Bikes, builds and gear
Buying a bike is just the beginning of the project, and no bike will survive adventure enduro rides right off the production line. The two main design fundaments of the build were intertwined. One affects the other and vice versa. The final build is a delicate balance of terror between weight and endurance.
The obvious goal was to keep the bike as light as possible, which is easy with parts selection. The hard part is applying the same fundament to everything that goes on the bike.
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Last obstacle…until the next
Success! I got the damn steering stem bottom bearing race off finally. A lot of dremeling and hammer work involved. [...]
Progress
Soooo, today the valves and tyres went on the freshly coated rims. A bunch of stuff from Robinson's and Powersports [...]
Dead end and anodizing
I'm sure the damping adjuster is threaded at one end and will come out, but I just can't figure out [...]
Progress halted
Sooo, the project is not going as planned. I'm back to waiting for tools and parts. I took a couple [...]
The frame is back
The frame is back in the man cave! Didn't have time to have a closer look or fiddle around with [...]
No more orange
Just when I said the rebuild starts, for the fifth time probably, I took out the hub shock absorbers from [...]