Its a (wankers kids) bike.
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Boom King
downloaded a pic of moorey's bruised arse
I've got a frame for the Pikes
bell.cameron
Likes Dirt
Thought this meant you were finally leaving the keyboard to hit the trails!! But its for the kid... Maybe one day...
sufferthesinglespeed
Likes Dirt
Pretty decent build for a bitsa. Kid should be well chuffed. And it looks the goods.
My son(12) is riding a bitsa I built up for him too, Brooklyn frame and hand me down parts. I want to upspec his frame but he loves the Brooklyn, thing weighs a ton. Pretty sure it's made out of cast iron. Frame cost me $50 so not too bad considering almost all the other bits were left overs from me upgrading.
I'd like to buy him a quality steel frame but he is stubborn.
Mates nephew borrowed the bike for a razz round our trails one day, he was well pleased.
And , yeah that shed wall is something to see.
BTW I'm in the market for some decent forks for my BFE. If any of those are looking to be re-housed, but I can see there's a queue forming.
My son(12) is riding a bitsa I built up for him too, Brooklyn frame and hand me down parts. I want to upspec his frame but he loves the Brooklyn, thing weighs a ton. Pretty sure it's made out of cast iron. Frame cost me $50 so not too bad considering almost all the other bits were left overs from me upgrading.
I'd like to buy him a quality steel frame but he is stubborn.
Mates nephew borrowed the bike for a razz round our trails one day, he was well pleased.
And , yeah that shed wall is something to see.
BTW I'm in the market for some decent forks for my BFE. If any of those are looking to be re-housed, but I can see there's a queue forming.
moorey
call me Mia
No, about 175mm sorry.
moorey
call me Mia
cheers, the young fella loved it. Glad it's getting a bit of use until needed.
BMW!!, feck, the lad will have legs of steel.
Theres been some nice sets of revs on here lately. None of mine are really for sale aside from the sektors, which were only bought to try out 27.5, and thought they were lost in post. Bought others, and then they showed up. The rest are currently on loan or pegged for swapping around....but a man has to keep ONE set spare. I'm a bit of a used fork tragic. Sold off 5 sets of lyrics and revs 6 months back, and still regretting it. I have issues.
Back on topic, suggestions for sub 500g tyres with a bit of grip? My lad is happy with his Larson TT, so thinking more of those for this bike when it comes back. Other thoughts in a 1.9-2.1 tyre?
moorey
call me Mia
Not doing tubeless. Got some super light tubes for the smaller tyres, that my lad hasn't managed to puncture, even with low pressure and riding pretty hard. Trying to look up the weights online for various tyres, the are all over the shop.
Think I had the advantage exception series at one stage. Didn't think a lot of them for my tracks, but prolly a good tyre for the daughter. Crossmark are fairly light, aren't they? They'd be fine for her riding. Conti mountain king came with the nickel, they rolled well, and we're pretty light, although that wheel set came tubeless.
Cheers, will look into those.
SummitFever
Eats Squid
Nice build.
For the kids, you can't go wrong with the following tyres:
Really light kids:
- X-King 2.0 Supersonic on the front (419g)
- Rocket Ron 1.9 (368g)
Heavier/bigger kids
- X-King 2.2 Racesport for the front (486g)
- Race King 2.0 Supersonic (426g), Schwalbe Thunder Burt 2.1 (402g)
I've weighed all those tyres myself, so those are actual weights and not manufacturer claimed.
All of these tyres were not readily available in Aust and had to be ordered from the Germans.
For the kids, you can't go wrong with the following tyres:
Really light kids:
- X-King 2.0 Supersonic on the front (419g)
- Rocket Ron 1.9 (368g)
Heavier/bigger kids
- X-King 2.2 Racesport for the front (486g)
- Race King 2.0 Supersonic (426g), Schwalbe Thunder Burt 2.1 (402g)
I've weighed all those tyres myself, so those are actual weights and not manufacturer claimed.
All of these tyres were not readily available in Aust and had to be ordered from the Germans.
moorey
call me Mia
Cool, put the kettle on, I'll just nip over :behindsofa:
I think the 1.9 Larson on my boys bike are around 490g, and they are wire bead.
I've got 40+ tyres in various styles and sizes in the shed, nothing spare is lighter than the 660g(ish) swobbles currently on, currently running fairly heavy tubes. Didn't want to loan the bike out, and have it constantly flatting (the dad can't even change a tyre). 500g tyres and 100g tubes will immediately knock off 500g.
Might even swap over the wheels. If someone has something lighter (doesn't need to be strong), they would consider swapping for archy/dt340 goodness, let me know (qr/qr, btw)
yuley95
soft-arse Yuley is on the lifts again
I'm a big fan of conti x-king as a rear at least and have a race sport version in the shed somewhere. It's 2.2 and you are welcome to try it if you want. In Melbourne though.
I also have an old style mountain king which roll quite well. It is 2.2 protection. Weight would be about 500 or under. Welcome to try that as well.
I also have an old style mountain king which roll quite well. It is 2.2 protection. Weight would be about 500 or under. Welcome to try that as well.
Minlak
custom titis
What weight wheels you want? I got some qr I guess I could weight them
moorey
call me Mia
Gday Pete. Cheers for the offer, really just need some accurate weigh-ins Though.
Reckon I'll have another stab as a super narrow folding cross mark or Larson TT
moorey
call me Mia
Lighter the better. Didn't weigh these, but guessing around 1700-1750 based on hoop arch weight. Already pretty light.
moorey
call me Mia
That seems fugging light. Carbon fugging light :faint:
Minlak
custom titis
Did you want me to weigh them again with spokes / free hub and bearings in ?
moorey
call me Mia
Most indubitably.