Benny Storer
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Still on a high from the Single Speed Worlds? I am. Rode my little Cotic today..
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Still on a high from the Single Speed Worlds? I am. Rode my little Cotic today..
Benny Storer
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Taking the Cotic Simple down the new Jurassic Track
discofrank
Likes Dirt
And after some issues it is done!
taken 1 2014 giant talon 2, removed the shifters, derailleurs, front 2 big rings
added 1 tensioner, 1 x 16t rear cog and a 24t front and BAM!
things i learnt ( new to doing any mech work on a bike )
dont tighten up the cranks on the new BB... they dont turn!
you really need to tighten up the hub to stop it wobbling around! ( i added some more grease to the bearings, lost a ball bearing a few times! )
a rear derailleur is a shit tensioner if you cant add a barrel adjuster to it , as i could never get the chainline right with it
impressions so far SILENT!!!!! so so silent, i really need a new front fork ( how the hell i rode this thing on the kala trails at any speed i have no idea!
need to get a setback seat post as i feel to far forward on the bike ( i doubt a shorter stem will help )
and i like it! going to be a challenge for me, but looking forward to it
taken 1 2014 giant talon 2, removed the shifters, derailleurs, front 2 big rings
added 1 tensioner, 1 x 16t rear cog and a 24t front and BAM!
things i learnt ( new to doing any mech work on a bike )
dont tighten up the cranks on the new BB... they dont turn!
you really need to tighten up the hub to stop it wobbling around! ( i added some more grease to the bearings, lost a ball bearing a few times! )
a rear derailleur is a shit tensioner if you cant add a barrel adjuster to it , as i could never get the chainline right with it
impressions so far SILENT!!!!! so so silent, i really need a new front fork ( how the hell i rode this thing on the kala trails at any speed i have no idea!
need to get a setback seat post as i feel to far forward on the bike ( i doubt a shorter stem will help )
and i like it! going to be a challenge for me, but looking forward to it
Is that white brother forks you are running? What do you think of them over suspension?
Benny Storer
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White Brother Rock Solids, ah think they're the 425s.. Love the forks. Rigid? I like it BUT I went to Derby for a weekend and bombed Atlas on the second day with 120km already in my wrists.. ....and next thing you know I bought a set of old 80mm Fox Terralogics for the rockiest of long days.
The new units are pretty nice, all are going to be rigid at that price. Definitely a good platform to start out. Nothing else that I know of complete in that price bracket, or that easy to get a hold of. I think the giant xtc this year is SS compatible, but above your price.
26 inch bmx bikes are in your price range. All you have to do to them. Is change the gearing, & throw the brakes in the bin ( they don't work anyway) & you are good to go.
JTmofo
XC Enthusiast
You are special....
???? Confused. You can get a GT for $650 nothing really to brake on it & it's going to ride rings around a single speed MTB.
JTmofo
XC Enthusiast
OP has posted in the XC forum looking for a single speed MTB.
I can't imagine that a BMX is going to ride rings around any single speed mtb for XC purposes.....
Just because you can get one for $650 doesn't mean it's anything near what the OP wants....
Second hand would be the best bet or find a hardtail and put an external tensioner on it. Where are you located and what size?
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I am in Adelaide, and 193 cm, I ride a lage Comic Solaris
hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
It's ok - pop into the bathroom & put some Dettol on it.
Plankosaurus
Spongeplank Dalepantski
So i quit SS a couple of years ago after knee surgery, and was doing great with gears and not missing having to stomp on the pedals to get up a hill at all. i broke my DS frame though and bought a cheap hardtail frame to replace it with and then just got wondering about SS again since i was back on a hardtail. dug out the old 20t cog, found a cheap tensioner and wallah, back on SS again!
what the hell was i thinking, this is HARD :der:
got a great time up the comm games climb at lysterfield, but pretty sure i was this close -><- to breathing my lungs out of my chest.
committing to it now, just going to have to pray for another knee injury to get me back off it again
what the hell was i thinking, this is HARD :der:
got a great time up the comm games climb at lysterfield, but pretty sure i was this close -><- to breathing my lungs out of my chest.
committing to it now, just going to have to pray for another knee injury to get me back off it again