What make 26 wheel bikes great for this is the bikes overall size for travel and lightweight for putting on rack or bike box. 29ERS seem like bears when moving in and out of hotels / packing up or in the back of a truck for transport.
There's a 95 Hardrock Sport my size available near me and I'm tempted, especially since I'm too uncomfortably short for bigger wheels. I mostly ride on the road, though, with some gravel bikepacking when the mood strikes. Think some new tires would make a Hardrock decent for 25+ mile road days?
Looks lovely! Do you mind sharing exact crank arms that you are using here? because I am on hunt of some used crank arms or crankset which I can strip on a budged for 1x conversion. Ty,
Love the video, A friend of mine gave me the exact same bike. This is my first conversion, just learning. What size rims and tires did you use? Couldn't quite hear. Bike looks amazing, love the bars. Thanks man.
A set of Billy Bonkers rarely fails to bring a vintage frame bang up-to-date, nice work!
Thanks very much dude! Appreciated - I like a Halo H Block too, very slick
Killa looking build.
Thanks man!! 👍👍👍
Looking forward to the first ride video on this great build
Hopefully won’t be too long! Thanks for watching 👍👍
Another great strip and rebuild Geoff, top work 🙌🏻
Cheers Jase, won’t be long!!!
Nice build ❤ … Brooks saddle would be the cherry 🍒 on top 😊
Thanks for watching! I’ve actually added a leather saddle recently 👍👍👍
Awesome thanks 👍
Thanks for watching
What make 26 wheel bikes great for this is the bikes overall size for travel and lightweight for putting on rack or bike box. 29ERS seem like bears when moving in and out of hotels / packing up or in the back of a truck for transport.
Couldn’t agree more! Even better is that you can normally get spares for 9 speed 26ers anywhere!!!
There's a 95 Hardrock Sport my size available near me and I'm tempted, especially since I'm too uncomfortably short for bigger wheels. I mostly ride on the road, though, with some gravel bikepacking when the mood strikes. Think some new tires would make a Hardrock decent for 25+ mile road days?
With some semi slick tyres, like schwalbe city jets, or marathons, yeah it would be good for 25 miles a day - and it would be comfortable too!
Awesome build dude. About how much do you believe you spent on the entire build. Loving the restomod.
Cheers man, as I already had most of the parts I didn’t spend much, but the tyres were about £50, handlebar £30, cables etc £15
Looks lovely! Do you mind sharing exact crank arms that you are using here? because I am on hunt of some used crank arms or crankset which I can strip on a budged for 1x conversion. Ty,
Thanks for watching, the cranks are shimano hollowtec Deore cranks, 104bcd I think
Love the video, A friend of mine gave me the exact same bike. This is my first conversion, just learning. What size rims and tires did you use? Couldn't quite hear. Bike looks amazing, love the bars. Thanks man.
Hey thanks for the feedback! I’m not sure on the rim width, but the tyres are 26x2.1 on the back and 2.25 up front I believe 👍👍👍