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Thanks oddjob! I am familiar with the differnt duct tapes out there. I have batman tape that I will probably use for him, and I found some 105g 16" tubes to do split tubeless. If I need to, I'll run a strip of gorilla tape on the edge if need be. I have 2 bikes that are tubeless and I...

Now I need to decide if I am going to lace the wheels 18 or 24 spoke. Though I am leaning towards 24. After all, the kid is light, he doesn't need 36 spokes!

I finished drilling the rims tonight. The holes took another 175 grams off of each rim. They are 620 grams each now, they were 880g to begins with. Total weight loss now is 3 pounds. 1.14 pounds just in the rims!

Cool build! We had an original hanebrink at the shop I used to work at, that thing was unstoppable, but at the same time exhausting!

Yup I agree! I took 14 pounds off my mongoose beast and That included making it a 9 speed with front and rear discs brakes. I have tires coming for this bike that should take about 4 pounds off

I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it as light as his HotRock at 27.4 pounds, but I'm going to give it my best stot. There is a lot of weight to loose in the tires....

Thanks for the positive replies! The rims may have been power coated, the paint was thick. I'm stoked to be part of this build off.

I got as much paint as is reasonable off of both rims. They each lost 85g. Not quite as much as I thought, but still a decent amount. Total weight loss so far 2.23 pounds!

I just got done stripping the paint off of the outside of 1 rim. It was 55g. That doesn't sound like much, but inner and outer of both rims will be around 200g of weight, and thats nearly a half pound of just paint! Plus the silver looks better than the yellow.

The wide tires defiantly have more drag than a thinner tire, but it isn't as much as you think. And once you get on a surface like snow, you really don't notice the difference. For me the altitude was the killer.

This is a really cool build!

I got a bit done last night. I haven't really been riding my full suspension beast, so I stole the hubs out of it. The front is an alloy fat bike hub, and the rear is a widened Deore hub. They are lighter than the stock by a good bit, and allow me to ditch the freewheel in favor of a cassette...

Ya thats the plan.

I saw that there was a Off Road Build Off so I had this thread moves here! I mountain bike, its what I do. My boy has been riding his Specialized Hotrock off road a bit, but as a single speed, he struggles. And he has been bummed a couple times when I do sand or snow rides, and he can't...

So, have you bought one yet Luke?

Its a rare opportunity that I get to ride in the snow. The last time I went was over 2 years ago. Well on Monday I got to go up to Big Bear, Ca and ride! They have had over 3 feet of snow in the last week, so it was a little hard to find a trail that had been groomed, but once we did it was...

I am not surprised if its just a bushing. Most of the higher end bikes will have bearings, like your specialized. Bearings are much smoother.

That is an odd one!

very cool stuff!

Bummer you broke the Quigley, but honestly, I'm not surprised. Bikes direct will take care of you though. Glad you didn't get hurt doing that endo!