New Old Stock!
Tonka tough.
Last night I went down to the storage cage in my unit and dug through plastic containers in search for bits and this is all the stuff I found. Pretty hilarious that I’ve been holding on to this stuff for 15+ years!
The fat Maxxis 2.3 High Roller front and fast rolling 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8 on the rear was how I liked to run my old dual suspension bike. Took me ages to dial in that combo. Lots of grip at the front in corners, and the tail would slide out when leaning hard at speed which really suited my riding style. The WTB Rocket V saddle must have come new on my old Giant Reign 1. The Tioga saddle and bottle cage are rad, so too the weight weenie Maxxis tubes.
I think the tyres are overkill, but I had to at least put them on to see what they looked like and to check clearances. Still nowhere near refining how this bike is going to look, and still waiting for brake levers and a shifter to come in the mail, but man I’m having a blast going down the 90’s MTB rabbit hole.