Decided this one needed a bit of a refresh, so decided to pop in some bigger wheels and de-orange it.
Thanks to the long rear end 27.5 and even 29 wheels sort of fit right in. I decided to go half way with 27.5 and knobbly tyres first, fine. Then got some 29s they fit too but not a huge amount of clearance but fine with less knobbles. So, 27.5 it is.... for now.
Orange forks, decals, cables etc all off, tried to go black black black and some charcoal decals. But I ended up with white forks picked up locally, Rock Shox Reba. So be it. But OTHER than that, black is king.
Decided that if I'm updating the wheels and forks I'd go all mod with it...
popped in the air shock I picked up a while back, Rock Shox Monarch RT.
Modern chainset and BB too, gone all Hollowtech with an SLX set that came my way recently.
Popped in some new bars too while I was at it, some nice syncros jobbies I've had in the box for years
Just waiting on some brake adapters, stupid PM forks don't like my IS caliper.