Some scores/Upgrades/Stuff
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During my daily search for a 26” Redline Monocog a 29er popped up and it was too cheap to pass up!
$250 and a couple hours on the road it made it to its new home. I was told that it was only ridden 3-4 times max.
For sure it’s gonna get the BMX treatment! I was thinking a Redline BMX stem, Redline pedals, BMX bars, gumwalls, Brooks B17 green apple saddle and swapping out the tubes to Schrader valve style. Stayed tuned.
For sure it’s gonna get the BMX treatment! I was thinking a Redline BMX stem, Redline pedals, BMX bars, gumwalls, Brooks B17 green apple saddle and swapping out the tubes to Schrader valve style. Stayed tuned.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
That's a heck a lot of bike for $250! Super score!
Solid
First things first, start with a little more comfort for the rear end.
Added some Kenda skin walls over the weekend. It’s a fast roller, but still waiting on the 16t cog to come in to swap out the 20t it currently has.
Tried out some S&M Husky MX bars and black ops stem, the bars are a game changer on the Monocog! They put me in a better seat position for city cruising.
Waiting on the smaller cog to show up and I need to extend the front brake lines a few inches.
Waiting on the smaller cog to show up and I need to extend the front brake lines a few inches.
Picked up a pair of hardly used Amazon scooters for cheap. “Brakes” are all plastic! Gonna set them up for my wife and I to keep up with the kiddos and their scooters. Perfect size for my wife, but I’ll need taller bars.
Already started with removing decals, trashing the brakes and painting the rims a hammered bronze color.
A few shots from today. Stay tuned.
Already started with removing decals, trashing the brakes and painting the rims a hammered bronze color.
A few shots from today. Stay tuned.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
The arms of the vees?!! I've never seen that, I thought the pressed steel ones were cheapos! Talk about flex!
What, good, honest, hard-working pressed steel, guaranteed to accentuate every glorious bump and twitch in your badly manufactured and ill-used chromed steel rims?
I rate my pressed steel ones higher than some of those cheapo cast aluminium Vee brakes I have seen with their shoddy rivets, and now in comparison to plastic they are only my third least favourite choice. So while they might be third rate, they are also third-from-last rate
Brakes are overrated anyways right!? lol. Good ol shoe to the pavement will/should slow me down enough.
One down and one to go. Hit the entire frame and wheels with some satin clear too.
That thing looks so good. Great upgrades.
Pulled out some parts from the shed to get some inspiration. Nothing special, just building a mixed up 20” from a ‘74 Stingray frame.
I cant decide if I should go with a banana seat or those big boy worksman’s. Still working on getting a fork and matching wheelset with tires.
I cant decide if I should go with a banana seat or those big boy worksman’s. Still working on getting a fork and matching wheelset with tires.
With those handlebars, the worksman seat with a layback post might go better, like a big boy BMX.
I have previously been called a big boy on a BMX! I like the layback seat post idea, I have one somewhere they I can try out.
Traded a bicycle stem for a sweet semi new Black and Decker router kit.
