[Carraig042]

I like to make things work well with limited resources. When I did a lot of r/c in high school, I made my own aluminum skid plates, esc tie downs, and chassis. When I first got into mountain biking, I made a bash ring. My newest thing is a bash guard. I happened to have an old Ethirteen bash guard laying around that the lower guide wheel was broke. I cut it off, as well as some other weight saving cuts. I then decided I wanted to keep the top guide, but wanted it to be different than the original piece. I thought to try out the top guide from One-Up. With a little more modifications, it worked as well. In the end, I have a top guide bash guard at a competitive weight that just cost me the top guide.

What have you all came up with that came out practical and reliable for your bikes?

-Brett

 

[kidwoo]

I installed a silicone lump under the upholstery in my seat to tickle my prostate.

#innovator

 

[Jm_]

I installed a silicone lump under the upholstery in my seat to tickle my prostate.

#innovator

Does it have bluetooth?

 

[Jm_]

I really wanted to mount my i-spec 2 shifter to my 785 brake, in fact, I think the M8000 shifter didn't come with a clamp. I was transferring it from my fatbike to my AM bike, because I hated removing the wheel with the XTR derailleur. I read about how there was a hope-direct mount that could be adapted to do just this. I ordered the adapter and had to do some trickery like making one of the holes bigger, but in the end I got it to work perfectly. It took a few on-hand spare parts/nuts/bolts, but it was a successful result.

Fast forward towards the end of the season and my brake blows up in bellingham and I figure I'll bite the bullet and get a new SLX 7000 brake to replace the 785 so I can ride-out the vacation, and that should be compatible with my 8000 shifter right? But no one in the entire state has the damn i-spec 2 mount and hardware. The guys at fanatik helped me jerry-rig it, but that was annoying as all F. Got it sorted out when I got home. The ironic part is if I hadn't gone to the lengths above, I wouldn't have gotten into the damn bellingham situation because it would have been on a clamp.

I don't do a lot of the whole jerry-rig/macguyver stuff anymore though, used to do a lot more.

 

['size]

I managed to get my younger smaller shorts over my aging larger body. didn't even have to use soapy water.

 

[Happymtb.fr]

I managed to get my younger smaller shorts over my aging larger body. didn't even have to use soapy water.

Yeah, tight spandex is great, isn't it?

 

[jonKranked]

This thread is about every dh bike from the early 2000's.

 

[KenW449]

My bike pump mount broke mid ride after i accidentally hit it. It broke right at the hole for the mounting bolt. Used a small piece of rubber with a hole in it to fill the gap and its been working ever since. Lost the nut for my dropper remote clamp and use a ziptie to keep it mounted.

 

[scrublover]

Obviously not DH worthy stuff, but meh.

Trimmed the non-drive dropout on my Fatty/hardtail (177mm rear) in order to run a non-QR axle.

Pre easy availability of non-QR bits for 12mm trail bike rear ends, trimmed down and e-threaded a Hadley thu-bolt to fit a 12x142/148 setup.

A touch of tape around the bottom retaining ring of a Reverb post takes out that tiny bit of annoying vertical slop.

Lower protection for my prior SC 5010 cut to fit.

Turned my old Chromag hardtail into a townie.

Trimmed to fit.

Extra protection for protruding cable bits.

Re-purposed a Straitline bash to work on an MRP AMG.

 

[Westy]

This thread is about every dh bike from the early 2000's.

I remember the days when every other bike thread on the internet was either about chain guide installation or how to tune your Bomber Z1 damper.

 

[Jm_]

I remember the days when every other bike thread on the internet was either about chain guide installation or how to tune your Bomber Z1 damper.

Ahh yes, the 2000s chain-jamming devices. What great memories...

 

[toodles]

Before I got an e.13 I don't think I'd owned a chain guide that didn't require a dremel, hacksaw and spacers to install. Nowadays its the brake adaptor stuff around that is the leading reason for grinding or packing with spacers on my bikes.

 

[captainspauldin]

I really wanted to mount my i-spec 2 shifter to my 785 brake, in fact, I think the M8000 shifter didn't come with a clamp. I was transferring it from my fatbike to my AM bike, because I hated removing the wheel with the XTR derailleur. I read about how there was a hope-direct mount that could be adapted to do just this. I ordered the adapter and had to do some trickery like making one of the holes bigger, but in the end I got it to work perfectly. It took a few on-hand spare parts/nuts/bolts, but it was a successful result.

Fast forward towards the end of the season and my brake blows up in bellingham and I figure I'll bite the bullet and get a new SLX 7000 brake to replace the 785 so I can ride-out the vacation, and that should be compatible with my 8000 shifter right? But no one in the entire state has the damn i-spec 2 mount and hardware. The guys at fanatik helped me jerry-rig it, but that was annoying as all F. Got it sorted out when I got home. The ironic part is if I hadn't gone to the lengths above, I wouldn't have gotten into the damn bellingham situation because it would have been on a clamp.

I don't do a lot of the whole jerry-rig/macguyver stuff anymore though, used to do a lot more.

I went through the same pain when I went from 785s to Maguras. If Shimano could copy anything from Sram it would be their shifter mounting setup (matchmaker x or whatever it is). The iSpec stuff is a disaster if you want to run a non-shimano brake.

 

[Electric_City]

The iSpec stuff is a disaster if you want to run a non-shimano brake.

Which version? Much like their components, it changes every year. There's a B-spec, I-spec and I-spec2 or something like that. Lol!

Not to mention that (I believe this is what you're implying) that the standard bar mount shifter can't be converted to the "spec" mounts or vice-versa... To the best of my knowledge.

 

[captainspauldin]

Which version? Much like their components, it changes every year. There's a B-spec, I-spec and I-spec2 or something like that. Lol!

Not to mention that (I believe this is what you're implying) that the standard bar mount shifter can't be converted to the "spec" mounts or vice-versa... To the best of my knowledge.

I had I-Spec B on my Megtrail and I have Spec 2 on my Honzo (with wolftooth Ispec b mount and problem solvers adapter to run SRAM shifter)

 

[Jm_]

I went through the same pain when I went from 785s to Maguras. If Shimano could copy anything from Sram it would be their shifter mounting setup (matchmaker x or whatever it is). The iSpec stuff is a disaster if you want to run a non-shimano brake.

Hell, i-spec is a disaster even if you want to run a shimano brake and shimano shifter, due to the 3 standards (so far) for it.

 

[jonKranked]

Before I got an e.13 I don't think I'd owned a chain guide that didn't require a dremel, hacksaw and spacers to install. Nowadays its the brake adaptor stuff around that is the leading reason for grinding or packing with spacers on my bikes.

even BITD i still had to do work to e13's (generally just dremelling the lower roller guide plates for swingarm clearance) but far less than other ones.