1993 trek 9000 nearly finished !!!!

[rojo]

Looking good that, some of those bits on it look very nice

 

[FluffyChicken]

I like the fact the seatpost is longer than the forks and you have bars that'll cause problems going down a tenfoot.

The grey tyres and matching yellow cables work well.
I'm also a sucker for Araya rims



Can a more modern rear shock be fitted to these ?

 

[chrisv40]

Looking fantastic Chris

Regretting selling it now I've seen it built up so nicely

Whens the proper test ride then? You arent considering what I think youre considering are you

 

[longun]

indeedy doody chris

cheers for the coments,the bars are only 1"1/2 longer than normal and the cable outers are actually green,same as the rear end.looks loads better in the metal

me n dave have sussed the rear shock out,new meets old tricks

 

[chrisv40]

What have you done to the shock then?

 

[longun]

nothing yt but weve come up with a clever way to disgiuse a modern shock with oldskool tricks,hopefully when ive a spare few quid in paypal im on it.also need to sort some suspensiontrack stickers

 

[chrisv40]

Be careful which shock you buy, the air shock I bought for it couldnt cope with the load the frame design generates despite 300 psi in it.

A very strong coil over might be ok.

 

[longun]

thats what im planning

i had the rear elastomer bouncing today,felt strange but cool

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

One of these is still the only full susser I have ever tried. Have things moved on? Surely Mint wasn't wrong was he? I remember the round rings feeling biopace.

Your bike is the subject of my 2000th post!

 

[chrisv40]

Have you tried it off road yet?