Stanflashm4n
Old School Hero
I have perhaps stupidly, definitely whilst slightly drunk, signed up to do the London to Brighton bike ride . And even more stupidly I have decided I want to do it on a 90s mountain bike and to try to build it in about a week . I also want to keep up with my mate who will be riding a proper road bike
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I started (yesterday) on a 92 Marin Eldridge grade frame which isn’t in as good nick as I thought it was…forks especially are a bit rusty but I’m carrying on regardless ( if anyone has any better ones they’d be interested in selling please let me know) .
Is it a terrible idea to set it up as a 1x9 for this London to Brighton ? How steep is Ditchling beacon, anyone done it?
I’m trying to use parts I already have, 9 speed stuff and a nice race face 36 tooth narrow wide chainring , modernish deore cranks. Alternatively I also have a shimano grx 2x crankset…any issues with putting something like that on a frame like this? Might appreciate it up that hill…but would need to buy a suitable front derailleur.
I need a seat post too, got one for a previous build at 26.4mm and it seemed a little loose for this frame…is this the correct size ?
Anyway this is the progress so far , please excuse the modern cranks and blue chainring. It’s being cobbled together in a hurry. Any tips on how to make it slightly more road suitable also appreciated
![Grimacing face :grimacing: 😬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png)
I started (yesterday) on a 92 Marin Eldridge grade frame which isn’t in as good nick as I thought it was…forks especially are a bit rusty but I’m carrying on regardless ( if anyone has any better ones they’d be interested in selling please let me know) .
Is it a terrible idea to set it up as a 1x9 for this London to Brighton ? How steep is Ditchling beacon, anyone done it?
I’m trying to use parts I already have, 9 speed stuff and a nice race face 36 tooth narrow wide chainring , modernish deore cranks. Alternatively I also have a shimano grx 2x crankset…any issues with putting something like that on a frame like this? Might appreciate it up that hill…but would need to buy a suitable front derailleur.
I need a seat post too, got one for a previous build at 26.4mm and it seemed a little loose for this frame…is this the correct size ?
Anyway this is the progress so far , please excuse the modern cranks and blue chainring. It’s being cobbled together in a hurry. Any tips on how to make it slightly more road suitable also appreciated
![IMG_0027.jpeg IMG_0027.jpeg](https://www.retrobike.co.uk/data/attachments/614/614815-843aa07fae27a775ac0d6ab80ff3ce6d.jpg)
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