Arlecchino's consolidated CP Thread: mostly steel & outdated.

After solving the seatpost dilemma (more here)on the Giant Chaos, I rebuilt it as a budget adventure bike. I’m quite happy with the result so far, some highlights include:

• the bodge seatpost solution
  
• gel flite recovered with a 1€ piece of leather
  
• rather powerful canti setup (last gen xt canti levers, DX brakes, eagle koolstop pads, compressionless cables and inner liners around the tight bends of the cable hangers)
  
• insanely grippy 2.1 inch schwalbe billy bonkers tyres. I partially destickered them because they were a little too shouty for my taste.
  
  

Full build comes in at slightly under 12kg with pedals and the rack - it feels rather lively and not as tractor like as one might expect. I’m currently waiting for mudguards which will be modified with diy flaps.