i am thinking about building a bike that i can cruise around and ride some trails on, the one guy i'm considering riding with is pretty serious i think....he said he's more into the technical stuff (i guess the ride up the trails....think trials).
i want to build a bike that rides similar to my bmx bike (S&M call girl-shaun butler) with pegs and all that, it's short so i can manual easy and it is super heavy, indestructable.
i'm thinking a hardtail would be cool, i guess disc on the back and maybe the front, bery sturdy rims as i hate wobbly rims and sturdy cranks (some profile 3pc maybe).
i was thinking i would only run a single gear on the crank and a cassette on the back but that might not work too well for trail riding i guess.
i've ridden only one mountain bike i liked and it was one that a guy at a bike shop i used to hang at built.....he said it was a downhill bike. it had a single crank sprocket and a 7gear cassette on the back, it had rollers on the chain and the geometry allowed you be laid back and relaxed like a bmx bike. you could even manual it (a little hard but still it was possible)....it was a redline with flight 3pc cranks and this was like 4 or 5 years ago.
so, does anyone have any idea what i'm talking about?
one person said just buy a specialized P2, but i think i might just build one instead.
how much more expensive will it be to build it....i need to learn about the components though.
i want to build a bike that rides similar to my bmx bike (S&M call girl-shaun butler) with pegs and all that, it's short so i can manual easy and it is super heavy, indestructable.
i'm thinking a hardtail would be cool, i guess disc on the back and maybe the front, bery sturdy rims as i hate wobbly rims and sturdy cranks (some profile 3pc maybe).
i was thinking i would only run a single gear on the crank and a cassette on the back but that might not work too well for trail riding i guess.
i've ridden only one mountain bike i liked and it was one that a guy at a bike shop i used to hang at built.....he said it was a downhill bike. it had a single crank sprocket and a 7gear cassette on the back, it had rollers on the chain and the geometry allowed you be laid back and relaxed like a bmx bike. you could even manual it (a little hard but still it was possible)....it was a redline with flight 3pc cranks and this was like 4 or 5 years ago.
so, does anyone have any idea what i'm talking about?
one person said just buy a specialized P2, but i think i might just build one instead.
how much more expensive will it be to build it....i need to learn about the components though.