My first official RRB build. A 90's murray monterey that i picked up for $10 bucks. I hated the way it looked but felt this bearing rusted, poorly braking pile of metal deserved a better life then its current state. I've always liked the board tracker look so i decided to strip it down and begin the make-over.
when i first got it.
frame stripped
i decided to ditch the current 26" wheels and save them for the next build while collecting a bin of new parts
going with a new 24" wheel set with some new 24x3 thick bricks.
tractor light will also be added with a nice LED mod
and of course i wanted to do something to make this bike stand out sooooo... on with the 65t sprocket
i hated the stem that came with the bike so i decided to pick up something a little fancier and streamline that i had to modify to fit my current fork (which ill be changing later on to a CWC when i can pick one up). handle bars are the ones it came with so i cut them up to make then look a little cooler. they are rusted to heck so i didnt care much for them. they are probably going to be temp anyways.
and here are some mock up pics
i have an idea about color... some black and some grey... i still need to figure out my seat situation but im not worrying about it too much right now. i have plans for a layback seat post and maybe a nice simple raty pan or some old school personal/troxel seat.
when i first got it.
![DSC09655.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c4e/c4e94d54ab6336ba1365b3d51828e557.jpg)
frame stripped
![DSCN1787.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/afa/afa9a8a52b204051f6cdedb6583108c5.jpg)
i decided to ditch the current 26" wheels and save them for the next build while collecting a bin of new parts
going with a new 24" wheel set with some new 24x3 thick bricks.
![DSCN1789.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bd4/bd4de95fcdea39c815536a1829e8d799.jpg)
![DSCN1788.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1e7/1e784f052b63e08adb5664e62cc44eeb.jpg)
tractor light will also be added with a nice LED mod
![DSCN1791.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4f0/4f00e8cc7efe094b44a3f4b7c5f0426c.jpg)
![DSCN1790.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/9bd/9bd445463a0f3e1dbfeb88c0937273b2.jpg)
and of course i wanted to do something to make this bike stand out sooooo... on with the 65t sprocket
![DSCN1792.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3d5/3d512752913e433bb10a191d8090fffe.jpg)
i hated the stem that came with the bike so i decided to pick up something a little fancier and streamline that i had to modify to fit my current fork (which ill be changing later on to a CWC when i can pick one up). handle bars are the ones it came with so i cut them up to make then look a little cooler. they are rusted to heck so i didnt care much for them. they are probably going to be temp anyways.
![DSCN1793.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/da0/da048f125c420b532a53802194b0aec1.jpg)
![DSCN1794.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b5c/b5cc51a1a700c3a9c183fe7c3d1f36a3.jpg)
and here are some mock up pics
![DSCN1795.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/865/865c9767f701fb2a7ab87d4e8048e8dd.jpg)
![DSCN1796.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/aab/aab5691a1c5204e918b8eec9da9a557d.jpg)
i have an idea about color... some black and some grey... i still need to figure out my seat situation but im not worrying about it too much right now. i have plans for a layback seat post and maybe a nice simple raty pan or some old school personal/troxel seat.