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

I took a late 90’s steel LTS5000, chopped the front triangle off and rebuilt it to have modern geometry and the ability to take a modern fork.

Couldn’t quite get the reach I wanted as the downtube I wanted to use wasn’t long enough so had to pull the front end back in a little.

44mm headtube to take the tapered fork.

I had to spread the seatstays a bit and rebuild the lower shock mount in order to squeeze a 2.4” tyre into it. It’s a 29 front/26 rear mullet.

I steepened the seat tube angle so it’s now got a 79deg sta and 64deg hta.

It’s certainly no lightweight but it’s a lot of fun to ride!

I held the old front triangle up against it once I’d brazed the new stuff up and difference in where the headtube sit is quite bonkers.

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