who needs paint anyway. (updated with pics)

Apologies for this not being a mountain bike. After some nice person stole my giant escape m2 I had to get a replacement for as cheap as possible. Got this giant escape m0 off eBay for £123

as you can see, it looks a bitcrap.
Few hours graft later

Converted to 1x9
BBG bashguard + deda dog fang with an added bit of metal.
Use maxxis detonators and rigid fork in winter.
and maxxis Ignitors and a tora in the summer.
avid juicyy 3's
deore 9spd shifter and derailleur
Sram gears
originally bought the M2 on the back of this Escape M2 review
commuter


mtb mike

pity they dont stay like that!!

vinyl wrapped lowers

resurrected for ... forget that, i'm an idiot!!

as you can see, it looks a bitcrap.
Few hours graft later

Converted to 1x9
BBG bashguard + deda dog fang with an added bit of metal.
Use maxxis detonators and rigid fork in winter.
and maxxis Ignitors and a tora in the summer.
avid juicyy 3's
deore 9spd shifter and derailleur
Sram gears
originally bought the M2 on the back of this Escape M2 review
commuter

mtb mike

pity they dont stay like that!!
vinyl wrapped lowers

resurrected for ... forget that, i'm an idiot!!
my stripped and polished push-iron http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12754286
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Now for sale Fatty
Did it all at night outside so the finish could be improved in places. That's a summer job!!
Not spending loads on it. Not after having shed broke into. However I think a carbon. Bar, stem and seatpost would set it off along with black spokes. Hmmm.
Shiny fork
1x9
Polished cassette
From the rear
Now for sale Fatty
Glad to be back riding again. Was well gutted when my bike got nicked.
just bought this off ebay.
Want to start riding offroad again when ground dries up a bit (late march
In the mean time - i think ill get rid of that blue paint (please dont be powder coat!!)
quick test shows the fork is NOT paint stripper proof - thank god.
get to work paint stripper - this iis going to be a doddle compared to the frame
stripped and ready to be sanded
FYI 'Premier paint stripper' from jacksons building centres does in 10 minutes what 'nitromors' does in an hour - unfortunately i ran out of the good stuff and had to use nitromors.
Looks like this sanding job is going to be a bigger job than i thought- there are some quite obvious casting marks in the fork that will need sanding out and you can see that the fork lowers are made up from two halfs welded together about halfway up.
Ne way, fell asleep on settee - only to be woken at 2.45am by same woman. She's obviously pee'd off that she cant score so decides to tell me that its the censored next door whos took me bike. shes given me her name and address and the name and address of the person who now has the bike. tried sleeping - cant wound up so i phoned police (NOT 999) felt incedibly guilty for bothering them in middle of night but they did say they would go round early doors today.
had to let off some steam - i'm livid
just need to finish off with some ultra fine red compound now and then a final finish with the belgom alu.
went out this morning with my newly fitted rockshox 318 solo air. felt fantastic ( apart from the temperature!!)
B'Twin Triban 5
hope you get your old bike back
magnesium just doesnt hold its shine like aluminium does - they turn white.
looks like they'll be getting a repolish with belgom alu every couple of weeks.[/quote]
gave it a bit of a clean, added chain stay protector, swapped pedals for shimano m520's
greased headset, removed spoke reflectors and the random plastic thing that sits behind the cassette.
todo:
remove deda dog fang and fit an inner bash (chain ring sandwich)
may need to replace bottom bracket
Used a similar process to strip the Trek 8000 frame and superlight Manitou Mars C forks. Other features include cyclo cross chainset running a single 36t chainring, BBB fibrelite carbon bar.
Nothing else exotic or pricey just light and some 2nd hand: XT mech & cassette, LX V's & hubs, Deore shifter.
Weighs just over 21lb and flies.
Boardman CX Team
Trek 8000
Sirrus framed 'special'
Prev: Avanti Corsa, Routens, MBK TT, homemade TT bike, Trek 990, Vitus 979 x 2, Peugeot Roubaix & er..Raleigh Arena!
looking good btw, and looks like its been hard work :P
2010 Boardman Pro HT, still going strong!
NEW:
Giant Yukon Build- FINISHED
got rid of the deda dog fang plus random metal bracket.
fitted bashguard on inside to create a chain ring sandwich.
just tested on a 17 mile run - works brilliantly.
loving the 1x9.