I really could have used this last weekend at the slopestyle, but here is a quick little 31.6mm pivotal post. My dropper post is 2-3" taller than this and prevents this hardtail from being a good dirt jumper. The added standover makes for a much better rocky terrain DJ bike.
Sand bike in the works. Just waiting on 100mm BB shells and some RaceFace cranks
some V brake posts and a disc tab for Dave's polo fork
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
twin parks
thanks to Abel, Pepper, Cullen, Brandon, Ramon and the rest of the Austin guys for making Twin Parks a kickass place to ride bikes. I got a few more clips but technology is failing me right now. Go to the Trailpirate Facebook site and Youtube to see other views/lines in this place.
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/357574/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/357574/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/357574/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/357574/
Saturday, March 29, 2014
nice day out
A neon orange color accomplished with the tennis ball yellow plus a trans orange top coat:
I refer to Alain's 24" MTB a lot so here it is again:Swaffords Anthills frame
Alain's parky 24:
I didn't mention it in the post, but that broken Californian frame got a Stout downtube (bigger 1.5" diameter and a properly welded gusset) Better then new, with a pearl gray coat:Andrews light 20"
Saturday, March 22, 2014
big 24" wheeler
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Fastest, most energy efficient bike I've ridden at the park. The 73* HA was perfect for 24" wheels. I suspect it has to do with fork offset and trail but all I can say for sure is that I much prefer it over 74.5*. It feels similar to a 74* HA on the 22" wheels. I don't recommend these Alienation rims for heavy dudes, as they are a bit flexy. I'll probably switch to a Hazard rear rim soon.
I couldn't wait so I whipped a fork together from some thick tubes I had laying around: 2.15mm thick steerer with a welded on race, 1.125" dia .058" legs butt welded with gussets, and a nut welded in the left side dropout/tube for the peg.The peg on the left attached to a separate 14mm hollow axle
Quick little steel seat post made from old parts
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Still gearing up for Ti frames. Ti requires backpurging throughout the welding process, a huge gas lens and a strict sterilizing procedure.
Those who make high end Ti frames use an Ultrasonic cleaner to do a thorough sterilizing job, so I'm making space for one of these:
http://www.isonicinc.com/P4890-closed-6x3.jpg
In other news, I'm slowly building a few more bikes for myself. A fat/sandbike and this 24" parkbike:
73 HA, 72 SA
22.3" Top tube
14.25 CS
13.15" BB height with the big 2.4" tires
True Temper Butted top and DT
I chose a pretty slack head angle as the others I'v built/ridden were 74-75 and felt too steep.
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