It had been upgraded over the years continuing the bastardization until finally after repeated manglings of my rear dérailleur i converted it to a jerry rigged single speed (many zipties were used).
It has been recently retired from regular MTB use when i 'upgraded' to a rigid 29er for my race bike. It has been hanging in my basement dormant ever since....and I'm not gonna let the Chopper go out like that. I have recently been introduced to a 'go anywhere, no terrain is unridable, cyclocross-ish' group ride that has the Chopper's name ALLLLLLL OVER IT.
ITS ALLLLIIIIIIIIVVVEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
okay here is how the chopper arrived at its current state:
ReplyDeleteswapped tires out for Kenda Krisp semi-slicks
swapped bars for some old drop bars I had lying around
Cane Creek brake levers with old SunTour Barcon shifters
Set of cheap shimano touring grade deraillers (front derailler clamp diameter was too big so I had to shim it with an old inner tube...very chopper-esque)
rebuilt original cassette and built up a triple crank from chainrings laying around
two Travel Agents to fix the whole road brake lever to linear brake problem and presto!
oh and some sweet red zebra bar tape