1995 Raleigh M-Trax Ti1000

[Jasper1983]

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A little progress has been made.

I have set up the drivetrain using the original front and rear derailleurs with a 9 speed chain, cassette and saint shifter.

I couldn’t make my mind up over changing the rear derailleur with a gripshift I had or buying a new derailleur, it seems that shimano haven’t change the ratio as all I had to do was change the jockey wheels to 9 speed items and it works flawlessly

 

[Jasper1983]

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I haven’t been sure on the P2’s I have had on the bike, the rake seemed massive in them.

I did find another set of forks in the garage but I am also not sure on these, they are 430mm long and I think this may mess up the geometry too much the rock shox it came with and the P2’s were both 410mm, what do you guys think?

Also the forks have a disc brake mount, would a disc on the front be too much for the frame? I need to buy brakes for the bike but have a spare disc brake I could throw on with a 160mm rotor

 

[Jasper1983]

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I have pretty much cobbled it together to take it out for a ride, cheap Clark’s v brakes seem to be a big improvement on the cantis it came with but there is much room for improvement

 

[TheEasyLife]

Nice. I've a slight inclination towards early to mid 90's Mtrax's and Dynatechs as per my signature

As for disc brakes? If you have the bits to make it all work, then why not?

James

 

[tjs129]

Nice to see it up and running - a bit of a Trigger's broom until you've established a theme!

I like that you put modern gears and tyres on like a rider though - 2 extra cogs never upset the retro ethos imo.

I can't decide why the P2s look so wrong, are they bent?

 

[Mtraxfan]

Love it.

Looks great with a bit of a modernisation.