1999 Sunn BMIX , ladybird style! ...

[beshroomed]

Re: 1999 Sunn BMIX wip

Thanks Ash, I will chase you up when I go for a smarter build!

After fitting a new headset, I realised I forgot to check stack height. The steerer was already at the bare minimum it would be safe at, with no spacers.
So, I had to fit a steerer extender, and have a spacer on top of the stem to take up some of the excess this solution leaves. Ugly but cheap !
I recently sold a stem of just the stack height I could have got away with, typical!

I have been putting this together with parts to hand, just to have it built up to blast around on, with a longer term plan of picking up shinies for a future rebuild.

Hubs have been repacked and are nice and smooth now, but the rear will need a new rim.

A rummage produced a BB converter, so I can fit a regular BB.

some other parts fitted;
Deore levers, XT v-brakes
red X-Lite saddle
Tioga Factory FS100 26x2.30 tyres
Race Face cranks w/ middleburn solid ring
Odyssey triple trap pedals

 

[beshroomed]

Re: 1999 Sunn BMIX wip

These sure are fun


1999 Sunn BMIX frame w/Sunn 5 piece forks (stock)

Element Neptune OS36 headset
Rudd stem (stock)
Rudd bars (stock)
Bontrager grips

Shimano XT BR-M750 v-brakes
Shimano Deore BL-M510 levers

Dicta 18T freewheel (stock)
Sram PC991 chain
RaceFace cranks
Middleburn 40T chainring
Middleburn Bottom Bracket 107mm steel axle
Odyssey Triple Trap pedals

Rigida ZAC 19 rims (stock)
Rudd hubs (stock)
Tioga Factory FS100 26x2.30

X-Lite PSS saddle
Kalin seat post (stock)

~28lbs

 

[leapgate]

Re: 1999 Sunn BMIX wip

They are, aren't they?

Here's my 1998 one:



It could really do with some higher rise bars on it, the originals have been swapped for these lower Planet X jobs.

Perfect pub bikes

 

[beshroomed]

gone

 

[rasumichin]

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looking good!
ladybirds are useful creatures.

 

[stevet1]

Nice. Rotate those bars back though - its the law.

 

[slope]

I know I'm from the US, but aren't they called ladybugs??

 

[Muddy paw]

Over here we say lady birds mate and loving the bike but not the Ka sorry ..

 

[beshroomed]

I know I'm from the US, but aren't they called ladybugs??

Ladybirds over here mostly!

Nice. Rotate those bars back though - its the law.

Thanks.Rotated back a bit to see how they go, the extra reach can be nice!

looking good!
ladybirds are useful creatures.

Ladybirds are awesome, they help me exterminate my nemesis, mealy bugs...

Over here we say lady birds mate and loving the bike but not the Ka sorry ..

the ka sure gets noticed around town :shock: It is all fun!

This will eventually be stripped for a minty rebuild. nos hubs acquired and stashed away

 

[xxejen]

great hubset !

i have the same for sale !