Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Argh! Did you buy it complete? Struggling to find any hubs at all in 141x9mm and 110x9mm. Otherwise I'd go for it as I like the idea of a rigid mtb with massive tyres and Charlie the bikemonger has the framesets on sale...

Yeah I bought it complete. I'd say due to the weird hubs used building it up yourself may not be worth the hassle, there are a few options listed on the page on charlie the bikemonger but idk. The one on sale on there is frame only so you could get a fork with a more normal dropout standard, though from what I can see 110*9 is easier to find than 141*9.

Believe you could get some love mud wheels for it though, as I think their frontier uses the same standard. might be worth pinging alpkit to ask.

EDIT: you're also welcome to have a little ride around on mine if you want to try out the size.

Think there's enough metal in the dropouts to drill them out 9->12 mm? Respacing to 148 should be easy.

Thanks for the offer of test riding yours. As always, I'm on the other side of the north sea though 😉

After weeks if waiting fir stock I just got my first ever MTB. a Scott Genius, woo!

It's one of the early ones with 135 rear end.

This seems fair enough. If you can use a Hope hub, then problem solved.

Scott Genius

Pics pls

Wow, they've edited that just now. I only saw the bit about deore 141mm hubs and I haven't been able to find those anywhere. Ok, wavering again... What about 110 or 100 front spacing?

What about 110 or 100 front spacing?

It's frame only, isn't it? Unless Marin also use a weird proprietary head tube size, get whatever fork is the right length :-)

You can buy the matching fork on the CTBM site for like £40 or something, which is a warning in itself :)

Prexactly. And it comes in 100 or 110 spacing.

If it's a 9mm axle, go for the convenience of 100mm.

Get the biggest steerer, for an epic scoblestack too...

Hah! I have a massive stack on the GT currently. Next time I won't!

@xkittyx do you have a pic of yours? We're almost the same height.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh9lapsBkeX/?taken-by=zooey_miller

Almost 100% certain this chap rode by my as I was crossing Vauxhall bridge the other day. Very cool

Anyone got a small (ie average girl-sized) MTBeater for sale? Cheap and not too flash, so not doctor_cake's Giant, obvs. Ideally a rigid single-speed, maybe a 29er

16" too big?

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/320194/#comment14214134

Looks pretty good but that's possibly a bit too old for the intended use

I know what you mean but they do make great s/s rides, i still miss mine!

Got a 15" Rockhopper Pro SL available, but it's neither 29, single speed nor rigid

Hmm, piccies?

Re the ctbm marin frames:

I'd say due to the weird hubs used building it up yourself may not be worth the hassle

This. I've done some very intense googling and best option would be getting a pair of regular deore hubs, swapping out the rear axle for a longer wheels manufacturing one and then using the old rear axle as a front, trimming it down to the right length. Having done the maths I don't think it's worth it even though I like a project. Will likely use my 26er this season and get something modern and complete later (if I can resist). The vitus bikes on crc seem like very good value for money, for example.

Will my M768 rear derailleur work with a 42t sprocket?