Hi everybody, first, my english it's not perfect.
I've racing downhill for the past 15 years, and I have own a lot and different dh bikes and configurations, but when I was a teenager I was dreaming with the Rotec downhill bike, a super long, limousine style rare dh rig, but in those years i couldn't afford a 5k bike ( i was in high school), this bike was preety weird in the late 90's, with a super looong wheelbase and a out of that time headangle, so last year after seeing velomech rotec restoration ( viewtopic.php?f=21&t=187665 ) , that post give me the motivation to buy and old one.
After almost 6 months looking the net for and old rotec frame, I found it. Its in preety good condition, first im going to strip the paint off, cut some cable guides, put another in another position, paint it, anodize it, make a new lower link, new bushing for the shock mount, new bolts, screws, nuts, washers.
New holes to put a rear brake adapter.
for those who don't know , this is the old rotec ;:
I dont have the time to look for old school DH parts, Im from Chile, so if I start buying and waiting for the components to arrive It would take months. So new school components it is.
And, Im going to try to put 27,5 wheels on this thing, the rear clearance its perfect, so I only need an inverted fork, i guess the new manitou dorado.
Tomorrow im going to start working on thie bike, i'll keep updates every week
a few pics (the drawing letters are for remind me the changes hah)
I've racing downhill for the past 15 years, and I have own a lot and different dh bikes and configurations, but when I was a teenager I was dreaming with the Rotec downhill bike, a super long, limousine style rare dh rig, but in those years i couldn't afford a 5k bike ( i was in high school), this bike was preety weird in the late 90's, with a super looong wheelbase and a out of that time headangle, so last year after seeing velomech rotec restoration ( viewtopic.php?f=21&t=187665 ) , that post give me the motivation to buy and old one.
After almost 6 months looking the net for and old rotec frame, I found it. Its in preety good condition, first im going to strip the paint off, cut some cable guides, put another in another position, paint it, anodize it, make a new lower link, new bushing for the shock mount, new bolts, screws, nuts, washers.
New holes to put a rear brake adapter.
for those who don't know , this is the old rotec ;:
I dont have the time to look for old school DH parts, Im from Chile, so if I start buying and waiting for the components to arrive It would take months. So new school components it is.
And, Im going to try to put 27,5 wheels on this thing, the rear clearance its perfect, so I only need an inverted fork, i guess the new manitou dorado.
Tomorrow im going to start working on thie bike, i'll keep updates every week
a few pics (the drawing letters are for remind me the changes hah)
