Quantcast

My Evil Soverign rides again (lots of pics)

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,195
4,419
View attachment 166157

He can't believe I am still at it with this thing.

Back to singlespeed but not rigid-fork 29er front because the trails are insanely rutted and shitty at the moment.
What is going in with your head angle? Looks straight up and down. Is it just the camera angle?

Mine are still getting regular use too.
 

MikeD

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists
Oct 26, 2001
11,669
1,713
chez moi
Though I have considered the single-degree Angleset-style headset I think exists for 1 1/8 headtubes...

But I also don't want the top tube effectively shortened either.
 

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,195
4,419
Though I have considered the single-degree Angleset-style headset I think exists for 1 1/8 headtubes...

But I also don't want the top tube effectively shortened either.
i can’t tell if the single degree helps or what, but I do have them on both of mine. And the shortening would be a few mm probably… something you can counteract with a roll of the bars.
 

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,195
4,419
Reading back through this thread is quite a trip. Amazing. We're still here 14 years later.
 

MikeD

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists
Oct 26, 2001
11,669
1,713
chez moi
20211030_154531.jpg


Refreshly single-sped to 30/20 (shit's steep here; humor me) and the brake lines finally trimmed to actually fit the bike somewhat.

Going to try an angle headset and a dropper soon as I get them. Those wheels are on their last legs but I have some swap options there.

When the trails are less rutted out from the rainy season, back to rigid 29" front I think.
 

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,261
8,767
Crawlorado
View attachment 166787

Refreshly single-sped to 30/20 (shit's steep here; humor me) and the brake lines finally trimmed to actually fit the bike somewhat.

Going to try an angle headset and a dropper soon as I get them. Those wheels are on their last legs but I have some swap options there.

When the trails are less rutted out from the rainy season, back to rigid 29" front I think.
Keep musing about converting my Transition to single-speed, but haven't made the plunge yet.
 

MikeD

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists
Oct 26, 2001
11,669
1,713
chez moi
Put in the slackening headset, switched back to the old 66SL because I can shorten it a bunch lower than the Fox.

Trying to get the BB height down a little.

Have a set of Spank wheels I will be swapping in as I the first-gen Mavic USTs are a little long in the tooth.
received_656540295543049.jpeg
received_2863385057240286.jpeg