1996 Stumpy m2 (challenging my own prejudices)

[bif]

I trust that it's is OK to do a shoestring build, or is that like rocking up to the Palace in ripped jeans?

 

[bif]

Mocked up with Rockstar spinner fork. Approx. 410mm axle to crown, to my eye just about long enough for the job (maybe, possibly).

Looking past the chrome (this fork belongs somewhere else anyway) I guess that it works OK, but does look dull, and a little lost against the larger alloy frame tubes, imo. Also feels like a bit of an entry level option for 1996! Strikes me that by 96, alloy frames were largely designed with a suss fork in mind. So I'm currently going with a mahhh for the spinner, but will stare at it for a few days. You never know. Would ultimately like it to look better than when it was built, and not convinced that this is it

the TrailRakers might be just the job for winter squelching though, so some progress

 

[Lucidone]

Looks okay to my gammy eye but your build, your rules!

I'd ride it.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I trust that it's is OK to do a shoestring build, or is that like rocking up to the Palace in ripped jeans?

All of my stuff is shoe string tight a**e old crap builds Ride and enjoy

 

[bif]

All of my stuff is shoe string tight a**e old crap builds Ride and enjoy

Thanks. Flicked through a few builds and got a panic on. So many lovely bikes dripping with lush components.

 

[bif]

Looks okay to my gammy eye but your build, your rules!

I'd ride it.

I expect you're gammy eye is pretty good Perhaps you would select the cranks for me. Will dig out what I've got, and go with your shout. If that's OK by you? Makes for a bit of fun, and you have after all taken the trouble to interact, which is v.much appreciated.

 

[Lucidone]

Even better, you can set up a poll on a thread (although never done it myself) so you can get an expert panel decision.

Don't listen to anything I say, I like Raleigh's!

 

[bif]

Even better, you can set up a poll on a thread (although never done it myself) so you can get an expert panel decision.

Don't listen to anything I say, I like Raleigh's!

Crikey, no, that would be far too scary. I liked my Raleigh Arena.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I'd say that the rigid fork doesn't look bad, but to make it look more integrated, perhaps an alloy stem to tie it in

 

[moonlite]

Thanks. Flicked through a few builds and got a panic on. So many lovely bikes dripping with lush components.

Take a look at a couple of mine -- that'll make you feel better