lil' kerfuffle ('94 Rocky Mountain Equipé)

KayOs · 2025-11-17T09:31:16+0000

Hello everyone,
This is a thread that nobody asked for, but I feel like writing it anyway.
It's about a bike that has been giving me incredible enjoyment ever since I started building it this January.

I can't remember where I got the frame from, but one day I found it in the way while tidying up the shed.

As I had never been particularly interested in Rock Mountain bikes before, I put it up for sale.

Three months later, it was still there; apparently, no one wanted it.
What's more, @MattiThundrrr had put a flea in my ear.
At the beginning of the year, there was a build-off on ratrodbikes.com. So why not try something different?

But what?

KayOs · 2025-11-17T09:43:52+0000

Since I still had unused 26" tyres for rough terrain and muddy trails, I had the idea of building an anything-goes-fun-singlespeeder that would pick up where my Brodie left off.

A suspension fork would be quite useful for this.

I still had a Marzocchi lying around, and everything else I needed was there too.
So I quickly put it all together...

KayOs · 2025-11-17T10:00:50+0000

However, the fork is much too high...and it weighs almost 3 kg... Something better would be found later.

All of this naturally led to the topic of brakes. Cantilever or V-brakes were not an option here, so disc brakes remained.
This would of course be a good idea, as this bike will also experience muddy days...
Then, of course, a disc brake would also be required at the rear.
Fortunately, my trusted frame builder is not far away...

KayOs · 2025-11-17T11:12:18+0000

One brake was still in a box of spare parts, but I needed a second one, a few discs and another fork.
Luckily, I found what I was looking for quite quickly online.

For the price of just under seven kebabs, the new fork was mine... virtually unused, smooth as butter and 1.2 kg lighter than the Italian one. A dream!