I've done a similar project myself with a 1995 GT Karakoram CroMoly frame about 2 years ago. SS conversion with modern components and an upgraded fork. NOS XTR V-brakes. I love it! I believe I used an 18 x 36 set up, if I'm not mistaken...the result is awesome! Great vid!

@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind

Жыл бұрын

was the karakoram red perhaps?

@TheLaughingOtter

Жыл бұрын

@@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind Why yes it was!

I flared a headtube once on a Kona and seeing you whacking in the adaptor brought back all the stress. Been forever over-cautious since :)

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeh if it had put up an sort of resistance I wouldn't have whacked it in. It didn't take much force though.

Awesome job mate!

I think when we just wing it with parts it goes together so quick We love it. I think it’s the Frankenstein analogy 😎carry on bro

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully I can report back positive things soon then!

All good. It's always fun to experiment!

I find that putting on a little bit longer stem on the vintage bikes makes them handle better even with a slacker front end and a wider bar. You might try an 80mm or something and see if that helps.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of spares stems so if this short one feels weird I'll definitely stick a longer one on.

Sweet build! Keep up the fun bikes :)

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

You are correct M stood for rigid pepperoni fork and F got you a fatty headshok. I finished last year a F700 1999 Cannondale full restoration. Great video as always love Old Cannondale’s. Cheers

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

They are pretty nice bikes. I'm not sure on the "V" framed bikes but the rigids and hardtails always look good.

@kevinborovsky3558

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred I agree with you on that one the V’s were a strange looking bike.

@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind

Жыл бұрын

the f stands for front suspension ,not fatty. cheers

Great service. Cheers!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I have a single speed and a fixed gear. I love the SS, even using it for commuting and despite the hills along the route. Really forces my legs to get stronger. Hope my knees keep up.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Fixed gear mountain bike?

@and6239

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred haha I'm not that insane

Lizard skin grips blast from the past

nothing wrong with a parts bin build. a real Frankendale!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes helps clear the parts out the garage too!

BMX style single conversions on 80s steel mtbs look cool and function well friend of mine did a ross and a mt racing frame with a broken hanger

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

You won't find me converting my 80s steel just yet. ;)

Sweet frame! I have bought a Cannondale Lefty as a long term rebuilder/mod bike, it’s currently yellow and I’m not a fan of yellow bikes (although I do have an original Speedwell Flash 500 which is yellow-ish, and I love it) but if I’m doing a long term build I’ll probably change colours, possibly a 2 tone fluro scheme. I just realised that it will be the first bike I’ve ever owned with disc brakes! What I am super excited about building is an old-ish school Gary Fisher with roks shox front forks, it would have been way over my budget when it was new, so I’m really happy to have one, it’ll be hours of fun in our wet muddy winter tracks. So many builds so little money and time haha. Yours is great too, if you’re having fun that’s all that matters, it’s better to have them out there riding than into a scrap bin!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

How about a 1990ish Fisher AL1 with an original Rockshox RS1...? Coming in a few weeks ;) I'm intrigued by the lefty fork. I was thinking of one for this build but they're fairly expensive!

@thesausage351

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred sweet! I’d never heard of Gary Fisher bikes until I saw one on eBay and was doing some research. I missed out on that one, but my regular seller was just stripping one down so I bought that, although mine is a shock frame. I’m pretty happy as then I’ll have a full suspension, and a hard tail when both the mountain bikes are done. I forget what I paid for my forks, it wasn’t a huge amount, but I had to buy the wheel set also, as the lefty uses a special hub. Can’t wait to see your Fisher! I just picked up 3 Speedwells so one at a time I’ll make up a list of jobs and parts needed, but I’m also playing around with a ladies speedwell I bought for parts on my patina bike, and looking to convert it into a men’s bike and build a velo type bike. Not too sure yet but I’m pretty sure I will.

Personally, I love riding a Voodoo Hoodoo which I converted to single speed off road - as long as it's mostly flat! Gear ratio of two to one....

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It's the hill I'm not looking forward to!

Really like the color of the frame. Very retro :)

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It is a beautiful purple/black mix! It looks amazing when the sun hits it

ive got one of these, each time i look at it and start to think about how much money i spent on repairs and upgrades i almost cry

@MonkeyShred

2 жыл бұрын

That bad huh?

@guytatler9769

2 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred Found it for free just over a year ago, sunk about 500 or so into it over time, it need a third set of wheels because the originals were trashed and the rear hub gave up on the current set. And at 16 with only a Saturday job this sorta cash really gets you.

Cool. I enjoy these parts bin/spares builds, nearly did the same with an old Coventry Eagle step-thru but kept it 5 Speed. Don’t think my 50 year old legs will cope with single speed 🤣 It’s a rat bike I can nip to the shops on and stuff without worrying it will get nicked. Be interested to hear your thoughts after a few week of use, see if it converts you.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It's going to take a lot of convincing! I do enjoy fixed gear though.

