It's ALIVE !!!!

[coffeejo]

Fantastic!

 

[opticcircus]

I'm currently going through the same process for pretty much the same reasons, It's nice to see someone finish giving me the resolve to finish

 

[smokeysmoo]

Well done, great job. It's nice to see someone prepared to spend so much time and effort, (and a bit of cash) to breath new life into an knackered old donkey.

I'm sure it's a better bike now than when someone bought it brand new, it certainly looks a million times better then that horrific pink would have ever done new.

 

[Xiorell]

OK It's had a couple of good, fairly rough test rides now.



I'm very impressed with them forks, given what I paid they are real nice.

The last bike with suspension I took over the same route was some ugly BSO thing I chucked together from spares one afternoon, which did go suprisingly well but the forks I found to be very "on/off", either doing nothing or totally bottomed out.


Those XCMv3 thingys seem alot more controlled, riding the terrain alot smoother. Very pleased for the £50 quid I paid, BNIB and Delivered



Brakes need some tweeking, I know they are not big name bad boy things but they are deffinately not as sharp as they should be. They'll stop me, just not in a great hurry, but I'm sure I just need to play with them a bit.



All 27 gears are shifting very nicely, that Deore XT rear mech seems to have been a good buy. The only thing is, and I can't figure it out, is the chain skips. Everything seems to be set right but obviously I'm missing something, when I apply power up a hill the chain seems to be jamming, not so much jumping the sprockets but I have to back-pedal a quater rotation or so to free it up. I also saw it seemed to fold up on itself a couple of times. I don't think the chain is to long, any shorter and I'd not be able to engage big/big cogs (I know I probabley wouldn't be doing this but I should be able to if I want to).



Still, it's riding nicely. i DO want Clipless though my feet came away a few times when tanking down rough hills

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Re the chain issue. Check the front cog for burs or bent teath. I have alro had this when the chain gets very muddy.

OK It's had a couple of good, fairly rough test rides now.



I'm very impressed with them forks, given what I paid they are real nice.

The last bike with suspension I took over the same route was some ugly BSO thing I chucked together from spares one afternoon, which did go suprisingly well but the forks I found to be very "on/off", either doing nothing or totally bottomed out.


Those XCMv3 thingys seem alot more controlled, riding the terrain alot smoother. Very pleased for the £50 quid I paid, BNIB and Delivered



Brakes need some tweeking, I know they are not big name bad boy things but they are deffinately not as sharp as they should be. They'll stop me, just not in a great hurry, but I'm sure I just need to play with them a bit.



All 27 gears are shifting very nicely, that Deore XT rear mech seems to have been a good buy. The only thing is, and I can't figure it out, is the chain skips. Everything seems to be set right but obviously I'm missing something, when I apply power up a hill the chain seems to be jamming, not so much jumping the sprockets but I have to back-pedal a quater rotation or so to free it up. I also saw it seemed to fold up on itself a couple of times. I don't think the chain is to long, any shorter and I'd not be able to engage big/big cogs (I know I probabley wouldn't be doing this but I should be able to if I want to).



Still, it's riding nicely. i DO want Clipless though my feet came away a few times when tanking down rough hills

 

[Xiorell]

Re the chain issue. Check the front cog for burs or bent teath. I have alro had this when the chain gets very muddy.

Angel, it's folding up at the back, still check the chainrings?
It folds in between the sprockets and the jockeywheel, I can't seem to move the j/wheel further away from sprockets. Also the skipping thing "feels" like it's happening at the rear mech

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Then same procedure for rear cassette. Look for bent or broken teeth. Also it may be worth checking if there is a stiff link in the chain.

Angel, it's folding up at the back, still check the chainrings?
It folds in between the sprockets and the jockeywheel, I can't seem to move the j/wheel further away from sprockets. Also the skipping thing "feels" like it's happening at the rear mech

 

[Xiorell]

Then same procedure for rear cassette. Look for bent or broken teeth. Also it may be worth checking if there is a stiff link in the chain.

Good call on the stiff link ! shall check it over tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the Cassette is almost new I spent alot of time cleaning the hell out of it and it looked tip-top when I was through with it, but I did end up adjusting chain length twice so could well have tightend a link up to much or something

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Hopefuly that will sort it out. Keep us posted.

Good call on the stiff link ! shall check it over tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the Cassette is almost new I spent alot of time cleaning the hell out of it and it looked tip-top when I was through with it, but I did end up adjusting chain length twice so could well have tightend a link up to much or something

 

[sabian92]

That bike looks properly smart. Well done for turning it into what it is now, that seat is awesome!

 

[ebournecyclist]

Good job, sir. Clearly a lot of work has gone into that. Hoping you have as many (in fact many more) hours of fun riding it.

 

[Xiorell]

Hopefuly that will sort it out. Keep us posted.

Nice one Angel I DID have a tight link on the chain, think it's sorted now mate.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Wayhay I got something right Glad the problem is solved

Nice one Angel I DID have a tight link on the chain, think it's sorted now mate.