Wheels assembeled

Managed to get the wheels and tyres all assembled today.

At first I did it wrong and thought the tyres were too big. I tried my spares first. These were donated by eastie.

This video helped with fixing up the tyre's and tubes on Mountain Bike Maintenance : Install a Bicycle Tire


I did however manage to get tyres from my LBS too for $60 both.

I don't have bolts for the rotors, so will have to pay my LBS a visit tomorrow or on Wednesday to get the bolts. 

Hopefully I can ride by Wednesday . 

Bottom Bracket Installed

Today I recieved my package from
CRC and installed the bottom bracket.

It wasn't hard to figure out how it was done. The instructions were really easy to follow too.

Problems

I'm not really liking the look of the bike at the moment. The silver fork and the design of it makes the whole bike look weird. I am thinking of going back to my LBS next Wednesday and trading the fork for something with a higher travel. At least minimum 100mm. Didn't get the other Marzocchi they had because I honestly couldn't afford it at this point of time.


An added problem, the tube valves would not fit into the rims because the slot it too small. Would have to exchange the tubes if possible. Just emailed my LBS, hopefully I hear from them soon.



Here are some pictures.

The Bomber fork and the RockShox Brake Mounts

The frame with the New RockShox fork Installed

The Valve that would not fit. 

New fork and bike update

Sorry about the picture earlier, I put the bomber fork in the wrong position when I shot it. The image below was the best I could do with my iPhone and the lighting in my room.


Also a picture of my bike. I need more spacers now because of the steerer tubes length. Its the smaller things that have been setting me back.

Pretty stressed..

Well thats all for now, got to get ready for my shift at work.

Cheers!

Detailed Updated Parts Listing - Excluding Brakes

So far the search for parts has been coming along pretty well, and in these past few weeks I have learnt a great deal about mountain bikes and bicycles in general.

These are parts that I have recently purchased and waiting for them to be shipped/arrive, they should all be getting here some time next week since most of the parts are coming within Australia.

Except for the Shimano Deore M590 Chainset with BB - 170mm,22,32,44t which was bought on ChainReactionCycles.com , the rest of the parts are all from forums such as BicycleNetworkAustralia and Rotorburn.



Parts List 

• One-one inbred 26er 16” frame (new)
• Seat Post(new)
• Seat Clamps(New)
• Bars (new)
• 90mm truvatic stem(new)
• Headset (new)
• On-One Saddle
• Marzocchi 1998 Bomber fork (Used)
• SRAM PG970 cassette (brand new seller bought wrong one)
• SRAM X0 9 Speed rear derailleur (used)
• SRAM X0 Twist Shifters
• Funn Souljam Pedals (used)
• Shimano XT from mech – 28.6mm clamp (used)
• Wheels : Novatech D811SB qr/D812SB Qr read, Hubs, DT Swiss Comp spokes with aluminium nipples, Alex XD Lite Rims , Bike ribbon tape (New)
• Shimano Deore M590 Chainset with BB -170mm, 22,32,44t (New)

I have not decided on which brakes I am going to get definitely its going to be a disc brake set.It would be wise to go for an Avid brake system since it comes so highly recommended by so many people in the forums that have been teaching me so much about building a mountain bike. Recently I received several offers on brakes on Rotorburn.com hopefully I get a good deal in the next two weeks.