On-One Inbred 29" winter ssmtb I won't use

Think about all the endless laps of Prestwich and Clayton Vale you could be doing*

It's 100% staying in a corner of the lab at least for a bit for lunch laps. That one time took my surly around clayton on the 29" tyres was a big moment in the I want a mtb realisation.

What are the 26+ wheels going on?

A plan for when it goes home:

https://www.cyclenorthumberland.org.uk/listing/the-sandstone-way

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Will this potentially be locked in lab from tomorrow? Yes. Do I regret not building it and getting it home? Guess.

You still have today to get it home?

Frame fork and wheels on my back is more than I'd like to attempt I think, it weighs a ton. I am resisting the temptation to panic-cycle in and grab everything from the office.

Could balance-bike home

^ this!

Uni was shutdown from 5pm so walked in and walked back with the rolling chassis.
Tonight, fuelled by Stella, has been largely successful. Chainline looks bad but needs testing, steerer needs brought down and I need to figure out brake adapters but it's otherwise there. So close.

Ace! Hope you can sort the brake adapters easily.

Would you get away with popping a link out of the chain to bring the wheel forward a bit?

Yeah I could lose a link but I figured mud clearance was worth trying for, the wishbone doesn't allow for a huge amount

mud clearance

Good call!

Shitty night of trying to finish this off after getting the right adapters for the brakes the other day.

The rear hub is too narrow (fh-m475), it's been serviced at some point and rebuilt missing some spacers I think. This has left me unsure of chainline as it stands and I think is what is causing me to be unable to fit the 14->180 adapter in between the rotor and the frame.

Went to fit the front brake, with the correct adapter and found the fork takes larger diameter bolts than I expected.

No further forward, but at least I can figure out which bits I need to find.

Finally rode this tonight after being in a huff with the world for a day. It's properly fun to be on, but is a shit bike. The rear hub seems to have a single engagement point, pedalled forward a good few times, received 0 feedback - as if the chain wasn't on.

That, the weird width issue (ignored for the sake of a test ride tonight but I have tried sorting it - nothing seems missing) and the super narrow rims mean I'm really unsatisfied with the wheels. Maybe one night I'll tear apart the hubs a little more again and see if I can figure anything out.

Second hand wheels? You may have a pawl, or more, seized.
Don't bother much about rim width, just make the thing work and trash it, give it a chance.

Agreed. Get some hubs with good engagement. Rim width isn’t an issue. Plenty of hope etc wheelsets go cheap on eBay. As long as rims are tubeless friendly they’re a good buy. Or you could build your own.

Yeah the wheels are second hand, old and I think I overpaid for them. Well, I know I did now I've found these issues. Bought from a friend too.
Rims look pre-tubeless tbh, Sun Black Eye.

"just make the thing work" is exactly the issue.

Any more pics of the finished bike? Tempted to redo my Inbred in spray.bike racing green or similar to yours. Maybe 'Hercules' from there. Thanks, looks great!

Tonight I completely took apart a hub for the first time.
@Netakure has been helping me out off forum and pointed me towards this:
https://imgv2-1-f.scribdassets.com/img/document/210400683/original/52c8c03276/1585557407?v=1 which has been a great help.

I bought these:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/shimano-rx100-fha550-rear-right-cone-seal-ring-m10-x-15mm-30g-9050/
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/shimano-fhm475-rear-left-cone-seal-ring-m10-y22098080/

thinking they would include the washers (10, 7, 7, 7, 7 and 5 in the above linked diagram - I thought parts 6 and 9 encapsulated them but I dunno) between cone and locknut but misunderstood the units from sjs - they're not the cones and locknut, just the cones and seal-rings.

So, while taking apart the hub hasn't got me any further forward with actually having a mtb to ride, it's been educational. I'm going to contact the guy I bought the wheels off and ask for some money towards a new hub, which gets me (with a bit of work) a refreshed hub, replaced freehub and no re-lacing the wheel.

Bike isn't finished, so no pics yet! I've thought about a potential powder-coat down the line. I've had my surly done a million times and it's so easy, cheap and hard wearing that it's hard to argue with. Not as fun as spray cans though.

Awful pic, not dialled, framebag test fit etc etc but it's finally a bike

Looking good!

Great stuff! Looks bags of fun

looking good @alialias ! stumbled across this while wondering what my 456 would be like singlespeed for some quarantine sillyness, I give it about 4/5 rides before you're buying a dropper post for the gnar

Just pretend it's an inbred

Edit: added a dropper post after 4/5 rides...

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