Looks sick

I love singlespeeds, I always used 34:16 ratio.In the woods you have to change your riding style. Attack everything! Bon continu.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Attacking everything seems like it could be hard work. We'll see!

Personally I like it. I haven't checked future videos yet but I'm thinking he's coming back to this one eventually. He didn't sound to ecstatic about it.

@MonkeyShred

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah no, this bike is back as a frame...

@mahaloppa9616

2 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred someday maybe

Looks great other than the front end obviously lol

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

The parts are all nice individually but working together... we'll see.

i´m not a retro hardliner.. i think everyone should mix and match till his/her heart is content... nobody will deny that the function of modern parts usually is far superior to their oldskool counterparts.. bike hobby should be fun not snobery

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It should be yep! I will however avoid mixing and matching on some builds. They need to keep their originality. Upgrades though, mix away to as much as your budget allows!

@user-hs3dg8jy3t

3 жыл бұрын

totally agree my friend

Wow ganda

The look on that bike tho... let's say, it will not be stolen anytime soon.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think thieves are particularly picky. They'd steal anything.

What’s going on with the rear brake, is it a special type or on some sort of adapter plate? I like the build.

@pablobroughton2892

3 жыл бұрын

Hydraulic rim break 👍

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like this question has already been answered!

I certainly don't mind a bit of dirt . ...cheers

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear!

Don't know how I missed this one. Don't let anybody disrespect what you're doing here. I think the one x 10 is interesting. Those Cannondale frames were very good at the time. I have several. That Berry color is the same as an R800 road frame thst I have. Really beautiful color. Put the 1 x 10 on it, and be done with it!! You know you're going to...🤣

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It's probably going to come to that! I really don't like singlespeed at all.

@CopyCrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred I did a shimano 1x10 conversion on the exact same bike last year. I don't love it: the jumps between gears are very large, the highest gear is quite slow, chainline seems bad in the high gears. I got my m900 with an 80 or 100mm travel fork - I swapped the fork to a functioning dart 3 since but I don't love how the steering feels. I'm about to throw a rigid fork on it, and I'm going to change the drivetrain to something else when it breaks, probably a 2x if I can make it work or a 3x if I can't. 1x seems to make the most sense for actual mountain biking, which is not something I do much.

Smashes the shit out of the headtube adapter.....then grabs the nice homemade headset cup press hahaha

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeh I found those adapters went in fairly easily! They didn't need much pressing.

@WalkerBikes

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred Where did you get the tires? Would love to grab a set of those, just never know where the best deal is.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

@@WalkerBikes I think I may have got them from a store in Germany BUT with the whole Brexit fiasco they've stopped shipping to the UK along with a lot of other stores. Yay.

@WalkerBikes

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred aww crap, I'm in Canada so who knows for me haha.

Your videos are real

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I'd hope so!

Like it. I used to run my MTB commuter in a similar way; 1x1 (46x21), sus fork, muddies, and (gasp !) drop bars with V brakes. I never really got along with it as it spun out at about 17mph. I could live with 3 gears but one is not enough. Converted it to 1x7 and flat bars. Charge saddles are lovely though. Got one on my Trek Madone and just done 3.75 hours on it.

I have a 22 inch late 80's sm 500 with 1 inch head tube. so hard to find a steertube for any shock in 1 inch that long. and the frame can not house one without me growing 6 inches in height,lol

I didn't see this on your Instagram, but it seems like your bottom bracket his way too high, seems like it's only 0.5-1cm under the horizontal line between the two wheel axis, the fork seems to throw the bike way back. I wanted to say a negative 7° or even 17° degrees 80-100mm stem and a 0 offset seatpost would make this a really nice XC bike but the fork has to be lowered. Idk if you can open it and try to see if you can put it on the 80mm setup cause it looks like it's on 100mm, would help a little but the bottom bracket would still be a bit high ! Maybe try a 24" fork with the 26" wheel or put a 24" wheel on the Pace fork :')

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I do need to look more in to the geometry of things. I was actually wondering what a mullet bike would be like with a 27.5" up front for a future video but that'll probably screw stuff up even more!

@Zeben84

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred Yeah saddly, but if you can put a 27.5 in the back, it might bring the bike down a little, not sure how it will behave tho :D

Alu Pepperoni fork that got recalled, in place of a steel one, originally.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Failure between the steerer and the crown? I've heard of a few forks being recalled for that.

Look up ghost rings! That’s what I use on my old Marin ss and it stays in perfect look pretty cool in my opinion too

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Oh strange! They look really weird!

