NOS stuff. How rad is the packaging!
Kool Stop salmon pads and Schwalbe Billy Bonkers!
Silver DMR pedals (I love them!).
microSHIFT Advent 10-speed shifter and it’s all working perfectly!
Having WAY too much fun with this. I’ve spent more time researching stuff than riding or building. I’ve gone down a lot of rabbit holes; single speed conversion? Eccentric bottom bracket? Magic Gears?! Rigid fork? Mullet set-up with a 24″ wheel on the back?! Ah it’s been so fun!
26″ is pretty much dead though. It’s basically impossible to buy an off-the-shelf 26″ wheel with a 9-10-11-12-speed cassette. I’d have to custom build one if I wanted something lighter and all silver (I’m not a fan of the red anodised wheels).
The microSHIFT 10-speed Advent groupset is shifting so damn well. The shift unit is WAY better than the road lever/shifter so I’m super happy with that. I’m just waiting on brake levers, then I can go ride and see if I can live with such narrow flat bars out on the trails, and whether I might want to invest in some wide riser bars + shorter stem (and finally maybe sprinke some purple anodised bits for bling).