Tonight the missus has 'Drink Club', sorry 'Book Club', round at ours, so as soon as the kids are asleep i'll get back out to the workshop to get the back end fitted.
One thing that is obvious is that the shock is going to need a service. The oil is cavitating, so will need a full strip down.
Have you set the rocker up yet or waiting until you've done more. It's pretty simple, you just need to be able to just fit a 6mm allen key between the rocker and the BB shell. Any less and I think it risks knocking, any more and it isn't giving you the travel........or something like that. Either way it was a lot easier to do than my modern!
It'll be fantastically chuckable at that size once built, mine feels a lot more easy to fling about than my modern Giant Anthem but the Giant is capable of soaking up a lot more so you are able to get away with it. I am planning on taking both to Cannock one day though and seeing which is faster.
Have you set the rocker up yet or waiting until you've done more. It's pretty simple, you just need to be able to just fit a 6mm allen key between the rocker and the BB shell. Any less and I think it risks knocking, any more and it isn't giving you the travel........or something like that. Either way it was a lot easier to do than my modern!
With a house move just round the corner, cash is very tight at the moment so have cleaned an made do with parts I have until funds allow the desired XTR M900 parts.
Polished the LX cranks up as a stop gap. Red bolts fitted.
Felt really nice to ride. A few tweaks here and there.
I'd forgotten how 'weird' it felt on the rear end with the chain growth/shrink as the back end does its thing.
Immediately it brought back memories of riding my friends RTS Team back in 1997.
It is very much on the small size and with the seatpost all the way up, still felt miniscule. But fun.
Going to be nice to get it built more further down the line.
Those who have been following my Team Issue thread will have seen I went for a spin out on that today.
My 8 year old has been bugging me to let him ride one of my bikes, so with the short seatpost and saddle that came with the bike fitted to the RTS he could just about get away with it. I might cut it down further for him as it was bottoming out on the upper pivot inside the seat tube.
With that done, quick blast out up a country lane out of the village.
