1996 Wilderness Trail Bikes Phoenix SE
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pw_pw_la
Senior Retro Guru
Nice, but I'm not sure it really does it for me in quite the same way as an original.
It's also not for 26" wheels, so I guess I don't have to worry about it too much!
It's custom by Steve or bust, I guess.
Prodigal Son
Senior Retro Guru
I am more bothered by a suspension corrected rigid fork than the discs.... but that´s me.
Prodigal Son
Senior Retro Guru
The axle to crown and rake numbers don´t know a 27.5 from a 26in wheel. Those numbers are correct for that frame and the disc evens all in. Ask Potts. Unless you must spend 1k instead of 550 dollars.
manuelschafer
Old School Hero
Is the steerer thick enough to cut thread or would it be ahead headset only on the production version?
With a fat tire and a disc upfront it could already be a pretty cool rig!
With a fat tire and a disc upfront it could already be a pretty cool rig!
Prodigal Son
Senior Retro Guru
It´s not a retro fork so i guess not threaded. Potts is no Rivendell.
pw_pw_la
Senior Retro Guru
Alright so back to me for a minute... 
Well, back to my bike, anyway!
The first thing I noticed when pulling everything off and giving it all a good clean was that the lovely custom WTB/Suntour post was actually bent pretty significantly.
Which was definitely a bit of a bummer, but luckily there's no sign of any internal or external damage to the frame. I just went very slowly and carefully getting it out.
Luckily the LBS has come to the rescue here, putting me in touch with a local frame builder, Larkin Cycles, who has agreed to carefully bend it back into shape. It'll be significantly weakened as a result, but should be OK to ride, he thinks.
(Sidenote: Larkin is the same company that made the fork/stem combo on the Klein Pinnacle I mentioned in the Cruisers thread on the other forum. I like his work a lot, so I'm thrilled to be working with him in some small way, and hope to talk about other projects at some point in the future, too.)
Unfortunately he has a lot of things on the go at once right now, so I'm still waiting to get the post back. But in the meantime I purchased the cheapest, longest, least offensive Kalloy post I could find in a 31.8 size to keep the ball/bike rolling.
I also managed to find the perfect saddle to go on it:
This came from Gringineer Cycles, and was a very lucky find. An NOS condition WTB/Specialized co-branded Prolong in the (apparently) rare perforated grey colour. Joel has been a pleasure to deal with on a few things recently, and this was no exception. By complete fluke I actually saw that he was planning to post the saddle on his site right before he did, and he was good enough to make a deal with me before it even went up for general sale. I tried to hold off putting it on the bike right away (I had this idea I'd save it for whatever the final build looked like), but I couldn't resist once it came. It just belongs on there. And it's nice that the colour somewhat matches the grey of the XTR M950 bits too.
More on my M950 thoughts, as well as that's going on up there with the cockpit, tomorrow.
I'm tired and MOTD won't watch itself...
Well, back to my bike, anyway!
The first thing I noticed when pulling everything off and giving it all a good clean was that the lovely custom WTB/Suntour post was actually bent pretty significantly.
Which was definitely a bit of a bummer, but luckily there's no sign of any internal or external damage to the frame. I just went very slowly and carefully getting it out.
Luckily the LBS has come to the rescue here, putting me in touch with a local frame builder, Larkin Cycles, who has agreed to carefully bend it back into shape. It'll be significantly weakened as a result, but should be OK to ride, he thinks.
(Sidenote: Larkin is the same company that made the fork/stem combo on the Klein Pinnacle I mentioned in the Cruisers thread on the other forum. I like his work a lot, so I'm thrilled to be working with him in some small way, and hope to talk about other projects at some point in the future, too.)
Unfortunately he has a lot of things on the go at once right now, so I'm still waiting to get the post back. But in the meantime I purchased the cheapest, longest, least offensive Kalloy post I could find in a 31.8 size to keep the ball/bike rolling.
I also managed to find the perfect saddle to go on it:
This came from Gringineer Cycles, and was a very lucky find. An NOS condition WTB/Specialized co-branded Prolong in the (apparently) rare perforated grey colour. Joel has been a pleasure to deal with on a few things recently, and this was no exception. By complete fluke I actually saw that he was planning to post the saddle on his site right before he did, and he was good enough to make a deal with me before it even went up for general sale. I tried to hold off putting it on the bike right away (I had this idea I'd save it for whatever the final build looked like), but I couldn't resist once it came. It just belongs on there. And it's nice that the colour somewhat matches the grey of the XTR M950 bits too.
More on my M950 thoughts, as well as that's going on up there with the cockpit, tomorrow.
I'm tired and MOTD won't watch itself...
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Prodigal Son
Senior Retro Guru
That saddle is one of my unicorns! About the post: the craddle comes from a suntour post. It was fixed by two bolts on the long aluminum tube. I would ask the builder if he could fit it again to another 31.8 aluminum tube. That way you would not have anything weak on the bike.
