although fairly humble, this is a true dream bike for me.
when i was at school a tiny bike shop appeared in the village (manic mountain bikes) and they stocked khs. around this time i read a review of the montana pro in mbuk where the bike scored a 5/5 in every category(sadly i used to hang on their every word as an impressionable teen..)
i couldn't afford one at the time but i never forgot that bike. my desire for one was increased when my dad told me he fancied a new bike. i tried to convinvce him to buy a montana pro but he ended up with a montana summit which he still owns today.
just at a time when i was wanting to thin out my collection i was offered a frame and fork at a very reasonable price and i now have a bike of my (modest) dreams.
the forks are stripped and polished mag21's and look pretty cool but they may be replaced with rigid forks at some point.
my ultimate goal for this bike is to return it to catalogue spec but i also want it as a rider so in the meantime i am building it with parts from stock and as a singlespeed to keep the costs down in the short term.
i cant remember a great deal about the spec but i think they were m735 xt, zoom bars, stem and post, dia compe 987 cantis, panaracer smoke and dart tyres. not sure about the wheels and most of the other stuff but i'll find out somehow!
as lick would have it i have a reslly good smoke tyre so just need a dart and also a few weeks ago i bought 2 pairs of 987 new old stock cantis so at least i have a head start!
plans this week are to steal the single speed kit off longun's gt and fit it along with the 987 cantis mated to a pair of ritchey logic levers. wheels will be the originals off my 97 fire mountain, bottom bracket pillaged from my rts and the rest will be made up from bits laying around the shed.
if all goes to plan i think i can get this rolling for less than £20 further outlay
when i was at school a tiny bike shop appeared in the village (manic mountain bikes) and they stocked khs. around this time i read a review of the montana pro in mbuk where the bike scored a 5/5 in every category(sadly i used to hang on their every word as an impressionable teen..)
i couldn't afford one at the time but i never forgot that bike. my desire for one was increased when my dad told me he fancied a new bike. i tried to convinvce him to buy a montana pro but he ended up with a montana summit which he still owns today.
just at a time when i was wanting to thin out my collection i was offered a frame and fork at a very reasonable price and i now have a bike of my (modest) dreams.
the forks are stripped and polished mag21's and look pretty cool but they may be replaced with rigid forks at some point.
my ultimate goal for this bike is to return it to catalogue spec but i also want it as a rider so in the meantime i am building it with parts from stock and as a singlespeed to keep the costs down in the short term.
i cant remember a great deal about the spec but i think they were m735 xt, zoom bars, stem and post, dia compe 987 cantis, panaracer smoke and dart tyres. not sure about the wheels and most of the other stuff but i'll find out somehow!
as lick would have it i have a reslly good smoke tyre so just need a dart and also a few weeks ago i bought 2 pairs of 987 new old stock cantis so at least i have a head start!
plans this week are to steal the single speed kit off longun's gt and fit it along with the 987 cantis mated to a pair of ritchey logic levers. wheels will be the originals off my 97 fire mountain, bottom bracket pillaged from my rts and the rest will be made up from bits laying around the shed.
if all goes to plan i think i can get this rolling for less than £20 further outlay
