wkkie
It's Not Easy Being Green
Frame: MattRuss custom steel, powder coated by Gripsport back in the day when they used to do frame repairs and that sort of thing.
Headset: Aireal Industries EV-1.2
Fork: Balugoe Ali carbon, 29in, 15mmx100mm. Straight steerer, 474mm A2C.
Stem: DMR Deity, 50mm, 31.6mm clamp.
Handlebars: Kore OCD - 35mm rise, 800mm, 31.6mm clamp, 5 deg up / 7 deg back
Grips: ODI Rogue
Cranks: IXF Jiankun 170mm, 24mm axle 68mm.
Chainring: Prowheel, steel NW 32t
Bottom bracket: Uberbike ceramic
Pedals: Chromag Scarab
Rear derailleur: AX L-Twoo, 11 speed
Shifter: AX L-Twoo, 11 speed
Cassette: 6 bits of an old Shimano XT I think it's 25-13 ish...
Front brake: Shimano XZee, M8000 lever & Zee caliper.
Front rotor: Shimano, 203mm, 1.8mm thick.
Rear brake: Shimano SLX, M7000
Rear rotor: TRP 203mm, 2.3mm thick
Pads: Uberbike Race-Matrix
Seat clamp: Hybrid generic / Hope QR
Seat post: Brand X, 26.8mm, 400mm long
Seat: Cleanskin AM one
Rear wheel: Hope Pro4 straight pull, 32H, 135 X 12 on Alex MD-25
Rear Tyre: Maxxis Holy Roller - 26 X 2.40. Tubed for easy swap.
Front wheel: Novatec XD641SB, 32H, 100 X 15 on WTB STp i25
Front Tyre: Maxxis Forekaster, 27.5 X 2.4. Tubed because of sidewall cut.
This was meant to be a cheap build from spare bits that I had lying around the garage, for something that I could ride to work.
It started with the frame. A home made steel job that was last built up about 15 years ago. In its previous life it got a run in the Canberra nationals at Stromlo for DH and 4X. I wish I still had the 150mm buttery Marzocchi 66 from back in the day that it ran!
I had to buy 2 main bits for it. The rear just missed out on fitting a 27.5 wheel, so it was new rim and hub time. The Hope is interchangeable with the dually, so this was another benefit of getting a 26in built up. Just a change of end caps and I'll be giving the dually a test as a 27.5 / 26 mullet down the track.
Next was the fork, took a gamble on an Ali rigid carbon fork. It was non boost (and more importantly straight steerer for the frame) and I already had a wheel spare. When I fitted the wheel to start with it had a 2.3mm thick TRP rotor which hit the PM brake mount posts and the wheel wouldn't spin at all. I managed to find a 1.8mm Shimano rotor lying around and that seems to have done the trick. It still pings on the PM mounts under load, but nothing major, it'll stop that eventually I'm sure when enough material wears off.
Other bits that I had lying around were a brand new, I think Ali, 11 speed derailleur and shifter from who knows when and an old 11 speed Shimano cassette with the top 3 cogs cooked, so they stayed off. 6 gears are enough and I left the smallest off too so I could tweak the chain line. Seems to shift ok with an old KMC chain as well. I just had to grab a new chainring. A new steel NW job fit the bill for about $25.
I couldn't sell the Uberbike ceramic BB so on that went with some possibly Ali cranks that look like a Shimano rip off that were in a box squirreled away for some reason. Time will tell how they go...
Headset: Aireal Industries EV-1.2
Fork: Balugoe Ali carbon, 29in, 15mmx100mm. Straight steerer, 474mm A2C.
Stem: DMR Deity, 50mm, 31.6mm clamp.
Handlebars: Kore OCD - 35mm rise, 800mm, 31.6mm clamp, 5 deg up / 7 deg back
Grips: ODI Rogue
Cranks: IXF Jiankun 170mm, 24mm axle 68mm.
Chainring: Prowheel, steel NW 32t
Bottom bracket: Uberbike ceramic
Pedals: Chromag Scarab
Rear derailleur: AX L-Twoo, 11 speed
Shifter: AX L-Twoo, 11 speed
Cassette: 6 bits of an old Shimano XT I think it's 25-13 ish...
Front brake: Shimano XZee, M8000 lever & Zee caliper.
Front rotor: Shimano, 203mm, 1.8mm thick.
Rear brake: Shimano SLX, M7000
Rear rotor: TRP 203mm, 2.3mm thick
Pads: Uberbike Race-Matrix
Seat clamp: Hybrid generic / Hope QR
Seat post: Brand X, 26.8mm, 400mm long
Seat: Cleanskin AM one
Rear wheel: Hope Pro4 straight pull, 32H, 135 X 12 on Alex MD-25
Rear Tyre: Maxxis Holy Roller - 26 X 2.40. Tubed for easy swap.
Front wheel: Novatec XD641SB, 32H, 100 X 15 on WTB STp i25
Front Tyre: Maxxis Forekaster, 27.5 X 2.4. Tubed because of sidewall cut.
This was meant to be a cheap build from spare bits that I had lying around the garage, for something that I could ride to work.
It started with the frame. A home made steel job that was last built up about 15 years ago. In its previous life it got a run in the Canberra nationals at Stromlo for DH and 4X. I wish I still had the 150mm buttery Marzocchi 66 from back in the day that it ran!
I had to buy 2 main bits for it. The rear just missed out on fitting a 27.5 wheel, so it was new rim and hub time. The Hope is interchangeable with the dually, so this was another benefit of getting a 26in built up. Just a change of end caps and I'll be giving the dually a test as a 27.5 / 26 mullet down the track.
Next was the fork, took a gamble on an Ali rigid carbon fork. It was non boost (and more importantly straight steerer for the frame) and I already had a wheel spare. When I fitted the wheel to start with it had a 2.3mm thick TRP rotor which hit the PM brake mount posts and the wheel wouldn't spin at all. I managed to find a 1.8mm Shimano rotor lying around and that seems to have done the trick. It still pings on the PM mounts under load, but nothing major, it'll stop that eventually I'm sure when enough material wears off.
Other bits that I had lying around were a brand new, I think Ali, 11 speed derailleur and shifter from who knows when and an old 11 speed Shimano cassette with the top 3 cogs cooked, so they stayed off. 6 gears are enough and I left the smallest off too so I could tweak the chain line. Seems to shift ok with an old KMC chain as well. I just had to grab a new chainring. A new steel NW job fit the bill for about $25.
I couldn't sell the Uberbike ceramic BB so on that went with some possibly Ali cranks that look like a Shimano rip off that were in a box squirreled away for some reason. Time will tell how they go...
