My 2001 Rock Lobster winter re-fresh. Now finished!
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Thanks guys.
I originally built this up to save my Santa Cruz Superlight from the rigours of a muddy, sandy Purbecks winter.
The idea was to have as few moving parts as possible, for the nasty grit to get into.
Unfortunately, the SC still managed to fail at the pivot bearing so I got rid of it in favour of a 29er hardtail.
I enjoyed the Rock Lobster so much though that I decided to keep it anyway.
It's coming in at 22lbs on my luggage scales Doug, which isn't bad
I originally built this up to save my Santa Cruz Superlight from the rigours of a muddy, sandy Purbecks winter.
The idea was to have as few moving parts as possible, for the nasty grit to get into.
Unfortunately, the SC still managed to fail at the pivot bearing so I got rid of it in favour of a 29er hardtail.
I enjoyed the Rock Lobster so much though that I decided to keep it anyway.
It's coming in at 22lbs on my luggage scales Doug, which isn't bad
Re: My 2001 Rock Lobster winter re-fresh
I believe my 853 is a 2001 and it looks like yours. The serial number is B9910380. This was extremely difficult to read through the (original) paint, but I assume you made a note of your serial number when the frame was stripped?
I don't think that follows, as they continued with V-brake bosses until c2005. My 2004 team tig sl has them.makster":2wm2tcku said:
I believe my 853 is a 2001 and it looks like yours. The serial number is B9910380. This was extremely difficult to read through the (original) paint, but I assume you made a note of your serial number when the frame was stripped?
the word ( inspiring ) springs to mind
well done mark that looks like one fantastic ride and to go with the rigid forks just sets it off from the norm, love the splashback tyres they compliment the build quite well with a nice clean looking theme on the overall build, mines still in the process of removing paint and was to be a slow build over time due to my 97 rl build taking up a large chunk of the budget but i guess thats due to the xt gear :roll: ( shame the xt group is all silver and not black :cry: ) but having seen yours now finished i may have to reconsider the priority and move the 97 on to finish the 853 a bit quicker
well done mark that looks like one fantastic ride and to go with the rigid forks just sets it off from the norm, love the splashback tyres they compliment the build quite well with a nice clean looking theme on the overall build, mines still in the process of removing paint and was to be a slow build over time due to my 97 rl build taking up a large chunk of the budget but i guess thats due to the xt gear :roll: ( shame the xt group is all silver and not black :cry: ) but having seen yours now finished i may have to reconsider the priority and move the 97 on to finish the 853 a bit quicker
