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Mtbguy
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Acutally, I don't need too much help. Let me give you the lowdown, and let me know if I
tracking it right:
It started like this. The Fuel was in the shop (waiting for another *&^%$ piece) and the boys wanted
to ride. All I had handy was my rigid dekerf and some junk parts. I threw them together, but as I
did so it occured to me I could simplify matters by losing the DR front and rear. So I did just
that, and rammed the shortened chain onto the middle rings front and back.
The first sensation was....light! (the dekerf is 853 chromy) And I was ready to roll.
Our ride is extremely technical with ups and downs but nothing wicked. It was funsational. I was
outta the seat the whole ride, just me and the ride 1-on-1. I was focussed like never before.
This was OK!
Of course, this pile of **** wasn't going to cut it. So I looked around on the 'Net. Confusion. I
didn't know my vertical drop out from my horizontal, my freewheel from my freehub. And,
amazingly, my LBS
I found Spot in Vancouver and they seemed cool. Many SS sites were dead, but these guys are alive
and well. I got some advice on rings (17-34 man!) and dekerf agreed to repaint the frame. It's
looking good.
Thanks to the sites that did help (SS Annonymous, Harris Cyclery) but I would like to hear from the
SS boys of the A-MTB NG.
I'm keeping the Fuel, but I want to know....how far can this SS baby go?
Keep me posted!
MTBguy.ca
tracking it right:
It started like this. The Fuel was in the shop (waiting for another *&^%$ piece) and the boys wanted
to ride. All I had handy was my rigid dekerf and some junk parts. I threw them together, but as I
did so it occured to me I could simplify matters by losing the DR front and rear. So I did just
that, and rammed the shortened chain onto the middle rings front and back.
The first sensation was....light! (the dekerf is 853 chromy) And I was ready to roll.
Our ride is extremely technical with ups and downs but nothing wicked. It was funsational. I was
outta the seat the whole ride, just me and the ride 1-on-1. I was focussed like never before.
This was OK!
Of course, this pile of **** wasn't going to cut it. So I looked around on the 'Net. Confusion. I
didn't know my vertical drop out from my horizontal, my freewheel from my freehub. And,
amazingly, my LBS
I found Spot in Vancouver and they seemed cool. Many SS sites were dead, but these guys are alive
and well. I got some advice on rings (17-34 man!) and dekerf agreed to repaint the frame. It's
looking good.
Thanks to the sites that did help (SS Annonymous, Harris Cyclery) but I would like to hear from the
SS boys of the A-MTB NG.
I'm keeping the Fuel, but I want to know....how far can this SS baby go?
Keep me posted!
MTBguy.ca