2005 Trek Top Fuel 110 Team Issue - Repair and Restomod
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Frankenorange
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What a brilliant thread with so much info and skills sharing. The bike looks absolutely stunning 
Great job
Great job
Mikey08
Kona Fan
Hi all.
Had a bit of a issue with the tyres not holding air. My wheels aren't tubeless ready but I thought I'd just tape them up up a YOLO it. Dint work
so after abit of research I found a tried and tested method and now all is well. The trick was to use a thicker tape so the tyre was tighter on the rim, 2 layers of electrical tape followed by one wrap of 25mm gorilla tape. Added some fresh sealant and off I went for a shakedown ride. Happy to report I still have air I'm my front tyre. Will have to re-do the rear at some point, allthough its holding up at the moment.
In other news, I got a new fork. I've swapped in my upgraded compression damper and plan to swap the lowers for my newer ones later. For now I think the black stanchions take the aesthetics up a notch
These forks are 120mm travel which I was concerned would upset the geo. But the angle headset allows the longer fork to not slacken out the seat angle too much while adding the benefits of a slacker head angle. Admittedly I haven't riddlen it off road yet but so far the bike feels really good in the handling department. The whole theme here was always to do everything that was feasibly possible to modernise the bike.
Had a bit of a issue with the tyres not holding air. My wheels aren't tubeless ready but I thought I'd just tape them up up a YOLO it. Dint work
so after abit of research I found a tried and tested method and now all is well. The trick was to use a thicker tape so the tyre was tighter on the rim, 2 layers of electrical tape followed by one wrap of 25mm gorilla tape. Added some fresh sealant and off I went for a shakedown ride. Happy to report I still have air I'm my front tyre. Will have to re-do the rear at some point, allthough its holding up at the moment.In other news, I got a new fork. I've swapped in my upgraded compression damper and plan to swap the lowers for my newer ones later. For now I think the black stanchions take the aesthetics up a notch
These forks are 120mm travel which I was concerned would upset the geo. But the angle headset allows the longer fork to not slacken out the seat angle too much while adding the benefits of a slacker head angle. Admittedly I haven't riddlen it off road yet but so far the bike feels really good in the handling department. The whole theme here was always to do everything that was feasibly possible to modernise the bike.
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Mikey08
Kona Fan
I have always thought a set of polished DT350 straight pull hubs would look cool but they dont make them in silver. Id considered buying a pair and polishing them myself. To my surprise someone else had the same idea and I found these on eBay. They also came with custom Silk Graphics decals.
For rims Ive ordered some Stans Crest Mk4. Being 26" means they are hard to find, especially as I needed 28 hole. Found some in Germany on eBay and ordered them so I'll have to pay some VAT when they get here.
For spokes I want something light but not race spec light. I have another thread in the bike chat 98 section. If anyone has any advice for me please post there as this is my first time building wheels!
Cheers
For rims Ive ordered some Stans Crest Mk4. Being 26" means they are hard to find, especially as I needed 28 hole. Found some in Germany on eBay and ordered them so I'll have to pay some VAT when they get here.
For spokes I want something light but not race spec light. I have another thread in the bike chat 98 section. If anyone has any advice for me please post there as this is my first time building wheels!
Cheers
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