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Just finished (more or less) my 1998 Bontrager Privateer. Needs a couple of things I can't seem to find at the moment* for me to be 100% happy but here's the dealio:
1998 Bonty Build on RetroBike
*27.0 carbon weave seatpost, bontrager red "B" carbon headset cap & spacers and perhaps a better shim for the front mech.
1998 Bonty Build on RetroBike
*27.0 carbon weave seatpost, bontrager red "B" carbon headset cap & spacers and perhaps a better shim for the front mech.
SoulOnIce said:Looks sweet! Is it normal to run a seatpost that high on that sort of ride, or are you compensating for a small frame? It looks as high as the post on the 20" BMX I was riding when I was 25 and 5' 11"
My back doesn't agree with arse-way-higher-than-hands offsets, and therefore this doesn't feel that high... I am 6' 0" and my formula is: keep tweaking the seat upwards, just until I can extend my legs for the optimum stroke
asue: If the hands are too low, raise the bars. I can't be doing with riding drop bars, hence the absence of a Gaffler-Ride??? in the fleet.
Ex-Marine fitness fanatic dude here has his seat in outer-space... His riding style is like he's getting a prison dinner-mashing. Masochist.
My back doesn't agree with arse-way-higher-than-hands offsets, and therefore this doesn't feel that high... I am 6' 0" and my formula is: keep tweaking the seat upwards, just until I can extend my legs for the optimum stroke
asue: If the hands are too low, raise the bars. I can't be doing with riding drop bars, hence the absence of a Gaffler-Ride??? in the fleet.Ex-Marine fitness fanatic dude here has his seat in outer-space... His riding style is like he's getting a prison dinner-mashing. Masochist.
I managed to crack a seatpost on an old BMX just from riding it for months with barely an inch of the shaft actually inside the seat tube. it just snapped clean off while I was riding, I managed not to wipe out but riding the 4 miles home with no seat was a drag. I remember removing the bit of post still lodged in the seat tube was impossible, so we had to hammer it further down into the frame, yikes.
that was an awesome set up though, a laid-back post with the deep angle, sitting a good 17" off the frame ... if I hung back on the seat enough I could ride that 20" with near full extension
that was an awesome set up though, a laid-back post with the deep angle, sitting a good 17" off the frame ... if I hung back on the seat enough I could ride that 20" with near full extension
1: that thing is insane. French carbon hyena steez. WTF.
2: don't show too much pole on a bmx. No more than a fist. Ayo.
3: I'm checking back in to advocate getting drunk, possibly stoned, and riding your bike back home. Not too often, like too many nights in my twenties, but damn: did it last Friday night and it was a wonderful adventure. Feel alive!
2: don't show too much pole on a bmx. No more than a fist. Ayo.
3: I'm checking back in to advocate getting drunk, possibly stoned, and riding your bike back home. Not too often, like too many nights in my twenties, but damn: did it last Friday night and it was a wonderful adventure. Feel alive!
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Loving the nice weather, rode with my wife and the little one in to get dinner last night and cruise around. My daughter could barely contain herself she was so excited. We have one of those toepeak child seats. That thing was worth every penny.
My nice older Trek got stolen out of my garage over Thanksgiving weekend. I've barely been riding since then. Daylight savings time has given me the incentive to stop pouting and build myself a new bike. I've never built one from the ground up before. All parts are used and were either from Craigslist or take-offs from local shops over the last week and a half. I hodge-podged it together quickly for pretty cheap.
2011 Raleigh Record Ace Steel frame.
Mostly Sram Red except for the crankset, front derailleur, and bottom bracket because the Sram stuff is supposed to be weak there.
It's almost done. I need to log some miles today and make sure the fit is right before I put the bar tape on. Also need to decide on a pedal system. I always had toe clips before.
I'll be ditching the Sram Red brakes for some used Dura Aces. They work fantastic, but aren't the right color (elbows).
I've got a Ritchey Classic stem and seat tube on order to enhance the retro-racer look.
Very excited. I'm really liking the Sram shifting.
2011 Raleigh Record Ace Steel frame.
Mostly Sram Red except for the crankset, front derailleur, and bottom bracket because the Sram stuff is supposed to be weak there.
It's almost done. I need to log some miles today and make sure the fit is right before I put the bar tape on. Also need to decide on a pedal system. I always had toe clips before.
I'll be ditching the Sram Red brakes for some used Dura Aces. They work fantastic, but aren't the right color (elbows).
I've got a Ritchey Classic stem and seat tube on order to enhance the retro-racer look.
Very excited. I'm really liking the Sram shifting.
this is cool: these dudes always make fun of my 24", saying it looks stupid. A 22" bike could be more stable than a 20" without "looking so dumb."
the 24" is twitchy enough for me, but whatever. Thought I'd share with BikeStrutteurz.
CBear: looking good, but what's up with those bars? I don't know how my hands could get in that bend. (I guess it's more about your hands, but what's up?)
the 24" is twitchy enough for me, but whatever. Thought I'd share with BikeStrutteurz.
CBear: looking good, but what's up with those bars? I don't know how my hands could get in that bend. (I guess it's more about your hands, but what's up?)
dukeofdelridge said:CBear: looking good, but what's up with those bars? I don't know how my hands could get in that bend. (I guess it's more about your hands, but what's up?)
So far, they feel fine. Maybe the photo is a weird angle. I didn't want anything too deep because I'm not racing. Any parts that related to the fit of the ride I picked up cheap. I wanted to try a few things until I get the fit right. Once I get the fit right, I'll splurge for some nicer parts. That's also why I have an adjustable stem on there.
So far, they feel fine. Maybe the photo is a weird angle. I didn't want anything too deep because I'm not racing. Any parts that related to the fit of the ride I picked up cheap. I wanted to try a few things until I get the fit right. Once I get the fit right, I'll splurge for some nicer parts. That's also why I have an adjustable stem on there.
Big stack at lunchtime. Too muddy, too fast, too little skill... bike ended up 50 yards away down the forest track. No harm done to me, really, ankle a bit swolen but I can walk. Surprised to find the bike completely fine. And it's a crabon frame. Worst thing will be cleaning it.
Well done Decathlon, they are kind of like the French Wal-Mart of Sports Equipment, but they have shops over here (with real Frenchies) and sell their bikes under the RockRider label:
I've swapped the bars for green ano risers and a matching green ano seatpost, rest is still stock. Had to change the rear pads for Aztec organic ones, cured the seatstay judder just like that. Also those Hutchinson tyres lasted about 500 miles before surrendering to the puncture fairy, a record for me.
Took shoes off after ride, had been feeling something in the right shoe which I attributed to bark or somesuch forest detritus of the spill. Turns out it was tube patches and sandpaper from a puncture kit I'd stored in the shoe earlier. Guffaw.
Well done Decathlon, they are kind of like the French Wal-Mart of Sports Equipment, but they have shops over here (with real Frenchies) and sell their bikes under the RockRider label:
I've swapped the bars for green ano risers and a matching green ano seatpost, rest is still stock. Had to change the rear pads for Aztec organic ones, cured the seatstay judder just like that. Also those Hutchinson tyres lasted about 500 miles before surrendering to the puncture fairy, a record for me.
Took shoes off after ride, had been feeling something in the right shoe which I attributed to bark or somesuch forest detritus of the spill. Turns out it was tube patches and sandpaper from a puncture kit I'd stored in the shoe earlier. Guffaw.
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had this bike for a couple of years and i've been riding almost everyday since spring has sprung. still loving it.
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