Proud Dad moment, pic heavy build content.

[Cubist]

Regular listeners will remember the MTB I built for my lad Cubester's 13th birthday. Well, he has outgrown his 16 inch Ragley Mmmbop and has saved up to treat himself to a new frame. Thus Project MTB ii was born.

All of the components would swap over, except the headset and the bars and saddle had seen better days, so he treated himself to some new ones. All will be revealed.

In the meantime we needed to strip down his old bike, and while we were at it make sure everything was in tip top condition for building onto the new one. We started with the chainset, which was showing signs of a worn granny ring. A nearly new replacement was found and bolted on.

Worn Jockey wheels meant the rear mech needed a refurb.

and the wheels needed a bit of a strip down, clean and service.

including the brake rotors

Flushed the old grease out of the bearings

And replaced it with thick heavy duty stuff

The cassette was dismantled, the hub serviced and cassette replaced.

Got to go for my tea, but to be continued.

 

[Motozulu]

Wish I had the skills, tools and patience to do all that myself.

*doffs cap*

 

[Cubist]

Now, where was I? Ah yes.
Front hub greased and 20mm adapters replaced.

Rotors cut, degreased, straightened and replaced.

Cassette deep cleaned and torqued back up.

Tubeless tapes, (Cubette gets all artistic with no flash....)

and some new rubber from ze Vaterland

Put on with tubes for now, valves en route, but new Gatestar compound with its extra soft shoulders for a front carver

 

[Cubist]

Wish I had the skills, tools and patience to do all that myself.

*doffs cap*

It's all about attention to detail. Drives Mrs Cube mad, but it's been fun showing Cubester how to do it all, and he's done a pretty good job.

 

[ianrauk]

Excellent stuff.
Love seeing this type of thing.
Cubester is doing a sterling job.

 

[Cubist]

Brakes next. Hope Tech M4s. Need to be stripped and cleaned.

Pads checked for wear

cleaned with IPA

And the calipers deep cleaned with IPA and polished

 

[derrick]

How do you keep your hands so clean when fettling,

 

[Cubist]

While we've got the polish out we'll get the fork cleaned up after a lower leg lube.

and give the new (used) frame a final wax and buff. Did anyone guess what it was going to be?

A quick ironical espresso shot for the STWers...

 

[ColinJ]

How do you keep your hands so clean when fettling,

Simple - he holds the camera, and gets Cubester to do the fettling!

 

[Cubist]

So, a frustrating weekend awaiting the new headset before he could start building, but finally the big moment. You'll have to excuse me for a few minutes, but I need to upload a few more pics to Photobucket....

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Is he going to want to actually get it dirty this weekend or should I be planning a less muddy route?

 

[Cubist]

Is he going to want to actually get it dirty this weekend or should I be planning a less muddy route?

I need to discuss Saturday. His cup match training has moved to the afternoon. Can we do a quick morning blast?.... was thinking of Philips Park or somewhere similar.... sorry to mess you about. I need to get that wheel to you anyway.

 

[HovR]

Great choice in frame, and some nice pictures! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I need to discuss Saturday. His cup match training has moved to the afternoon. Can we do a quick morning blast?.... was thinking of Philips Park or somewhere similar.... sorry to mess you about. I need to get that wheel to you anyway.

not a problem - have no dea where philips park is mind you...

 

[Cubist]

not a problem - have no dea where philips park is mind you...

Madchestor. It's a short MTB track recently opened.
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/new-singletrack-in-manchester.104936/