Another Hardtail WIP

VWsurfbum

been hunting around for a winter project / hack bike, was trying to get a 29er but was having no luck unless i bought a complete bike and i didnt know if i was going to like it?
managed to find this and won it for a whole £21

its not the lightest of frames but it looks nice, its got flip paint which changes from green/blue/purple.
been getting some great bargains off fleabay and started building it up today.

the bontrager wheels, tyres and tubes with shimano hubs, cost me a whole £25
the forks are really old things ive had in my shed for decades, been looking for some cheap ones but not sure what travel to get.

managed to get a single ring crank but when i put it on it was toucing the rear triangle, it was cheap but i didnt think it would be that crap that it wouldnt even fit!

i won some shimano centre lock 160mm discs for 99p, some mech avid brake levers for £9.99 and the calipers to match were snatched from underneath me? i had the winning bid at the end of the auction then went to pay to find out that someones else managed to outbid me after it finished?
so now hunting for some mech brake calipers!

things left are seatpost, crank, headset. and probably other things but i love building new things.

thanks for reading.

jpstar

I cant believe how cheap that is!
Looks alright, I reckon the paint must be awesome to see change.

VWsurfbum

this is going to be a very cheap build, as its xmas and i have very expensive bike already which i dont really like getting too muddy.

Kiblams

You can get some pretty cheap stuff, I got my rear BB5 brake for £9 off eBay last week, loving the cheap build. I have been working on a very tight budget but yours looks like it is coming in cheaper than mine

Keep us informed

VWsurfbum

the forks are gonna be the hard part and seatpost i think its a 30.9 but i only had a ruler. my mate has some verniers.
i'm still confused about the cranks, it looks like it should fit but the offset is wrong

trying to get some good pics of the paint changing colour?

stevet1992

VWSurfbum wrote:

the forks are gonna be the hard part and seatpost i think its a 30.9 but i only had a ruler. my mate has some verniers.
i'm still confused about the cranks, it looks like it should fit but the offset is wrong

trying to get some good pics of the paint changing colour?

Im guessing you havent got the right BB/amount of spacers which is effecting the chain line and not bringing the crank out enough ?

VWsurfbum

the BB wasnt just a little bit out its was way out?
I got my eye on some other crank arms, if i can get them at a reasonable price it would be nice.

VWsurfbum

ok update, the 99p discs have been fitted, there almost brand new.

I won a set a single ring cranks which were NOS Truavtive for £20.00, they look pretty nice i think?

then the only set of pedals i had spare, if anyone has some old egg beaters or decent flats they want to swap for these?

i put on an old stem off of an old scott i had, looks far too long at the moment but wont know until i get the seatpost in there and can actually feel what it feels like.

there's a few things i still need and will b e scouring the classifieds and ebay.

cassette 9sp shifter calipers poss a chain tennsioner?

i think thats it?