thebenjordan
Devout Dirtbag
Hey, so I know the brilliant @wadsy and he's assisted with a few parts over the years - bits have gone onto my old Kona Dawg Dee Lux and a Trek 6500 which are from some of the old Pip builds.
More recently I started working at Kona Bikes (Flagship UK store) in Chertsey in the workshop and while I now ride a modern Process 153 as my heavy duty trail bike, I decided to amalgamate some spares and the Trek 6500 bike that I've somewhat lost interest in. I picked up the Pahoehoe from Martin on Monday and have begun the build today in our workshop. It's far from an authentic or period build, but it'll be a great all round XC, towpath and social bike. I expect it'll often sit on our shop floor as some kind of retro thing when Im not using it. Trek was a 6500 2010 which had an SLX/XT 9 groupset and a Recon SL air fork. Perfectly fine bike but I always felt the BB was a bit low to be truly any good at single track when it gets twisty and undulating. I doubt the Kona will have this problem. Wheels are from another Pip build, @wadsy may be able to advise, was definitely off of something Raw silver, gunmetal Hope Pro3 straight pull on DT XR4.20 with Pips ideal summer tyres, the Michelin Drys which are super light and I rather like.
The build starts with the Trek getting ripped apart, a swift and easy 15 min job, it's in good condition and the parts are well maintained and nothing seized.
May as well strip the Recon forks and do a lower leg service. Worth it, the foam rings are tired although the oil mostly ok. Cleaned, Slick Honey'd and refilled with Rockshox 15w
We've got FSA cartridge headsets on the shelf so popped one in. The old Trek was internal so couldn't pinch that. The original Trek's Hollowtech2 BB is still good so just used spacers to adjust from the old 73mm shell to the Kona's 68mm one. All cleaned and greased and SLX cranks fitted back on and all smooth as!
Frame cleaned and covered in a fair bit of Muc Off Bike Protect.
Poor Trek - if anyone wants it, drop me a PM, its in great condition and super light.
So as of close of Tuesday:
More recently I started working at Kona Bikes (Flagship UK store) in Chertsey in the workshop and while I now ride a modern Process 153 as my heavy duty trail bike, I decided to amalgamate some spares and the Trek 6500 bike that I've somewhat lost interest in. I picked up the Pahoehoe from Martin on Monday and have begun the build today in our workshop. It's far from an authentic or period build, but it'll be a great all round XC, towpath and social bike. I expect it'll often sit on our shop floor as some kind of retro thing when Im not using it. Trek was a 6500 2010 which had an SLX/XT 9 groupset and a Recon SL air fork. Perfectly fine bike but I always felt the BB was a bit low to be truly any good at single track when it gets twisty and undulating. I doubt the Kona will have this problem. Wheels are from another Pip build, @wadsy may be able to advise, was definitely off of something Raw silver, gunmetal Hope Pro3 straight pull on DT XR4.20 with Pips ideal summer tyres, the Michelin Drys which are super light and I rather like.
The build starts with the Trek getting ripped apart, a swift and easy 15 min job, it's in good condition and the parts are well maintained and nothing seized.
May as well strip the Recon forks and do a lower leg service. Worth it, the foam rings are tired although the oil mostly ok. Cleaned, Slick Honey'd and refilled with Rockshox 15w
We've got FSA cartridge headsets on the shelf so popped one in. The old Trek was internal so couldn't pinch that. The original Trek's Hollowtech2 BB is still good so just used spacers to adjust from the old 73mm shell to the Kona's 68mm one. All cleaned and greased and SLX cranks fitted back on and all smooth as!
Frame cleaned and covered in a fair bit of Muc Off Bike Protect.
Poor Trek - if anyone wants it, drop me a PM, its in great condition and super light.
So as of close of Tuesday:
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