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Damn. Bucket list bike for me. Pulling up a chair.

The `86 catalogue shows a SM700 (those with a 24" rear wheel) in that exact colour, so it might still be the original colour. The decal might have been replaced at some point. The frame itself has features that were introduced in the 88 catalogue. Like the lower cable guide that is a solid...

- Ringle hubs - The first series of Shimano 7speed shifters that came out after the thumbies. - Basically all frames made from Easton lite aluminium tubes, like the Manitou FS... - Hagan Titanal. - The GT lts Thermoplast frames. So nice looking. But so fragile.

Not sure I am suitable for that kind of responsibility :lol: I've been on and off this project for years now, so... no. I don't think, I will abandon it. It's just that I have other projects, too. Like the scott, I am going to paint soon. With this particular project it always take a lot of...

E-bikes are essentially motorbikes. With the advantage that they are more silent. They are therefore not mountainbikes. At least that's what I am thinking. As much as I don't like sharing the woods with them - in places where it's getting crowded at times. I think is was the same for the hikers...

@tintin40 Why would you say that? It diversified. The kind of biking we seem to like here is making it's come back with gravelbikes (at least that is my interpretation). You can still buy a new steel or titanium frame to basically the same specs as your 80s or 90s Mountainbike. But then you can...

Got into mountainbiking when I was in 7th grade, about '90ish. It was the new cool thing coming from the USofA. The first bike magazine in Germany came out in '89. I had always been a rather flimsy kid and bad at sports as I missed the early opportunitys to join the soccer team. Or handball...

Wow. What a catch! If you ever decide to swap that fork for a different one, I'm interested in buying that one for my current build.

No time to do any painting, but I had some time to scratch something off the list. I want to use a set of DX triggers I recently refurbished. But I don't have any Magura shifter perches left. What I do have though is a set of SL-MC38 Shifters. Those have nice looking, solid Aluminium perches...

I'd have to agree about them beeing clowns. They just haven't figured out how to live properly. So they write books to make sense of their own thoughts and get other people to try their theory. So they don't have to ruin their own lives. :LOL: (Disclaimer: Maybe not all of them are like that...

@The History Man Which side is up?

I have a suspicion that Scott guy was the one earning the money while somebody put the bike together. But I guess thats not the point, as I am not that somebody. It wasn't me. Not this time, anyway. 🤪 .. my head hurts. BTT: My cheapest bike, I got it for free. Gave it away for free 2 weeks later.

The initial post had a bike just under 200. The definition of cheap seems quite relative. The same goes for the term "build". For example, I have a Scott comp racing. I bought it for 40 Euro and it was basically mint original condition. A bit of tlc and newish (used) tyres. Thats cheap for me...

Well, you did not factor in your white privilige. That makes it way more than 10 quid. 🥴 As I only do cheap builds, I can post whatever. :lol:

Hercules. German brand with a long history. They basically made rubbish bikes only. The granny type. Iron horses made from german tank steel with sachs 3speed hubs, racks, fenders and all the reflectors. I always suspected them to use solid steel rods for tubing because they were that heavy...

That cable hanger positioning is totally cringe. Use some Mafac cantis or even Simano BR-M730/732 if you want that more oldschool look. Tyres ... well.. Just my two ct. The rest of the bike looks really sharp. Like it.

Soon on this channel: That is minus 120 Euro on my bank account. :eek:

Took apart the dampener once again. To investigate why it had failed yesterday. There had been another elastomere inside that tube. I put my coil on top of it and did not use any separator. Now that elastomer basically wedged itself inside the coil. I wasn't able to get them out. So I put one...

Made it up the hill. Gerometry is nice, I like it. Riser bar would be a bit better. The dampener didn't make it though. Something gave way inside. Maybe the Elastomere was pushed into the coil. I'll have a look tomorrow. Didn't stop me from reaching todays goal:

The temporary build is going fast. Just a few more parts and I'm off to the woods for a first ride.