2001 Rock Lobster 853 new makeover & ride report page 3.
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Maybe if I just use a 26 front ring! Gone for a 38/26 set up on the XT my XTR is 40/28 and harder work!
makster":rbt56qc3 said:wookiee":rbt56qc3 said:makster":rbt56qc3 said:Go 1x10
Not fit enough!
Rubbish.
Try it mate. It'll push you to the point where you'll change all your modern stuff to a single front ring.
It'll save you money too
Maybe if I just use a 26 front ring! Gone for a 38/26 set up on the XT my XTR is 40/28 and harder work!
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Right so managed to find the time to fit all the new bits to the Lobster...I know its modern but I love it! Now to just try the ride out, hoping to go out tonight if it ever cools off a bit!
Oh and I decided that the rim decals were a bit OTT so they have come off too!
Right so managed to find the time to fit all the new bits to the Lobster...I know its modern but I love it! Now to just try the ride out, hoping to go out tonight if it ever cools off a bit!
Oh and I decided that the rim decals were a bit OTT so they have come off too!
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Ok a ride report...went out tonight on my usual 10 mile-ish offroad trails. Didn't break any records but it was a test flight so's to speak! The position still really suits me very similar to my SC which I love...upright enough to be kind to my dodgy back and wrists, without being "sit up and beg"! So there is no change there from the original build...but thats where the similarity ends with its first incarnation and how it stands today. I have to again thank the Shimano gods for delivering what is the best components that can be bolted to a frame*
It just works! Firstly the Deore brakes are excellent every bit as good as my XTR M985 to be honest for a quarter of the cost!* I cannot praise these brakes enough outstanding for £75 front and rear calipers and levers fully bled ready to bolt on! The Shimano + range of rear mechs are superb...I can only vouch for the XT and XTR but the feature is the same across the range and that too works as well as its claim! It makes for a pleasing quiet ride other than that of the ground you are covering...perfect! The shifting is light yet positive and the levers have a bunch of good features. 2 way release, skip down 2 at a time and up 3, then there is the switchable front shifter between 2 and 3 rings*. Everything felt silky and smooth when shifting even under load, (although I have never been a grinder of gears during a change...more offering it up to the chain rings, and waiting for it to catch! Although this is over the top caution on my behalf!)
The next question for me is the gear ratio's. I am used to 40/28 upfront on the SC on the Lobster I have 38/26...could I go singlespeed? Possibly but not with a 38 ring only! I think if I had maybe around a 34 I might be able to do it with the 11-36 rear cassette. But this is still supposed to be the winter mud bike but that may change who knows! In conclusion a really pleasing project that is just close enough to the ride of the SC to be a contender...but I still prefer the 29" wheel!
Doug
* This opinion is solely that of Wookiee not the retro bike site or any of its members!
Ok a ride report...went out tonight on my usual 10 mile-ish offroad trails. Didn't break any records but it was a test flight so's to speak! The position still really suits me very similar to my SC which I love...upright enough to be kind to my dodgy back and wrists, without being "sit up and beg"! So there is no change there from the original build...but thats where the similarity ends with its first incarnation and how it stands today. I have to again thank the Shimano gods for delivering what is the best components that can be bolted to a frame*
It just works! Firstly the Deore brakes are excellent every bit as good as my XTR M985 to be honest for a quarter of the cost!* I cannot praise these brakes enough outstanding for £75 front and rear calipers and levers fully bled ready to bolt on! The Shimano + range of rear mechs are superb...I can only vouch for the XT and XTR but the feature is the same across the range and that too works as well as its claim! It makes for a pleasing quiet ride other than that of the ground you are covering...perfect! The shifting is light yet positive and the levers have a bunch of good features. 2 way release, skip down 2 at a time and up 3, then there is the switchable front shifter between 2 and 3 rings*. Everything felt silky and smooth when shifting even under load, (although I have never been a grinder of gears during a change...more offering it up to the chain rings, and waiting for it to catch! Although this is over the top caution on my behalf!)
The next question for me is the gear ratio's. I am used to 40/28 upfront on the SC on the Lobster I have 38/26...could I go singlespeed? Possibly but not with a 38 ring only! I think if I had maybe around a 34 I might be able to do it with the 11-36 rear cassette. But this is still supposed to be the winter mud bike but that may change who knows! In conclusion a really pleasing project that is just close enough to the ride of the SC to be a contender...but I still prefer the 29" wheel!
Doug
* This opinion is solely that of Wookiee not the retro bike site or any of its members!
