So I've been looking for a little frame to suit this build for a while, my daughter has outgrown her specialized hotrock and I really didn't want to buy an off the shelf bike again. I needed something with a fair amount of standover and relatively short reach so a 14" Kona frame was always in the cards.
I have to admit that I did want something a little more high end but having looked for a while I couldn't resist buying this little Hahanna to have a go with and striped it down to clean up:
I've been putting bits aside for a while now so have a choice of components (most are parts bin spares rather than high end though), the frame came with some Judy XCs so after I'd cleaned them up and put an old Chris King hs in the frame I thought I'd have a look:
Really cool but the manitou 4s i have are around 40mm shorter a-c so better suited for this project even if they are a little older than the frame:
Wheels again I have a few sets, I originally wanted to put on my hope on deep v esque rims but the older 217 wheelset is a little more simple and better suited.
This will probably end up with XT gears and v brakes.
The big thing is crank choice, I've been looking into shortening cranks and intend to put my pillar drill to good use, having bought a new crank thread tap set I've set aside a few old sets of cranks to have a play with.
I think I'll put a regular set on in the meantime just so we can see how it rides.
Should be more to come soon.
I have to admit that I did want something a little more high end but having looked for a while I couldn't resist buying this little Hahanna to have a go with and striped it down to clean up:
I've been putting bits aside for a while now so have a choice of components (most are parts bin spares rather than high end though), the frame came with some Judy XCs so after I'd cleaned them up and put an old Chris King hs in the frame I thought I'd have a look:
Really cool but the manitou 4s i have are around 40mm shorter a-c so better suited for this project even if they are a little older than the frame:
Wheels again I have a few sets, I originally wanted to put on my hope on deep v esque rims but the older 217 wheelset is a little more simple and better suited.
This will probably end up with XT gears and v brakes.
The big thing is crank choice, I've been looking into shortening cranks and intend to put my pillar drill to good use, having bought a new crank thread tap set I've set aside a few old sets of cranks to have a play with.
I think I'll put a regular set on in the meantime just so we can see how it rides.
Should be more to come soon.
