Anyone built something like this (an MTB hardtail with carbon forks)? Instead of buying an MTB/cyclocross/or roadrat type bike for their commuter

Brand-X Carbon Frame/Planet X/Kinesis MTB frame
Rigid carbon MTB disc fork
Single Ring Chainset
Disc MTB Wheelset
Disc Brakes

Hundreds of folk, yes.

Works fine but not worth buying from scratch

anyone care to post theirs? am intrigued to see what beasts have been built

I started using a mountain bike for the commute and loved it,bought a CX bike and disliked it and have now built this for commuting duties…

Back to loving my commute again! 🙂

I built this from stuff I had lying about. The frame was from my first bike after getting back into bikes after 10yrs off. Other things I had in my spares box, wheels were off the big bike after it got an upgrade. Most expensive bit was the On One forks which were £30. All in cost about £80 in new parts.

Untitled by NorthernMatt, on Flickr

Random 69er thrown together with bits off classified for about £250 all in. Absolutely love it.