1999 Purple Orange Evo2

[Lee GT]

Hi!

Since bumping into a friend last week who has a modified, cool looking retro GT mtb, I had to go and find something to build similar!

So I've just bought a 1999 (I think?) Orange Evo2, which I plan to likely over restore/mod into a everyday bike for chasing my young kids around on

It came with:
Manitou Spyder forks
3x9 Deore Rear Mech
LX shifters
Ritchey hubs with WTB Speedmaster 23x11.3 rims
Avid v brakes

Generally it is OK condition, but I plan to make it a lot cleaner, with some cool older parts

 

[Lee GT]

The bike didn't come with pedals, so obviously the first thing to buy was some tan wall tyres...

 

[Lee GT]

Clearly next I needed some pedals, but I found a cool set of Hope 5 calipers and levers for sale...

I love this design of caliper!



Levers are nice too

 

[Lee GT]

Then, I stumbled across some even nicer Hope 3, 4 piston calipers that look even nicer, and are even more overkill!

Plus I prefer the levers that comes with them too!

... still no pedals though

 

[markoc]

Lovely colour. I'd consider swapping out the forks, I had them on my P7 and they were nothing special and quite flexy.

If the discs are going on then I guess this is already in hand

 

[Lee GT]

Eagle eyed viewers may have already noticed a flaw in my plan - the hubs don't have disc mounts, and neither do the forks

So I managed to find a pair of Hope XC hubs locally



I'm also currently looking out for some early Marzocchi Bombers

 

[Lee GT]

Finally bought some silver DMR V8 pedals, removed the avid brakes, and offered up the Hope 3s on the rear




So far I am really happy with my progress, taking a working bike that was short a set of pedals, and turning it into a pile of parts in my garage!

Also if anyone is interested in a set of Hope 5s or Avid V brakes, I'll put some adverts up later!

 

[Iacabu]

Looks great, Lee.
Following with interest!

 

[Bursty67]

Great to see the progress you are making with my old bike Lee and thanks for sharing

 

[Imlach]

That is such a nice colour. I agree about replacing the fork as mentioned further up, a rigid fork would probably be less harsh than a rattly Spyder