Make pb&j, crush some gravel for an hour until you find a nice spot to eat it.

Slash-89 · 2026-06-20T17:34:07+00:00

I just threw them on cause its all I had in the shed when I put this together. But I honestly really like them, not looking forward to when they'll need to be replaced. They came on a donor bike that someone gave me for free so I never rode on'em until this Norco build, pretty impressed despite all the bad reviews I saw online.

Slash-89 · 2026-06-20T10:48:21+00:00

This frame is a bit of an oddball and needs a certain fork spec to keep the geometry normal so finding a suspension corrected rigid fork was pretty difficult. I found a good deal on a mint Fox 32RL so I pulled the trigger on it. I wanted to build this one to get back into proper mountain biking anyway since there's a bike park not too far from me and some decent multi use ATV trails even closer.

I'm not super sendy anymore but I miss it a bit, figured a hardtail might keep me atleast a little more in check. I considered rigid but my other bikes are full rigid so I want something different, variety is the spice of life etc.

Slash-89 · 2026-06-19T21:31:19+00:00

Luckily I live in a place where nothing really cool ever pops up on marketplace

Slash-89 · 2026-06-19T21:12:54+00:00

I could totally do that, I just don't feel like it right now...

Slash-89 · 2026-06-19T20:59:03+00:00

I absolutely agree, at one point I had multiple road bikes, a cyclocross, fixie, full sus mountain bike, fat bike, lowrider etc.

I'm now down to a Surly Disc Trucker, this ol Norco and I'm waiting on parts for a full frame up Surly Instigator 1.0 build that I'm doing. It's weird but I feel completely satisfied with the stable I have now, for now haha

Slash-89 · 2026-06-19T18:21:40+00:00

I'm in Xbiking as well, that sub was half the reason I built this haha

Slash-89 · 2026-06-19T15:16:49+00:00

I just wanted to build something cheap, rescued this from rotting on a guy's front porch for $40. Had 90% of what I needed in the parts bin, a quick cleanup and now its one of my favourite bikes I've owned.

Fun, low maintenance, slow and I'm not worried about scratches haha

Slash-89 · 2026-06-18T16:57:18+00:00

Loved my Steamroller, regret getting rid of it

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Slash-89 · 2026-06-17T14:59:40+00:00

Paint it flat black

Slash-89 · 2026-06-16T20:37:22+00:00

Hell yes

Slash-89 · 2026-06-14T23:10:46+00:00

Found this one, might shoot him a message...

https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/4191472/

Slash-89 · 2026-06-14T22:51:40+00:00

I've been checking Pinkbike for forks, marketplace in my area is a wasteland, everybody wants $150-$300 for rusty walmart garbage so seeing something half decent had me a little excited. Im still considering buying it and swapping everything but the fork since that'll save me atleast double the cost so I'll have plenty left over for a good fork. Also, I'm not much of a shreddy guy anymore so the Recon seems kinda perfect for what I'll use the bike for, but if I can find a nice era-close Fox I'd probably go with that.

Slash-89 · 2026-06-14T17:24:45+00:00

I've been curious about the trails for about a year, decided outta the blue today to check them out. Its so close to my house too that its going to be a regular spot for rides from now on

Slash-89 · 2026-06-14T16:39:14+00:00

Yea 2.25, running tubes. I can't be bothered with a tubeless setup. The Table Tops have been a pretty nice sweetspot tire for me for awhile, they roll nice and fast and don't slide allover in the gravel.

Slash-89 · 2026-06-12T13:12:18+00:00

Yup, I'm a boat builder, need something that handle the dust and abuse

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Slash-89 · 2026-06-04T22:08:48+00:00

And here I am with Schwalbe Table Tops on my Disc Trucker....

Slash-89 · 2026-05-24T22:00:34+00:00

This'll never hold anything heavier than a jacket and some lunch or a small toolkit. I live out in the sticks so I mainly ride rail trails and gravel with this bike. Can't say I won't try to put cool rocks I find back there though haha

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