El Mariachi Maiden Voyage

[kikinik]

I just got my fork back from BROSE, and Im off to ride.//

Here are some pics of the newly built rig.:D
It took about 1year to collect parts.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25071533@N06/sets/72157605095209903/

[lostboy]

that thing looks sweet. How did the ride go?

[funky-funky-chicken]

Nice! Diggin' the old-school Sugino made White Industries crank, set up double style. And the Brooks Swift to boot. Nice.

[soupboy]

Tasty. Where did you get green ano bars?

[tension that chain]

[jeffgude]

That's my favorite Mariachi color. Looks like a fun ride.

[Cars-R-Coffins]

Wow! that looks good. :banana:

[Tjorning]

Sweet build!
is that the Surly "dingle cog" or whatever they call it?

[kikinik]

Thanks for all the great feedback,

The ride last night went really well, started at twirth, then went for a lap at lebanon. The bike handled extremely well, the front fork lowered the front end slightly and gives the bike a little quicker handling(more like the mamasita) the fork is working flawlessly(thanks BROSE). The 2.55 tires freakin bite on just about anything, and give a little extra cushion for my pushin. Im going to run 2.2's today and see how they play. I just may. In the hay. Someday.

Everything seems to be working like it should, except the dingle gear mathmatics seem to be slightly off.(see chain slack in photo) I am using the correct gear difference, and both the rings and cogs are surly. Its perfect chain tension on the 36/17, but when I flip the chain to 32/21, as you see, the tension is slightly slack. Ill be experimenting more today.

Ive had the green bars lying around for about 8 or 9 years, and when Salsa released the tomatillo green version of this frame, the first thing I thought of was those bars. The bars look like they were made to fit the salsa badges.

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