhf front
Driveline is 1x 11 Shimano xt
Pedals are my blackspire sub420
Old ks lev 150 for the seat post
Still need to suss out a crankset...
Moar to come as I progress!
Sent from my G8441 using Tapatalk