needs a better name that eludes me now.
Some background. About 4 or 5 years ago we had a guy who wanted to buy all our low end full suspension mountian bikes to make in to ski bikes. There are kit for that. Remove the wheels, levers, cables, crank, bb chain, etc. keep the fork, headset, bars, stem, seat post, seat. He was renting them at a downhill ski resort. Win-Win for both of us. The coop got $25 each for a striped down bso. And he got stripped down bsos for $25 each which was a bargain for him. I found some kits on line, $159 for the adaptors. Add your own bike and skis. IMO a full suspension bike is a better option than a hardtail or rigid fork.
I'm not building a ski bike. But we had a few of those stripped down fs-bsos for ski bikes that never got picked up. Found those when we were clearing out of the basement. So I got one to do my own build. From full suspension to no suspension. From 18 or 21 gears to 1. I didn't take a before photo. There wasn't much there anyhow. I found one of the full bike on the www to use. Got a rigid fork from the parts bins. That's repainted to black to match the rear triangle. Paint drying now. Cut & filed off the cable guides on the aluminum main frame. Scraped the decals off. The frame had a clear over the decals and aluminum so it's kinda spotty now. Still deciding how much more work I want to do to polish the aluminum.
I'll keep the v-brake bosses for brakes. Planing on a single cog freewheel and some decent mtb wheels. Maybe some street tires. This may be my next grocery getter for destinations within a mile or two from home. I have some all aluminum brake levers. I think I'l put on mostly aluminum parts to match the frame and keep the weight down.
Next Mountain Ridge, circa 2006.
Some background. About 4 or 5 years ago we had a guy who wanted to buy all our low end full suspension mountian bikes to make in to ski bikes. There are kit for that. Remove the wheels, levers, cables, crank, bb chain, etc. keep the fork, headset, bars, stem, seat post, seat. He was renting them at a downhill ski resort. Win-Win for both of us. The coop got $25 each for a striped down bso. And he got stripped down bsos for $25 each which was a bargain for him. I found some kits on line, $159 for the adaptors. Add your own bike and skis. IMO a full suspension bike is a better option than a hardtail or rigid fork.
I'm not building a ski bike. But we had a few of those stripped down fs-bsos for ski bikes that never got picked up. Found those when we were clearing out of the basement. So I got one to do my own build. From full suspension to no suspension. From 18 or 21 gears to 1. I didn't take a before photo. There wasn't much there anyhow. I found one of the full bike on the www to use. Got a rigid fork from the parts bins. That's repainted to black to match the rear triangle. Paint drying now. Cut & filed off the cable guides on the aluminum main frame. Scraped the decals off. The frame had a clear over the decals and aluminum so it's kinda spotty now. Still deciding how much more work I want to do to polish the aluminum.
I'll keep the v-brake bosses for brakes. Planing on a single cog freewheel and some decent mtb wheels. Maybe some street tires. This may be my next grocery getter for destinations within a mile or two from home. I have some all aluminum brake levers. I think I'l put on mostly aluminum parts to match the frame and keep the weight down.
Next Mountain Ridge, circa 2006.


Last edited: