Recent content by rentedmule

The bolt through the leg would not be the failure point I'd worry about. I was holding a mint set of carbon crosslinks years ago and snapped a leg in half when I applied what seemed like very little force. After that, and observing their propensity to eject riders over the bars, I've stayed away...

That is drool-worthy - congrats! A DeKerf was always on my bucket list. I finished my Impact build recently and just looking at those seat stays makes me all gooey inside.

Wow - great find!

Your collection is mint! I'd love an Uzzi (and gen 1 Tazer) to round out my collection. My Tracer came with a Uzzi link and coil shock that the PO bought directly from Jeff Steber at Sea Otter back in the day. I preferred the lighter OE setup, but the Uzzi link bolts right up to the Tracer.

Cool, thanks! I was initially a bit disappointed / confused about the lack of horizontal dropouts and shock mount options, but this explains it. I paid more than an order of magnitude less for my frame! It's also cool that I just happened to have a set of Hope 4 piston brakes to match this spec...

The front triangle looks much earlier than an '01 to me. My serial number decodes to an '00 and the shape of the indentations on the frame are different and there's one on the seat mast that isn't present on yours or the black frame: 20240323_153753 by Rented Mule, on Flickr Mine also lacks...

That's a good looking bike! I forgot these existed. I wonder if they inspired the design of the Mountain Cycle Moho?

I use the Crank Bros Speedier lever. It's decent, but your hand will be sore after you're done. I also picked up a pair of cheap plastic ratcheting clamp pliers to pinch the tire on the opposite side of the rim from where I'm working the lever - it stops the bead from coming off on that end as...

I have 4 sets of Mavic UST wheels, a few different versions of Crossmax, a Crossride, and a DeeMax, and I run them all with a standard tube/tire combo. The only pain is mounting tires - buy a lever specifically designed for mounting tubeless and it'll be fine.

I think I have the shock bolts sorted now, but I may get back to you on that. That picture is amazing! The bass boat themed metal flake job in the lower right is what I need!

That looks good - I haven't seen repro decals like those before though. Mine has the flaming logo headtube badge too, which I love.

It would look sweet if it worked! Do it!!!

I hope no one says 'wishbone seat stays'.

I'm just not a fan of the aesthetics of E-stay frames. It's similar to the reason I can't bring myself to love the mint Klein Adept I paid a pittance for - every time I look at it, all I see is a too-vertical seat tube.

The full sus hate is shocking...