[Closed] Blingy freaky build - Ti29er

Correct. 🙂

loving that fork. id take the on-one stickers off the frame though.

on-one stickers off the frame though.

mleh. cant see them when Im riding it 😉

I also met the same man for fondling action later in the morning - he gets about!

ha! youve got my sloppy seconds then! 🙂

what did santataz give you then Matt?

ok, can you explain to me how you fit those forks? presumably the stearer is connected to the bottom crown which goes throught the headset, but then how does the top part connect on?

cool bike btw

Nice bike.

The deliberate mistake is that you didn't install a valve in the front wheel - extreme rad tubeless niche meister, I salute you!

And bonus points for anyone who can spot the deliberate mistake

You took it out during the day? Cables too long? Missing a dust cap?

Ti seatposts look so nice... 🙁

you didn't install a valve in the front wheel

no cigar - it's just above the "R" of Ralph.

can you explain to me how you fit those forks?

they're a bit of a git - only the presence of my son in the shed this morning prevented some minor cussing.

there's a removeable steerer that is inserted through the stack of fork clamps, headset parts, spacers and headtube. Clamped at the bottom, then preload with top cap, clamp the stem and then tighten the top fork clamp.

need to fill the space between the two fork clamps with sufficient spacers and shims until there's almost no play left, anything left can be taken up with the pre-load on the SFN.

And bonus points for anyone who can spot the deliberate mistake

Mango CK top headset race, unknown silver bottom one?
Front brake hose 4 yards too long?
Massive rise bars on the front end of a 29er?
A gear dangler on a frame that only gets used either SS or with a hub gear?

Stoner.

You might find fitting easier if you take the bolts out of the clamps,fit them from the other side and put a coin in the slot in the middle. Then tighten the bolts until it opens the clamp up a little.
That way the steerer's a lot easier to slide in and out.

Mango CK top headset race, unknown silver bottom one?
Front brake hose 4 yards too long?
Massive rise bars on the front end of a 29er?
A gear dangler on a frame that only gets used either SS or with a hub gear?

all perfectly valid, but not the one Im after.actually its hard to tell the mismatched grips from that picture.

anyone know a cheap online source for ODI style Oury grips?

ha! youve got my sloppy seconds then!

what did santataz give you then Matt?

Oh no - I was santa in our role play!

I never knew he was a taker as much as a giver.

seat clamp upside down?

clink.

You've not sold the jones to Tazzy have you?

cheers Stu, good idea.

Yes he has, now rushing home to build n get out on it tonight! Cheers chaps.XxX

its all terribly incestuous in here 😉

You've not sold the jones to Tazzy have you?

Somebody has got to keep the economy going!

Bike rationalisation V2.34.b

which jones was that clink? got a pic?

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Now down to this:
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And this oncegot bits/built:
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interesting. which jones is that?

and whats the FS? 26" or 29"?

Steel production frame.

Trek/GF HiFi Pro 29er frame. Got it cheap - brand new warranty replacement 🙂

so not a fat frame then?

doesnt the GF need funky forks for the Hifi geometry?

doesnt the GF need funky forks for the Hifi geometry?

laughing

Mummy, make the ugly bikes go away please.......

haha to you too 😉

I thought GF designed his stuff with a special offset?

Clink, did you not liek the jones or was it just not right for the riding you do. I quite like the look of the ordinary forked steel frame. And would welcome some owners thoughts.

The rear wheel looks tiny!!

doesnt the GF need funky forks for the Hifi geometry?

In theory yes, but the consensus seems to be that it will be fine with current offset Rebas. A couple of people have said they even prefer it as slows steering down and makes them less twitchy.

At the end of the day it's a 70 degree ha - not unlike lots of other (newer) 29er frames out there.

I'm more concerned about whether to set it up 1x9 or with more gears!

aha.
I had seen this

It also has a Fisher-specific 51mm offset fork that does make it handle better than a standard 29er over a wider variety of riding speeds.

Its going to be interesting to see if I can notice the 55mm offset of the Jones forks on the Ti29er.

The rear wheel looks tiny!!

little cows, bigger cows, dougal.

Clink, did you not liek the jones or was it just not right for the riding you do. I quite like the look of the ordinary forked steel frame. And would welcome some owners thoughts.

Loved it, particularly on anything going downhill. Very confidence inspiring. It didn't climb as well as my O-O ti frame (but it's obviously heavier).

Couldn't justify keeping 2 rigid ss bikes. Hopefully will now have 2 bikes that are sufficiently different.

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Its going to be interesting to see if I can notice the 55mm offset of the Jones forks on the Ti29er.

Thanks - hadn't seen that. It's the older frame though, that kept breaking!! The new one is stiffer and beefed up.

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stoner, i just got all nauseous when i saw you picture. 😉

Surely Jeff will be in touch about not using his bars as well- may as well go properly oddball!!

Needs ti jones bars to finish it off but very nice, looking forward to tazzy's thread too.

stoner, i just got all nauseous when i saw you picture.

damned if Im going to wait for Kona to bring us Honzo frames. My birthday next week, so this is my treat 🙂

ye gods stoner, WTF have you done, only a swine,cad and bounder would have foisted such ti noodleniness on an unsuspecting gentleman.

was lovely to meet you and clink today and at least 2 more STW forumites now know my dark secret.

Come on then tazz.
You must have it built up by now. 😉

just back in from first blast. Dear Scott Fitzgerald, they work!

Tazz, you should have sold me your lungs along with the forks. I cant keep up with them 🙂

Com on Taz lets see it 😀
heres mine
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Ringo - purple Jones used to be mine!

Hope you're liking it
Needs a bigger disc on the front!

it's not ready yet I'm just making some new brakes out of a spare pair of xtr flappy paddle jobbos and some levers to get just the brakes without the gearie nonsense.

quick spin on it and it feels just like mongo with wonderbike but with better clearance and doesn't look quite so offensive.

only issue is with fitting a crud guard. I know they work but they look so sh1te 😕