Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Just want to say "Awesome Thread!" or some such. I have looked at the generic version of this frame (didn't realize what it was until I saw this ... and I have been wondering about hydro-discs )doing them myself, not buying them.) It looks like the kind of project I would be able to do ... after the first five failed attempts. But with your step-by-step breakdown i would at least no I was failing while trying to do it correctly.
Great build, cool bike.
Don't sell yourself short.
Thanks for the kind words and don't think that it wasn't a learning process for me either.
Brakes were the most tedious part of the build. Not difficult, just time consuming. Bleeding was trial and error. The perfectionist in me was challenged to let go at 99.5% accuracy.
-Tim-