'95 Bontrager Privateer , NOW FINISHED ! ! !

[Mike Muz]

Cheers ,

looking forward to my first ride on it , probably at the weekend

Mike

 

[al-onestare]

That's some seat-post, that riding position makes my back cry looking at it!

 

[Mike Muz]

That's some seat-post, that riding position makes my back cry looking at it!

Mine too

There is actually over 1/4 of the post in the frame ! :shock:

Mike

 

[MynameisCasper]

This is without a doubt the best Bonty on this site!

 

[Mike Muz]

This is without a doubt the best Bonty on this site!

Thank you for your kind words. It's certainly the best bike I've built . Hope it's as good to ride as it is to look at !

Mike

 

[coomber]

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Yeah, that is really nice. Cant fault anything.

 

[bianchinut]

Looks great! Can't wait to see pictures of her on the trail!

 

[noteeth]

Nice work. They really are great bikes.

 

[Mike Muz]

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Good evening all,

Hopefully here's something to cheer you up before Monday morning blues again
Got out for a shakedown ride on my best bike , here's some pics I took , out on the trails .
This was a week or so ago , I put some Panaracer Fire XC 1.8S on , but is now sporting Charge Splashback 1.8s as the original 2.1s left very little clearance between the stays . Also has a pair of 'refreshed' X-Lite q/r skewers now too .








It handled really nicely , really good on the climbs and singletrack , and not too extreme on the technical downhills either , but for a little wrist ache . Wouldn't want to ride down anything too steep though
Forgot to put a bit of inner tube around the driveside chainstay to protect it from chain slap :facepalm: but the powder coating remained unblemished amazingly .
More than happy with how it turned out , will do a spec sheet and pics of the final final bike soon !

Mike

 

[shinobi]

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Hi Mike
great pics and great bike , nice job
Cheers Paul