is that my old crosscheck? i think i recognize the stickers
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Yup, it is. Itās slowly bubbling up to the top of my āhorrible things to do whilst framebuildingā list.
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By extension, thatās my old crosscheck and Iām very happy to see it still being used for arcane experiments.
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oh man i had forgotten about that!
I love this place.
I have a feeling that this same conversation will happen in another few years except it will be about sundeals instead of crosschecks.
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Swapped two tubeless tires and actually went smoothly. Replaced the very worn out chain, the gold chain will be missed.
is rustyās bike family tree bigger than anyone elseās? i have his olmo (formerly the braden olmo)
who has sold the most bikes to tarckers? i have sold zero bikes to tarckers
All crosschecks belong to everyone equally tarck is united in crosscheck
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The issue I ran into doing a setup similar to this is that the chain rubs on the top of the front derailleur when you start cross chaining from the big ring. I mean, I just moved the derailleur up to clear, but I donāt know how well it works with a clicky front.
iāve bought/been given 4 different bikes from tarckers but have never sold one back
I gave, sold, or traded (I canāt remember) a bike to a friend that turned him into a cyclist/tarcker.
Iāve done far more consuming than selling in the classifieds, I really donāt like shipping things. Itās the buying postage/printing labels I hate the most.
One of my bikes has a groupset from one Tarck alum and a dynamo from another, and I often ride it with the bottles that recumbentist was hawking earlier this year. āstuff from Outpostā is probably not quite the same, but if so, the rims came from there.
It takes a village to get me on a sort of weird bike.
Anyone build a bike sourced entirely from the marketplace?
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I can see that, but I donāt know how much chain capacity is left after the 31t in the back so itās likely to be something wide range like a 46/38 in front ā Iām planning to put it onto my xtracycle replacement frame, so sprinting gears arenāt my highest priority and the back end of the geartrain is so far away from the crankset that crosschaining isnāt really going to be much of a thing.
at one point my Traitor was close
Traitor Ruben frame/fork & barend shifters from @jimmythefly
custo rack from @Orc
Rear rival deraillleur & spd pedals from @Rusty_Piton
BB7 from @VT_regularbike
VO post from someone here (forget)
B115 handlebars from someone here (forget)
1x rival crankset from someone here (forget)
canecreek levers from someone here (forget)
it currently has wheels from rusty_pitonās wife but i donāt think anything else is tarcky
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Installed new front wheel on the Jones.
Really impressed with how easily the tire mounted on the KOM Light rim. Not sure if thereās enough chain clearance to run the same tire (Bonty XR4) in back, though.
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Finished up (well almost, waiting on longer grips) upgrading the olde singlespeed with some modern parts to get it ready for the new era of backyard trails.
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that looks like a lot of fun
That looks wicked but whatās up with the angle of those brake levers?
dunno if itās a camera thing but theyāre exactly where they need to be