Full suss project for my lad

[Silver940]

Well I picked some of these up cheap well £50 seemed good value after watching lots of very old tatty Sid's go for over 100 quid.
IMG_20160815_215443 by scoop940, on Flickr

They are 26" with 100mm of travel so are a bit long. I believe they can be converted to 80mm, waiting for a reply from RST about that. I did just try letting some air out so they drooped a little and there was still plenty of resistance for a 7 year old so that might be an option. Will trial fit them when I get chance and see what the look like.

Edited by Sk00p on Wednesday 15th November 09:12

[Silver940]

Oh and I picked up some shimano cranks for 7 quid on ebay that I'll have a go at shortening and tapping. Can fit whatever size chain ring I want then.

[Silver940]

Woody - Did you go with 2.1 Black Jacks or 1.9?

With the way my lad pulls skids everywhere really can't justify £45 on a pair of Rocket Rons - that's more then I have ever paid for my 29er tyres! This project is adding up a bit as it is!

[Woody]

Silver940 said:

Woody - Did you go with 2.1 Black Jacks or 1.9?

With the way my lad pulls skids everywhere really can't justify £45 on a pair of Rocket Rons - that's more then I have ever paid for my 29er tyres! This project is adding up a bit as it is!

I went with the 2.1's - thought the bigger volume would work better with grip and pressures.

[Silver940]

Cheers, was my thinking too

[Silver940]

So bought some 175mm cranks on ebay for 7 quid. 12.99 for some taps from Superstar and a bit of time I now have some 140mm cranks ready to fit.

IMG_20160820_105913 by scoop940, on Flickr


Just totted up what I have spent, £187 including the chainring I have just ordered, glad that is about it now.

Need some time when the lad is out to put it together now!

Edited by Sk00p on Wednesday 15th November 09:13

[Silver940]

nipped round mum's where the bike is hiding for half hour. Fitted the tyres and trial fitted the forks. Starting to look good I think

I let a bit of pressure out of the forks, will have to see how that goes when he's on it.

IMG_20160820_172728 by scoop940, on Flickr

Edited by Sk00p on Wednesday 15th November 09:37

[Woody]

Silver940 said:

So bought some 175mm cranks on ebay for 7 quid. 12.99 for some taps from Superstar and a bit of time I now have some 140mm cranks ready to fit.




Just totted up what I have spent, £187 including the chainring I have just ordered, glad that is about it now.

Need some time when the lad is out to put it together now!

Brilliant work!
How difficult was it to do? I enquired last year and was told by a couple of companies it would be too expensive.

[Silver940]

Wasn't too bad. had an old drill press about that I managed to make fit a current drill to hopefully get the holes square. worked up in drill sizes to 13mm.

Because they are alloy cranks the thread taps went through easily. Then I just used a hacksaw to shorten and a grinder to round the ends off. They aren't perfect but by the time he has battered them no-one will notice. Finding cranks that are ok for it is tricky as many are hollowed out on the back.

Chain ring should be here this week so I can fit them and see if I got it all right

[vwsurfbum]

Thats looking awesome!
Good work with the cranks, thats a good move.

[Silver940]

Sneaked half hour earlier to fit the cranks, new grips and stem. Pleased to say the cranks work perfectly, really pleased with them. Need to cut the steerer and fit the star nut etc. New saddle coming and a bit of tidying up and it will be finished.

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Edited by Sk00p on Wednesday 15th November 09:26

[Usget]

It's looking great!

[Silver940]

Was the boys birthday on Saturday, safe to say he was really chuffed! It's a bit big for him but he manages it much better than I thought he would.


2016-09-17 08.04.20 by scoop940, on Flickr
2016-09-17 07.06.48 by scoop940, on Flickr

Edited by Sk00p on Wednesday 15th November 09:27

[Woody]

Nice one!
Looks like he's got no issues riding it!!

What weight did it come in at in the end?

[Silver940]

Woody said:

Nice one!
Looks like he's got no issues riding it!!

What weight did it come in at in the end?

You know what I haven't weighed it, I'll see if I can remember to later. It's probably around 13kgs still though, not as light as I'd like but replacing something like the wheels would be very costly.

[vwsurfbum]

AWESOME!!!!

[Pablo16v]

[Silver940]

Woody said:

Nice one!
Looks like he's got no issues riding it!!

What weight did it come in at in the end?

Finally remembered to weigh it, my guess was right. 13kg not sure where I could get significant weight off it now though without spending £££

[Woody]

I looked at lighter wheels and decided £200 was too much.
13kg isn't too bad - still lighter than some bikes.

[Moominho]

Looks amazing, well done dad!