All Dead Brands can get rebuilt - Lahar, Brooklyn, Yeti, Dialled and others.

So over the next few months I'm going to be updating a few of my bikes, Mainly my Brooklyn V1 Track Gangsta and my old 26" DH bike which will be getting some modern updates to hopefully keep up with the current crop of 650b and 29".

First on the agenda is the Brooklyn is getting a front disc brake.

Mount brazed on and then eventually a set of Wound Up's i think, Phil Wood disc hub with a Deep V rim and Shimano Saint disc brake with a 160mm disc and getting rid of the V brake thats currently on it.

Brooklyn in its current state

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Lahar DHV M9 DH bike.

Full carbon with a gearbox.

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You have a Lahar? Incredible!

First I was like Brooklyn yeah yeah whatever

Lahar DHV M9 DH bike.

Then I was like holy shit

It's in about 50 bits in my Parents garage, I started buying bits for it last year and will finish it this year. Gonna change it so the dimensions of the bike are similar to the current crop of WC bikes

Some more pictures

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Another couple

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Another one I had

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This is nuts. Looks like a Klingon Bird of Prey.

holy fuck this is amazing

my old 26" DH bike

underselling it quite substantially

Potentially, wasn't sure if anyone on here would have been that interested tbh.

Its always had a love hate thing with people on the internet, it was one of the best DH bikes id ever ridden at that point as the geometry was so far ahead of others at the time.

The guy that made them was a crack head and thief tho so sorta ruined things.

Yes I went down the rabbit hole looking at what this was. You’re lucky you actually have your hands on this by all accounts!!

The guy that made them was a crack head and thief tho

Only adds to the mystique

Kinda

Was it a case of "OMG you're a genius, and although you've only made three prototypes so far I am going to pay you a large amount of money upfront, never to be seen again, for a bike that'll never be made"?

I should have two, the M10 but he stole the money after it was ready years ago...

He made a bunch of early versions of the bikes and the M9 was the first one that he made a production run of, was about 10 or 15 made of the M9 then he developed the M10 and I was getting one of them too, he was always slow with delivery but had always come through as I sold 3 in the UK at that point but yeah he ended up fucked me on that one and blamed others at the fault of it.

Made a great bike but sadly as i said fucked it.

I know you went down the ridemonkey threads...

Was it a case of "OMG you're a genius, and although you've only made three prototypes so far I am going to pay you a large amount of money upfront, never to be seen again, for a bike that'll never be made"?

Where have I heard that one before?

Ive heard it a few times tbh......

Sorry to hear about that second bike (that obviously I didn't know about), it wasn't my intention to make fun of your misfortune.
Unfortunately though it seems that it's a story that repeats itself in one form or another on a regular basis.

Dont worry about it, one of those things that happens. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose but the bike industry does seem like it full of people who can do it and get away with it.

Worse when your in the UK and they are in NZ half way across the world.

The Lahar is incredible.

The wheels on the Lahar will be getting rebuilt, the rear uses a specific hub made for the frame and was looking at carbon rims.

Pick up this on eBay tonight for decent price I think too should look good if I I can get a rear to match will desticker it tho!

Reynolds rim with a Industry 9 hub!

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