'97 Proflex Budget Build

[eastcoaststeve]

One for the oddballs....


Started with this:

Intent was to build up a fun, cheap, single-speed boinger for playing around on.



$118 usd (including the original $60 purchase price), a week's time, and a lot of trips to the spare parts pile led to this:

It rides pretty nice once you get used to it, and it put a big grin on my old mug.




Steve

 

[FST4RD]

Nice

Always wanted a proflex...
Hows does it ride as a single speed?

 

[orange71]

me likey - how much of the chain tension does the suspension take in at full compression? I'm surprised you can get away with a single wheel tensioner.

 

[shovelon]

Looks nice.

What crank is that?

 

[eastcoaststeve]

Crankset is a Rhino (made by Dean):

It rode really well after I got a feel for where to keep my weight on the downhills and clearing obstacles. As far as the tensioner goes, it has a lot of spring stength, and I didn't notice any problems on the shake-down ride, (I'll keep my eye on it now though ).

A few more detail shots for those who like such things:

Steve

 

[Pickle]

Frame looks mint!

Not feeling the stem, but otherwise a nice build.

 

[shovelon]

Frame looks mint!

Not feeling the stem, but otherwise a nice build.

Um ya, either black on stem or silver on post to match stem and crank and wheels. My teenage daughter would scream fashion fauxpaux.

Dang, I love those cranks.

First rate my man.

 

[stubb]

nice fun build ..made from your parts bin !! thats a posh parts bin to have xtr stuff in it

 

[eastcoaststeve]

Thanks for the comments guys.



Might be a bit of a mix with the black and silver, but I was keying on the color combo on the shocks...silver crank/black pedals, silver stem/black bar, rims black center with silver sides, and the black post matches the fork links...never been much of a decorator though


My parts pile ranges from swanky to junky, but this time I had the "right" stuff for a nice build. Cranks, (which I love too), came from the cracked Manitou, and the XTR brakes came from the Explosif I built up fixed. The rest of the stuff ended up in the pile from multiple builds that have shuffled parts from one frame to another...kind of a MTb musical chairs until they find the right home.


Here are a few pics of the springer in action:

went over the bars two seconds after the log shot


Cheers,

Steve

 

[Easy_Rider]

Wow, i like that