BB's mtb restoring

Bigg_Boss93 · 2013-07-13T18:27:50+00:00

Copypasted from FB. Long story short. In 1998 my parents bought this bike to my brother for his class advancement(from secondary school to high school), after some years he has stopped using it so became somehow mine. I ever used it till one day that i started having healt problems and had to do hospital-home for 1 year and 6 months so the bike started rusting(since it was in my garden). I leaved it that way till one year ago that i finally started working on it. I started removing every part an

Automotive_Gaming

Very very very very very very very very NAICE!

Darius1695

# Bigg Boss93 :i know that with this much i could have bought a decathlon bike(as JC and some other people suggested me), but i just love that frame and the horn handlebar(steel frame and that handlebar are something you cant find anymore)

First of all,thanks for the answers.
I'm planning to restore my MTB too(a crappy model like this),and a lot of people said that it's worthless to spend money on it.
But i had it since I was 13(now i'm 18) and i love this bike.

So,no matter what they say,bring that MTB back to life.
Keep up the good work.

Sorry for my english,it's not so good

Bigg_Boss93

^ you must be made saint. dont care about what people says, if you love it, save it from rust 😃

Added 1 day later:

5 minutes for install the BB, 5 hours to install the 1"-1" 1/8 adapter. -.-"

So far it is looking good. 😃

g4tnt

that is looking sick bb :awesome:

Bigg_Boss93

Some pics i forgot to post:

BB installed.

Prepared the operating room to install crankset...

...and front v-brakes.

Detail of the crankset with pedals.

The bike as how was sitting till today.

Added 3 minutes later:

Aaaaaand the only good thing to be back to work. 😃

Added 1 hour 11 minutes later:

Installing cassette.

Installed in 20 secs.

Tubes and tires in, only needs air, i forgot that presta valve(italian type) is not compatible with air compressor terminal, so i must do the job with classic air pump. xD

g4tnt

comin along well bb will be a nice bike :awesome:

Jesus_Christ

nice 🙂 still can't stand those bars lol.

Ryancooper

Wow!It's getting nice,what about open a bike shop? 😛

Automotive_Gaming

It keeps growing :3

Bigg_Boss93

thanks guys, im really happy to know you like the job i did ^_^

Added 46 seconds later:

# Ryancooper :
Wow!It's getting nice,what about open a bike shop? 😛

i'd really like to, just that in my place people is asshole and prefer go buy crappy scott bikes instead of build one -_-"

Added 28 seconds later:

I didnt go home to lunch to work on it, this is how was sitting at 1:30pm just after have installed wheels.

How i leaved it at 11:40pm after something like 4 hours of work, only thing it still miss to set properly is the center/front derailleur, everything else is done already. 😃

And a detail of my sicko hornbar, i took it just for Edd since i know he loves it. 😛

Automotive_Gaming

Wow!!

:awesome:

g4tnt

looks epic cool bro nice job

Jesus_Christ

things i would change

slimmer/racier seat
bar tape instead of grips
lower the bars as the current possition literally makes no sense lol

otherwise good job 🙂 i love restoring old bikes..

Bigg_Boss93

i answer you about those parts you'd change:

i bought a comfortable seat, i like get my whole ass back
home ;D

bars are not street purposed, they were even higher when it was stock(i'll upload a pic later) because are meant to keep you body highest possible while going downhill, and for same reason i used grips(and also because i dislike use gloves)

im sure you would apreciate it better trying

Jesus_Christ

# Bigg Boss93 :
i answer you about those parts you'd c
hange:

i bought a comfortable seat, i like get my whole ass back
home ;D

bars are not street purposed, they were even higher when it was stock(i'll upload a pic later) because are meant to keep you body highest possible while going downhill, and for same reason i used grips(and also because i dislike use gloves)

amount of padding doesn't = comfy.. 🙂 i have 10mm of padding on my seat and its comfy with no suspension 🙂

grips/bar tape make no difference, the only thing is it looks better and feels batter :o

deleted_2526

i'm buying tape soon just so my hands don't go black from the grips .... i can't go anywhere without having black hands because the rubber is coming off the grips and sticking on my hands

Bigg_Boss93

never had problems with this rubber, just take progrip stuff and you'll be sure to not have any either ;D

First pic outside my workshop, unfortunately there was already almost no more sun light... today i'll try to take one before gets dark, maybe even using the camera instead of phone. ;D

Added 6 hours 48 minutes later:

Still needs a clean 😃

Darius1695

I salute your effort sir.
Proper job leads to a proper result.

Congrats mate. 🙂

Jesus_Christ

that seat genuinely ruins the look 🙁 but each to their own

Bigg_Boss93

I'm just back from a downhill, and shizzle happened 🙁 there was a road full of houses wreckage, at a certain point i heard a bad sound, that was a metal pipe(4mm diameter) got in the middle of my rear wheel and left side of rear fork D:

Now repeat with me:
Never ride your custom MTB off road lol

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