Originally Posted by timo888

Here's a basic 1x10 Change semi-hardtail build in basic black-and-white with a bit of red and gold bling for my wife to take on rails-to-trails paths that her Brompton cannot handle with its skinny tires, a mix of perfectly smooth macadam stretches punctuated by crumbling concrete, loose stone, dirt, gravel, and sandy grass. That's our pumpkin from Hallowe'en 2020 still intact in March 2021. The squirrels didn't devour it this year for reasons unknown to me.

I skimped on the brakes (Shimano Tourney with Origin8 compressionless housing) in order to buy the Cane Creek Thudbuster. But I'll upgrade the brakes eventually probably to TRP Spyke. The 2-finger Spyke levers are on the bike now and they feel really smooth and solid to me. Shimano Zee short-cage mech in the 36T size and Zee 10-speed shifter. Sorry, bike's facing the wrong way. Alivio hubs, nothing special. Origin8 41T narrow-wide chainring and Origin8 160mm cranks and Origin8 mini urban riser handlebars which have a nice place to mount a Go-Pro. Schwalbe Cross tires. Cane Creek Forty tapered headset. I did not install the Hollowtech BB that came with the frame but am using an IRD QB-55 cartridge BB with 103mm spindle width.

That's a Hylix carbon fork, 470mm axle-to-crown, which makes the ride posture more upright, especially when combined with that adjustable stem. I've seen the name Hylix mentioned on boards for 10 years so I figured they've got some staying power, though I could not find any information at all about the manufacturer; they should run courses on how to remain anonymous on the internet, but I guess then they'd no longer be anonymous.

DT Swiss 27.5 (584x22.5) rims and Champion 2mm spokes. The DT Swiss spoke calculator is now my go-to calculator! Spoke lengths were perfect, and I took the tension to the DT recommended max and the wheels came out perfectly dished.

The frame came with two internal-routing inserts that had a cable-stop option and two that did not. The shifter cable is bare through the downtube and the rear brake cable is in housing.

The folded Change MTB takes up much less room in the trunk than the Xootr, which likes to sprawl out and claim all the floor-space to itself.