Private Repress

This isn’t the one I saw! That’s a beaut! Not a mount in sight! Orange components looks sweeeet!

I’ve seen that grey zoot - looked ace! A lot lighter in colour than mine though! Yes I’ll be chopping the seat post out and putting the inspired one on from the diamondback when I’ve ridden it a few times. Also need to make sure the seat clears the tyre. Yes I’ll remove the pins from the mounts for vee’s but keeping the mount on there incase the disc mount cracks. And yes well spotted mate - Santa Cruz black pro 2 hubs was thinking all black for this if sprayed - here’s another I saw in black and I love it:

Next up I added a spank single speed 13t sprocket on the rear, the beefiest chain I could find and some MT5’s with trial tech pads in the rear. initially I ran the front brake through the head tube, took it out for a spin and realised I had a problem with the original open bearing headset. So swapped it for the hope one off the diamondback. Pain in the backside as it meant I had to re-bleed the front brake! Ah well! also changed the plastic seat which was very uncomfortable to an old DMR padded pivotal - it’s torn but I like the look haha. I did buy the brakes with 203mm rotors, but they will be going on my enduro rig from which I’ve pinched the 180mm rotors I might go down the route of getting it all sprayed, but for now I want to ride it!

Yes I’ve seen a few that have broken, to be fair through I’m 32, not looking to do huge stuff anymore, for me it’s more about simple stuff that feels good on the bike! If you like build threads you should check out my Ashton ET build one, a lot more detail

Next up the bar and stem... took those off the diamond back along with the Ashton forks... oh and a lovely wheel set from @Ben Davies DMR DeeVee rims on black hope pro 2 hubs. Also later converted the rear hub to 14mm bolt in - works a treat! already starting to feel more my kind of bike!

I’m not a huge fan of front Freewheel’s, so opted for a screw on fixed sprocket and a new bash from Tarty, looks a bit cleaner

Having built up my Ashton ET, I thought I’d look for something with a bit more trials geometry... and a rear disc mount. Still steering clear of Inspired at the moment. Ended up buying this from this very forum as a starting point: The 4 bolt mounts on the forks had been hacked back - I intend to finish this off nice and smooth, the rear chainstay/wishbone support on the frame had been cut off to allow for the rear disc calliper to fit - and these frames don’t fit particularly large callipers anyway. I continued to look for something else to help with the Frankenstein build and found an Onza Zoot - a mate of mine recently bought one and I really like the way it rides so I went and met the guy selling this one - top lad and it had been well looked after:

@Herbertlemon102 haha thanks mate, the house comment is even more relevant as I’m a residential surveyor by trade! Also agree the two jockey wheel set up looks better (a decent little pressie from the other half for chriatmas!) I’ll be taking off the chain stay protector, just want to make sure the chain doesn’t hit the frame!

Absolutely beautiful, totally agree that it was under rated. Looks like a dream to ride. Nice work!

Here she is complete with stickers, managed to get a cheeky little indoor skatepark ride in today - was so much fun, rides pretty well on the ramps.

@Ross McArthur On holiday now mate, will get some pics up when I’m back - thanks again for the advice on running the headset through the top cap, ended up getting a medium star nut from tarty and it works a treat

Managed to get out for a proper ride yesterday - had such a laugh, bearing in mind I stopped riding trials about 14 years ago I’ve got to say 24 inch wheels are so much fun! I also managed to run the front brake through the head tube the night before and swapped the 24t chain ring to a 22t, removed some chain links too. This made a huge difference! Pedal hops are much better now! I’m really happy with how neat this turned out despite the fact I only used a hacksaw and a round file! I’d be out again tonight if I had the choice but my arms are still killing from riding yesterday haha.

@Ross McArthur Ive seen that Sam pilgrim vid, won’t catch me doing this to my bike haha

Cheers pal, yes I wanted to run the chain tighter, which I’ll definately be able to do with the 22t

Well spotted dude, proper school boy error there! A job for the weekend! Yeah I was tempted by a inspired, but didn’t like the price of the fact I’d need a new post. This was one of the only plain black seats I could find believe it or not!

@Luke Rainbird @Ross McArthur Thanks guys, didn’t realise tarty bikes did the fangled nut in different sizes, think I’ll go with a small nut and make a hole in the top cap - should look nice and neat that. I’ll also bang the 22t on and give that a whirl... Managed to grind the rear rim tonight and get the tyre fitted - and yes I went with the 2.4 inch tyres

The Maxxis holy rollers arrived, fitted the front one and love the chunky look! Hopefully I’ll get chance to put a grind on the rear wheel tonight and fit the other tyre. Once that’s done it’s a case of routing the front brake through the steerer tube so I can begin to learn foot jam whips Anyone know of a good/neat way to do this/recommend a product bearing in mind it’s a narrow threadless steerer tube? also I’m not sure I have the gear ratio quite right, it’s currently 24-15, but just doesn’t feel right for pedal hops. I have a 22 middleburn ring spare, think that would be better - any thoughts on what seems to be the best for 24inch street?

Thought some might like to see this too, a magura MT4 off an EBike, i’d never seen one before... Brand new (taken off a display bike) for £35, included the pads too! I snipped the cable off the lever (it kills the eBike battery when the brake is pulled), but fully intend to take it out of the lever completely at some point. Also received these little beauts free from the man himself, Edd Tongue! What a legend! Where do you think I should put them? Or shall I get the lettering made so there is no black background?

@Ross McArthur that’s really tidy! See what you mean about the profile - very slick - worth trying for that price

Cheers dude, I was keen to build something a little different

@Herbertlemon102Yeah fair comment, get a bit more chain wrap. They were out of stock everywhere elese I would have had one

Build complete! Just the stickers to get made and put on now, may get some high rollers and run the front hose through the steerer (anyone know a neat way to do this, bearing in mind it’s a really narrow steerer?) but they are not essential at this point what do you think?

@Ross McArthur do you have a pic of that tensioner on your bike? Not a big fan of how much the 4-Jeri sticks out and might get one of those

My Cannondale Trigger with everything upgraded apart from frame, shocks and stem I think! Adjustable shock via the handle bar is great for some impromptu trials! Renthal fat bars MT5 up front MT7 on the rear Spank rims on hope pro 4 hubs Sram dub GX cranks - BB30 was a joke 170mm Rockshox stealth dropper Sram X9 rear mech Fox DYAD 2 rear shock Fox forks MRP chain guide and bash plate

It hasn’t marked it don’t worry - very soft rubber jaws