My MTB project
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:41 pm
Ok,
So here is the storry of this bike. I was visiting my sister in Sydney while on holidays. My little niece say's to me "Uncle Beana, uncle Beana.... theres bikes in the creek" so we go over and investigate. Sure enough there are two bikes half sticking out of the water. I return with a makeshift hook and catch me a few bikes.
Well the first bike was a GT ladies mountain bike, but it was totally cactus, frame rusted and bent, wheels smashed, so that went in the bin. The second bike was a blue GT PALOMAR. most of the bike was in tact, I stripped it as well as I could with no specific bike tools and took it back with me to Puckapunyal, it followed me up to Darwin where is sat in the shed and was passed over at many a garage sale. and now I have moved back to Sydney I unpacked it and decided to either sell it or build it....... well nobody has bought it so the build goes on. I dont want to blow a huge amaount of $$ on it. I got some tioga rims off ebay about a year and a half ago, and finally built the up with some formula hubs. the gear levers I got for free in the members market place. I bought some new grips, and I am cleaning up the original brake lever bodies which I'll re use. I think I'll go with some cantilever brakes ??? (dont know if thats better then the Vbrake system) the last few things I am looking out for are some nice cranks and derailleurs, and some big fat 2.5 tyres. It should look pretty mean when its done.
I'm not a big mountain bike rider, but they are fun. Any advice from the MTB guru's??
Ben
So here is the storry of this bike. I was visiting my sister in Sydney while on holidays. My little niece say's to me "Uncle Beana, uncle Beana.... theres bikes in the creek" so we go over and investigate. Sure enough there are two bikes half sticking out of the water. I return with a makeshift hook and catch me a few bikes.
Well the first bike was a GT ladies mountain bike, but it was totally cactus, frame rusted and bent, wheels smashed, so that went in the bin. The second bike was a blue GT PALOMAR. most of the bike was in tact, I stripped it as well as I could with no specific bike tools and took it back with me to Puckapunyal, it followed me up to Darwin where is sat in the shed and was passed over at many a garage sale. and now I have moved back to Sydney I unpacked it and decided to either sell it or build it....... well nobody has bought it so the build goes on. I dont want to blow a huge amaount of $$ on it. I got some tioga rims off ebay about a year and a half ago, and finally built the up with some formula hubs. the gear levers I got for free in the members market place. I bought some new grips, and I am cleaning up the original brake lever bodies which I'll re use. I think I'll go with some cantilever brakes ??? (dont know if thats better then the Vbrake system) the last few things I am looking out for are some nice cranks and derailleurs, and some big fat 2.5 tyres. It should look pretty mean when its done.
I'm not a big mountain bike rider, but they are fun. Any advice from the MTB guru's??
Ben