Re-build project - maybe?
Mancunianfightingcat
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Just been fettling and dug my old frame out of the garage.
It's an early 1990's Raleigh M-Trax with Reynolds K2 tubing. It was my first proper mountain bike after a Falcon from Halfrauds.
I'm in 2 minds what to do with it, lob it in the tip or make it into a single speed or something intersting. If I do build it back up, I think I'll do it on the cheap with ebay bargains. The only trouble is, it's got no disc mounts. What do you reckon, am I wasting my time?
I nicked the wheels of the wifes bike, just so I could get a feel for the geometry of the bike. It's so much different to my 5.
It's an early 1990's Raleigh M-Trax with Reynolds K2 tubing. It was my first proper mountain bike after a Falcon from Halfrauds.
I'm in 2 minds what to do with it, lob it in the tip or make it into a single speed or something intersting. If I do build it back up, I think I'll do it on the cheap with ebay bargains. The only trouble is, it's got no disc mounts. What do you reckon, am I wasting my time?
I nicked the wheels of the wifes bike, just so I could get a feel for the geometry of the bike. It's so much different to my 5.
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MFC,
Oh, that is begging for a bright paintjob and a good old rigid singlespeed conversion. Perhaps even spice it up with HS33 hydro brakes!0 -
I was thinking of keeping it scruffy. I remember it has 15 layers of paint and when I took it to plod to get it postcoded it was a big job needing 3 coppers to do it. Serves em right, I only took it in cos they'd accused me of nicking it when I had it in the back of my Mini!
Never thought of hydro rim brakes..........goes off to search ebay!0 -
Mancunianfightingcat wrote:Never thought of hydro rim brakes..........goes off to search ebay!
I got mine for my rigid HT commuter on Ebay for £60, an absolute bargain0 -
SS, rigid and slicks."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
Good set of V brakes will be fine unless you plan on really riding it through the gloop. Keep it simple, SS, rigid, Vs.It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result0 -
Looks good. Definitely needs to kept clean and simple. And, where possible, old skool. But as has already been said, single speed, slicks, flat bar - cut down and V's.0
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i'd go for the HS11, far simpler than the 33's and about £80 a pair new.0
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