Mountain Biking - ToP Complete - at least ghetto style anyways

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Maelstrom
10-27-04, 02:12 PM
I call it ghetto because it isn't true SS yet. This way I get to play with gearing until I can find out what I like. I also need to know if I want the hadley for my djer/urban or save it for later. Anyways pics

math2p14
10-27-04, 03:06 PM
Congrats bro, very nice looking and not at all ghetto...

damn i envy the sunny pics
Maelstrom
10-27-04, 03:07 PM
The sun has only been here a couple of days...otherwise rain and gloom

Dannihilator
10-27-04, 03:37 PM
Nice.
DjRider04
10-27-04, 04:11 PM
whoa......im not gunna comment.
Maelstrom
10-27-04, 07:02 PM
whoa......im not gunna comment.

Seatpost too high for ya ;)

Anyways first ride report...AWESOME. finally a small bike that fits an adult. Long tt and short seat tube. This bike was so good for djing. I was nailing the jumps I could never hit well (casing them)...anyways I am stoked...this was a fun first bike I built from the ground up.I think I found my gearing too.
DjRider04
10-27-04, 07:08 PM
It just looks funny cause the seatpost is longer than the chainstays :D
Maelstrom
10-27-04, 07:10 PM
YEah...I have a short seatpost...for djing..thats just bent and can't go any further. For djing I use the baby post...for riding trails etc...thats my post...I still can't get full leg extension...

BTW...kudos to all sspeeders...what a workout...I could ride most things but way more workout...I definately plan to keep this ss...
Maelstrom
10-27-04, 07:11 PM
Hahaha..it is longer than the seatstays hahahaha
DjRider04
10-27-04, 07:13 PM
Get a Thompson boy, and never look back :D
Maelstrom
10-27-04, 07:14 PM
30.0 I can't find them up here. I would have bought one for my Roast ages ago. I have used one on my bighit for a year...first seatpost EVER to not bend under my fat unsmooth riding butt :D I love thomson...
DjRider04
10-27-04, 07:16 PM
Yeah, ive had some bad falls with this one, and it just leaves scratches on my seat. You'd think getting caught by tape at 20+mph, flipped, and smashed onto a bunch of large boulders might scrape it up a bit?
Maelstrom
10-27-04, 07:48 PM
A little dirty :) Just the way I like her.
hooligan
10-28-04, 06:10 AM
Cheating on your gf/wife eh?
Maelstrom
10-28-04, 09:39 AM
Not cheating if you aren't married ;)
jeff williams
10-28-04, 09:45 AM
Cute bike, can't say I'm too thrilled with the front Der.

You still need TWO chainrings? :rolleyes:
Maelstrom
10-28-04, 09:47 AM
Nope...I don't have a spare chainguide, so I am using a middle deraileur to hold the chain in place. Notice no cables or shifters...;)

Told ya it was ghetto.
jeff williams
10-28-04, 10:42 AM
O.k...should have noticed.
What do you think of the Truvativ Hussefelt box guide?
http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=338&category=56

Or do you have a tried\true dual guide\tensioner that you can recommend?

I'm gonna get one of these I think.

http://www.243racing.com/page155.htm

Hey, and you might know- who makes the inverted suspension forks?
Maelstrom
10-28-04, 10:51 AM
Nice frame. That was one I was considering but I got this cheap. What I can tell you about 243 is it is STRONG. My buddy rode it full time in whistler. Put in almot 50 days up the mountain on that bike. Broke a set of profiles before the frame ;)

I love evil. Light, strong, the bashgaurd is amazing and the system holds up well. The box guide is ok. My cousin uses it and it makes a tonne of noise from that top portion. It seems finicky at first but you can make it so it only make noise in the 9th and 1st gears. (when chain line is most extreme)

Manitou has one. Mazocchi used to make a sc version but I am not sure if it is still available. Avalanch makes one. Past that, it will be all 3rd teir companies...and usually heavy price tags.
jeff williams
10-28-04, 11:06 AM
Thanks for the info.

http://www.avalanchedownhillracing.com/mtn10.html $3695??? Oh ****!

Will check out the Evil tensioner\ guide.
Maelstrom
10-28-04, 11:09 AM
Yeah inverted forks are nutty pricing. For the bike you are looking you might be best to look for an 02 or 03 Marzocchi Shiver.
-Stretch-
10-29-04, 11:53 AM
Not cheating if you aren't married ;)

hahahaha funniest thing ive heard for a while....by the way that bike looks nice...except by the looks of it, if i sat on it my feet wouldnt reach the pedals...
Maelstrom
10-29-04, 11:55 AM
At the top of the seat at its highest is 38"...and I can stand on with my feet flat :)..very very short bike :)
jeff_a
12-07-04, 03:30 PM
What pedals are those?
Maelstrom
12-07-04, 03:33 PM
Azonic something or others.
MadMan2k
12-07-04, 05:23 PM
Did you get it non-ghetto yet?

Cool looking frame, I like those. How much was the total cost?
Maelstrom
12-07-04, 05:28 PM
Well I got the frame free...

I was debating what to do. But now am building a surly hub onto a 36 hole rim and keeping the hadley for dh. Total build will be 400$ after the wheel (cdn)
MadMan2k
12-07-04, 05:33 PM
Well I got the frame free...

I was debating what to do. But now am building a surly hub onto a 36 hole rim and keeping the hadley for dh. Total build will be 400$ after the wheel (cdn)


:eek:
free... error, word not in database...
:o
incipit
12-07-04, 05:36 PM
Man Mael, That's a hot ride. Me Likes!
Maelstrom
12-07-04, 05:44 PM
Free - bought 1200 dc fork for dh bike. Happened to be cheap enough where the frame came with same price
dj2 - free in a trade

I try to spend very little on my bike

Thanx incipit :)