99 Specialized Ground Control build

[Dangermouse]

Nice bike, love that blue.............but why does it have rear disk and V brake at the rear???? or am I seeing things

 

[Khane]

Nice bike, love that blue.............but why does it have rear disk and V brake at the rear???? or am I seeing things

picked them up from the shop that built them literally an hour or so before the pic was taken and wanted to see how well they were built, but didn't have any other bike to try them on at the time lol.

also didnt have the correct tool to take the disc off at the time

i do now however have a specialized shark fin so this will be going back to discs

 

[bigmick]

heres a pic of rear end won the seat stay for £10.55 on ebay

 

[Khane]

how big is that rear disc ? it looks tiny.

 

[bigmick]

140mm had 160 but was hitting the bolt

 

[Khane]

140mm had 160 but was hitting the bolt

i had the same issue with mine when the original pics of mine was taken.
ended up just filing the bolt flat. (still has enough of the hex left to aid in bolt removal though)

 

[bigmick]

yeah i will do that at some point just happened i had a 140mm rotor and adaptor in my box

 

[Dangermouse]

I had the same problem with the bolt but local Bapp store had a flat allen one in stock so 40p later........haha

 

[bigmick]

I had the same problem with the bolt but local Bapp store had a flat allen one in stock so 40p later........haha

you still have a shitty a2z adaptor though

whos laughing now

me with my 10 quid 2001 enduro seat stay or you with yer hope it holds out a2z adaptor

he he

 

[Khane]

yeah 98 model but i used 2001 seat stay which had bearings installed and betd link
so used top hats from my 2001 s-works and it fits perfect

edit his is a 99 as his decals are stickers and not painted on like mines

the square style is early big hit max backbone

just been checking on bikepedia '99 was a very odd year for the GC FSR.

the Elite & Pro both had the square tubing.
however the Standard & Comp & Expert all had the older rounded tubing.

very odd as the lineage of the '99 setup goes.

FSR (round)
FSR Comp (round)
FSR Elite (square)
FSR Expert (round)
FSR Pro (square)

at least this is what i can deduce from the rather poor pics on bikepedia.


alos appologies for hijacking your build thread i just really like my FSR