Would you do this to a bike? The biggest hurdle (the wierd seat tube) has been overcome. The rest is easy. Let's see how much we can improve this bike.

@StevenYoungEtc

Жыл бұрын

Nope, well, not exactly. I went with a 27.2 dropper and a shim to start. I made my little hole at 10 o'clock on the lower part of the seat tube, similar to how you ran your cable. I didn't use a grommet to keep the hole smaller. Of course, I wish you luck with your mod. It's bold and awesome. Wolf Tooth makes a very nice seatpost clamp that will exactly fit the external diameter of the tube.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

@@StevenYoungEtc Very understandable. A bit of a high consequence mod. Thanks for the Wolftooth tooth suggestion. I love their products. Plus they're made here in the Midwest. 🙌

Whoa- courage in action. Well done sir and another high quality edit!

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rico!

WOW! Great job. I took the shim it and 27.2 route external. I do like a dropper!

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏 A dropper makes the bike so much better.

Your production and editing is sick. You bring good information and present it in an extremely enjoyable way. Thank you.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. 😁

a shim and a 27.2 mm post worked great on mine and i didn't have to reem my frame avoiding the warranty. like we care about that anyway. I'm a machinist so i thought of this but only using the ol mill with the reamer but it was so much easier to do it the way i went, but I'm glad you did this, it needed to be made. great video.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! The 27.2mm with shim is definitely safer route. But it wouldn't be any fun if we didn't take some chances. 😁

I like your solution to the odd size seat post! Ive seen those cheap reamers for sale and wondered if they worked.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

I was extra cautious with it and I was pleasantly surprised.

This my man..... The way to do it!

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

No point in going easy on this bike. 😀

@chickensendies

Жыл бұрын

@@AdrenalineIsLife Give it all you got HAHAHAHA

I watched this video and ordered the same reamer afterwards. I’m going to give it a shot! This is a great hardtail for the money.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Good luck. Do your research, be patient and take your time. Here's a link to a tutorial that helped me. kzread.info/dash/bejne/emR_u8iJfbOyh7w.html

@destinhook3826

Жыл бұрын

@@AdrenalineIsLife check out my latest video, I showed the route I took

I did this to my old mongoose blackcomb that had a 30.0mm seat post and it worked perfectly

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

That's good to hear! I'm loving the extra drop. The bike feels and fits nicely now.

only thing I would change is the dropper port on the frame, you would be able to drill on the inside of the frame and keep it fully internal. other then that, it's coming along nicely!

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

So far so good. 😁 I considered running it that way but it would run through the bottom bracket which didn't sit well with me.

Nice! 🙂

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

ahaha, that derailleur hanger. What is the dimension of the drive end of the reamer? If you can find a different style tap handle, it should give you a little more depth - IF that tap handle will fit in the seat tube.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

IIRC 5/8in. I tried finding finding an extender but no luck. I'm not sure where to begin searching.

I used a 18mm star socket with an extension to get deeper into the frame with the reamer. Once you go deep enough, spin the reamer to the left to get it loose. It was a little tedious to get it back out, but it worked. I also drilled the dropper cable run internally in the bottom of the seat tube. It is accessible, barely, through the port at the bottom of the down tube On a side note, how many spacers did you end up using on the IXF BB when you installed the cranks?

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I may end up just doing that. I believe I used one spacer on the drive side.

@tinivations

Жыл бұрын

@@AdrenalineIsLife Thanks for the spacer confirmation.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

@@tinivations you're welcome!

What’s the seat post clamp size pls I don’t have a tool

My question with this is the wall thickness remaining in the seat tube. What is the OD diameter of the seat tube on the Trouvaille vs a standard mountain bike that accepts that style dropper post? Does reaming this out make it thinner than what we would see on a standard mountain bike, or closer to that spec?

@AdrenalineIsLife

Ай бұрын

I measured the wall thickness of the tubing, and it was thick enough that I could ream it out and have a wall thickness comparable to other bikes that I measured. That being said I don't know what grade of aluminum the bike is or anything about or how strong it is relative to other bikes. So I don't recommend doing this modification. It's safer to use a spacer with a 27.2 dropper.

Nice job! Nerves of steel to do that! I can’t figure out why Kent would put such a non standard size on there.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

It was definitely a little nerve wracking. I'm guessing it was a cost cutting measure.

You had to drill a hole through the bottom of the seat tube for the cable? I dunno if mine was just made more recently, but mine has a hole at the bottom of the seat tube almost exactly where you drilled. I think they're actually listening to feedback and making changes. Now I gotta find some calipers to measure the seat tube lol

@AdrenalineIsLife

11 ай бұрын

Wow! I heard that they've made some changes since the original release but didn't realize they did that. It's good to see that they're listening.

@firstfromabove

11 ай бұрын

@AdrenalineIsLife It's awesome when companies listen to their customers! They used a 34.9mm seat tube, enlarged the left side port near the stem and added the port at the bottom of the seat tube. Someone at Kent has been watching all of these upgrade videos apparently lol

@AdrenalineIsLife

11 ай бұрын

@@firstfromabove that's great news. I need to head to Wal-Mart and check it out in person. It's a great frame.

@firstfromabove

11 ай бұрын

@AdrenalineIsLife I'm pretty new to the sport, this is my first bike since I was a teen so I don't really have much to compare it to lol. But I spent a couple months checking out videos like yours to help me decide on a budget bike. I got the Trouvaille a couple weeks ago, and I couldn't be happier. Just wanted to say thanks! I'm actually taking a break on my first trail ride right now 😂

@AdrenalineIsLife

11 ай бұрын

@@firstfromabove Welcome to the sport! Enjoy!

reamer ext = 12point socket - to- extension - to - male-male drive (xx size) looked like 1/2" ?

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy. My worry is it getting stuck deep in there. Is there a way to lock it on?

@Radical911

Жыл бұрын

@@AdrenalineIsLife Find one with a pin lock instead of ball.detent

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

@@Radical911 Awesome. Thanks.

Looking forward to more upgrades, just picked one up new for $250 and want to upgrade the rear brake and derailer.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

That's a good entry price! You've got room to spec it nicely if you so choose. Phase two is process still waiting a few critical items. 🙂

@LL.Johnson

Жыл бұрын

I put a Shimano MT200 hydraulic front brake on my Trouvaille. It's so much better than the stock brakes.

I just bought a suspension seat post and it's 30.6 and my bike is 30.4. Would you recommend this?

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

No. Find a 27.2mm post and buy a 30.4mm adapter.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't recommend this modification unless you have your heart set on a long travel dropper post. Even then there, are inherent risks with modifying a bike frame.

Why didn't you just use a PNW Rainier Gen 3 dropper at 27.2 with a 27.2-30.4 shim?

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to run a longer drop dropper post. 27.2 limits you to 125mm of drop.

Watched some berm peak videos eh?

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

Everyone's watched Berm Peak. What's your point?

I’d rather buy a Ragley frame and build it up than throw money on a Walmart bike with qr

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that. Guaranteed good performance. You know I love Ragley frames. This is a fun experiment and a learning experience for me.

I posted a quick video on my channel proving that you can indeed fit a maxxis disector in 29x2.60. it's short but proves you can fit those fattys out back.

@AdrenalineIsLife

Жыл бұрын

That's good to know. I ran the internal dropper through the back of the seattube. I'd definitely have to reroute that. Thanks for sharing!