Help save an abandoned rockhopper!
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here's my build thread.....it was fun...but i only rode it to the shops. now it lives in the shed!! :cry:
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Captain Stupido
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davemev":31wj09ag said:
Really kind of you but I have some tyres here.
Thanks for all the interest and advice. As I said I will post progress but life being what it is it's likely to be slow!
I have some spesh skinwalls.pair of.
Condition is not too bad but theres a bit of the skin threads wearing through, due i think to the bike being sat on flat tyres for many years in a dampish shed/cellar :?
They cleaned up well and i think if you patch behind that section they'd be no problem to use.
I havent been in my tyre cupboard for a bit and cant remember exactly if theyre rockhopper or hardrock.
Now i think on it they might be hardrock :?
Condition is not too bad but theres a bit of the skin threads wearing through, due i think to the bike being sat on flat tyres for many years in a dampish shed/cellar :?
They cleaned up well and i think if you patch behind that section they'd be no problem to use.
I havent been in my tyre cupboard for a bit and cant remember exactly if theyre rockhopper or hardrock.
Now i think on it they might be hardrock :?
Captain Stupido
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OK, I said progress would be slow, but I've finally started the build. Plan is for a go anywhere / do everything bike, going for drop bars with new Sunrace 9 speed bar end shifters, Tektro v-brake specific levers. I've got all the bits I think apart from front mech (anyone got anything?) and possibly pedals. I''ll probably need a new stem at some point, too (probably a bit long and low for my build, and the bike's intended use), might even opt for some new forks as the ones fitted are cheap, heavy aftermarket jobs.
Loving the stance. Looks meaner in the flesh.
OK, I said progress would be slow, but I've finally started the build. Plan is for a go anywhere / do everything bike, going for drop bars with new Sunrace 9 speed bar end shifters, Tektro v-brake specific levers. I've got all the bits I think apart from front mech (anyone got anything?) and possibly pedals. I''ll probably need a new stem at some point, too (probably a bit long and low for my build, and the bike's intended use), might even opt for some new forks as the ones fitted are cheap, heavy aftermarket jobs.
Loving the stance. Looks meaner in the flesh.
michael franks
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Really like this - it's a bit different. Nice Brooks saddle too. Looking forward to developements
Really like this - it's a bit different. Nice Brooks saddle too. Looking forward to developements
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