Cool build. But not sure on the fork. The rake might feel weird. It probably needs a 100mm fork or less.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It is 100mm or less ;) I'm sure it's 100mm but I need to check.

I've never really understood the appeal of single speed, or 1× set ups for that matter. It seems like it's easier just to not shift gears, lol!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Single speed... yeh... I've not been fond of it but maybe this trial will change my mind. 1x is just cleaner for the bike I think!

@thepedlad7946

2 жыл бұрын

I run single speed on my daily commuter bike simply because I always end up breaking deraileurs and I also find It just more rewarding, plus I have put it together for around £60 all in, bike was bought from fb market place for £45, broken, used a old cranks I could take rings iff used the middle ring and rigged it up to the second from bottom gear on back wheel and just has the right chain tension luckily, and then stuck on some gt mtb handle bars I had 2012 Carrera zelos

I’m a bit nervous I might have to run a tensioner on the old bike I’m building, it’s a derailleur frame dropouts and I’ve gone back to a coaster, so I’ll try and get it tight toward the front of the dropouts and just let the wheel go back and tension it, but I’ll have to see what happens, so fingers crossed cause a tensioner would immediately lose the vintage look.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

If it's got "horizontal" dropouts you should be fine but I couldn't do that with the vertical dropout on this unfortunately.

@thesausage351

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred no mine is a vertical also, I’m semi confident I’ll make it work, I guess I’ll find out in a few days when my chain tool arrives. If worst comes to worst, I’ll fill the dropouts with weld and cut new horizontal ones with my grinder. I’m not working with a rare, valuable or desired frame, so I think I’ll be spared by the bicycle gods if I do that, haha.

I’ve picked up one of these a few days ago but clueless on what bottom bracket i would need any help would be appreciated

@MonkeyShred

Жыл бұрын

Depends what crankset you are using. You just have to measure the original one if you're not changing it though. Bottom bracket shell size (68 or 73mm) x axle length (may be 113mm or so)

I have a ‘93 m700 that I was considering doing the same. Was the headset adapter hard to find?

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Super easy. Barely an inconvenience. SJS Cycles have some I think

Good wheelie bike

I done a mountain bike single speed for bike camping, not recommended aha

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Single speed and hauling gear for camping? Brave!

Technisch und optisch grenzwertig.

Came through nice and clear, mostly. Disk brakes on a single-sp, a new wrinkle. 34/20 or 18 ratio? Had luck w/ 2 to 1 (i.e. 42/20 w/700c, no tensioner). And no trouble climbing hills. "Mish-mash"!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Mish Mash. Exactly how my brain felt at that point.

@peterharrer3261

3 жыл бұрын

And well earned.

A link for the headset adapter? 😁

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

That'd be helpful eh! I actually can't find them anymore. I've had a look in the usual places but can't find the ones I used or anything similar.

@adiutflorin

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred Thanks for the reply. I found this on ebay www.ebay.com/itm/154395218266

Wheres your lbs? The links you have for amazon for example the tyres and brakes are crazy money at the moment!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I know. I wouldn't expect anyone to buy them at those prices but everything seems to be inflated at the moment and there is a distinct lack of skinwall 26". The Magura brakes are pretty spot on though. It was around £90 a brake I think.

Disculpen como se llama ese tipo de freno trasero?

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Se llama "Magura HS33"

You have the parts along with some minor new store bought parts, inexpensive at that, so why not? I totally would do (have done) the same thing. Ride on.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I do love the sales bins! Always worth popping in to the LBS to see what they have (and chat to the guys)

You gotta love and have a rat bike made up of leftovers.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

And it helps clear the garage of parts!

I love your videos and channel, but this cdale deserves better. 😔

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It's just an experiment for now ;)

Not really necessary to put a narrow-wide chainring on a singlespeed - just sayin' ;-)

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I know. I'm just future proofing it.

@carrollbj9768

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I reckon it would work best with 1x10 drivetrain and a suspension-corrected rigid fork. I did something similar with an old GT Avalanche and it's a pretty cool bike ;-)

Yeah, single speed

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

We'll see how it goes!

way too much travel for that frame, might break at the steartube

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps! We'll see.

Tree surgeons in the background....

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Ha you would notice that. I think it was just my neighbours cutting up some wood in the garden .

Why this single speed fad?

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

An experiment... If you notice I put a narrow wide ring on so I could put it back to geared after ;)

Por favor con subtitulos al castellano 😫 de argentina saludo😀

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Lo siento, mi amigo. Estoy aprendiendo espanol. Ahora, es no bueno. ¡Tal vez pronto!

What the Hell!!!!! Why did you ruine the Bike?

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Because I can 😉

@user-lt1jd1nx8t

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred Funny. Ok.

Don't do it

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Too late!

Janky...

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely felt it initially...