Recent content by Dogboy

I’m rebuilding marathons right now with parts from RWC. I’ll let you know how it goes. Their shock pump adapter works great.

hard to find the 29er forks for rim brakes. No discs ever on this bike! I also have an old set of white brothers BW .8 29er forks for it, but their rebuild process is a little more daunting. Some day I want to make a custom steel frame rim brake 29er and fabricate some...

No progress on painting. I’ve been riding it too much to be motivated to take it all apart and bring it down to the powder coat shop. In the mean time, I’ve built a 2010’s alu road bike, a bike for my girlfriend, and a new full sus xc bike. But I picked up these 29er forks to rebuild for the...

Tire clearance is around 7-8mm in the chain stays. It’s been fine except for one very muddy winter ride through clay and dead grass haha

I found this 2000 rockhopper frame in a free pile. It’s in poor cosmetic shape, plenty of scratches, no cracks or anything serious. I have been wanting to build a Mtb up for my girlfriend for a while. Of course it’s going to be a retro rider cobbled together of cool old parts. I had a ‘92 trek...

Biggest I can fit on those is usually a 34t rear cog, the 36t 10sp cogs rub badly for me. I run a 44-32-22x11-34 on my 29er. The first iteration on the build had a short cage Xtr rear derailleur. Not enough chain length in big chainring ring/larger cogs, and slack chain in small chainring/mid...

who needs a color scheme

From a ride the other day.. I’m feeling ready to get the stealth black scheme going..

Just finding this thread. Alterations to the 29er are impeccable. A sprightly steel front end on a 29er, as low as you can get it, can’t be beat. My favorite xc tool. Love the ti post on the cross bike as well. Your bikes have a lot of style.

I built it up raw and took it for some spins. It climbs great! When the big 29er wheels get rolling the miles fly by underneath. Blue cables, red grips, green cranks? A bit crazy but somehow I like the way it looks. Stealth build can come later. I haven’t had triple chainrings in a while—I’ve...

Alright, kinda mocked up here

Thanks for the advice, ive always loved the stealth black look. Decals arrived this morning from bikedecalreplace.com. Here are some more parts I’ve got. I’ve got some crazy green turbines, or could just nab the black ones off my rockhopper. I just chased the bottom bracket threads, might build...

I believe it was the first mass produced 29er

I want to see more, wow