Gt Chucker 1.0 wheel upgrade

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,667
edited January 2013 in Your mountain bikes
Well took the boy out today for a ride as his Haro freestyle bmx was gathering dust over the winter period,
Ended up down my Lbs for a brew and a chat, my son was browsing the display cabinets 10 mins later he was outside testing the above.

So ended up chopping in the Haro.
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Took the reflectors off and I check over all good and a happy son,
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Quick weigh tad over 33lbs,
    I will see how he gets on with it, might bang sum bling on as well, could do with sum fox up front.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    After sum geometry Info what's the max travel these can take.
  • leaflite
    leaflite Posts: 1,651
    its a dirt jump bike so 100mm is probably all that is required
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    leaflite wrote:
    its a dirt jump bike so 100mm is probably all that is required

    Cheers my son. Loves it at the mo, wheels are getting changed tomoz.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Well changed the wheels over yesterday to some half decent,

    Weighed in at over 33lbs to start with, changed wheels tyres and rotors,
    Now weighing 30.60lbs

    Wheels Dt swiss 370 hubs on mavic 317 rims
    Standard Qr's
    Standard tubes
    Tyres Racing Ralph's performance type
    Rotors Hope floating with ti bolts
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  • 70\ʹspenguin
    70\ʹspenguin Posts: 957
    Lucky lad! Hope he loves it.
  • EH_Rob
    EH_Rob Posts: 1,134
    Lucky lad.

    How long do you think it'll be before he has the same disease as you? ;)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    70\'sPenguin wrote:
    Lucky lad! Hope he loves it.

    Defo those funds could off been transferred to mine :lol:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    EH_Rob wrote:
    Lucky lad.

    How long do you think it'll be before he has the same disease as you? ;)

    As long as he stays interested then I will upgrade, nice set of white Fox F100 would look nice,
    He has to wait though mine priority. :mrgreen:
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    The Chuckers are a nice little bike, I bought one as a donor bike for when I built my wifes and must say it was a decent ride and I was sorry I had to break it.

    That one was a bit older but I recall the bars and stem weighed almost as much as an Orange 5 frame, so worth checking the weights of those (as you seem to have plenty of bits laying around!), saddle wasn't much better. QR seatpost clamp is one of the lightest I've come across and went on my Weight Weenie Kraken for a while, seatpost is a kalloy from memory so you can get lighter but it's not bad.
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The Beginner wrote:
    The Chuckers are a nice little bike, I bought one as a donor bike for when I built my wifes and must say it was a decent ride and I was sorry I had to break it.

    That one was a bit older but I recall the bars and stem weighed almost as much as an Orange 5 frame, so worth checking the weights of those (as you seem to have plenty of bits laying around!), saddle wasn't much better. QR seatpost clamp is one of the lightest I've come across and went on my Weight Weenie Kraken for a while, seatpost is a kalloy from memory so you can get lighter but it's not bad.

    Tbh buddy,
    Was quite impressed on the wkend after a changed the wheels over, for wot it is it rides quite nice.
    Although its got the heaviest parts fitted,
    It's on the 30 lb mark at the min not going over boarded on spec and parts as he is 12 and addicted to Ps3 soon to be slowly weened of.
    But looking into finishing kit to save a few grams, saddle is fairly light fitted a SDG bel air ti to save a few grams.
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Have had a Chucker since about 2007 it has seen a lot of action in different disguises as a commuter bike, DJ/DH-lite and winter hack. At one point it had some 130mm Toras and a 400mm seatpost so I could use it for trail biking it worked fine & saw me through the winters of 09-10 and 10-11 without a single problem.
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    Its last incarnation was back to its roots
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    Sadly gone to a new owner now but I really liked it
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Gold clamp implies a steel frame there?
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    .blitz wrote:
    Have had a Chucker since about 2007 it has seen a lot of action in different disguises as a commuter bike, DJ/DH-lite and winter hack. At one point it had some 130mm Toras and a 400mm seatpost so I could use it for trail biking it worked fine & saw me through the winters of 09-10 and 10-11 without a single problem.
    p1010980p.jpg

    Its last incarnation was back to its roots
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    Sadly gone to a new owner now but I really liked it

    Nice CHUCKER, I rekon the frame can take some right abuse going of the welds they are chunky.

    How was the geometry with the Tora's fitted, I've done some searching over the Chucker there quite a decent frame tbh, seen loads on pink bike in various forms . As for the firks fitted at present they are wank, need changing soon as
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    I have some Recon gold solo air 100mm's in the classified section, ideal for an XC biased Chucker......

    If yours has the XCR's they aren't too bad, a good service and decent grease on the bushings goes a long way (even on new ones)
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    The Beginner wrote:
    Gold clamp implies a steel frame there?
    Very definitely aluminium, probably made out of recycled saucepans :)

    I once stripped it down to just the frame + headset & bb and although I didn't weigh it, it felt as about as heavy as our cat who is not far short of a stone so I wouldn't be surprised if the frame alone is into double figures.
    raceface gt wrote:
    Nice CHUCKER, I rekon the frame can take some right abuse going of the welds they are chunky.
    Yes anything with two top tubes is going to be hard to break :)
    raceface gt wrote:
    How was the geometry with the Tora's fitted
    It was OK really. The bb was on the high side and it didn't make the climbs any easier (the seat tube is slack enough as it is) but on the level and downhill it was OK it felt more like a trailbike. But 100mm forks are ideal - The Beginner's Recons would be pretty much perfect imo. IIRC the RSTs on mine were 7.5 lbs :lol:

    It will be interesting to see how light you can get it :wink:

    Edit: there's another one here: viewtopic.php?p=15993820
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    .blitz wrote:
    The Beginner wrote:
    Gold clamp implies a steel frame there?
    Very definitely aluminium, probably made out of recycled saucepans :)
    OK, it's just the 2 chuckers I've seen with gold clamps were both steel......the steel frame is actually reasonably light....
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The Beginner wrote:
    I have some Recon gold solo air 100mm's in the classified section, ideal for an XC biased Chucker......

    If yours has the XCR's they aren't too bad, a good service and decent grease on the bushings goes a long way (even on new ones)

    Seen your forks would be ideal, however, ive seen the final parts I'm after for the Epic, so need to have a think.

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