mikesee
- Member since Sep 9, 2015
- Male / 53
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Boise County , Idaho
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Selling
May 22, 2023 at 8:05
May 22, 2023Funk La Ruta
$7175 USDI had this 29+ frame built custom for me about a year ago.
Full build details, raison d'ĂȘtre, and geometry are here: https://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2022/07/let-it-be.html
More complete pics are here: https://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2022/07/underbike.html
Some of the minutiae -- the what's and why's -- explained: https://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2022/07/underbike-details.html
First ride report: https://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2022/07/underbike-ride-report.html
The why's of running a Viscoset on this chassis: https://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2022/09/underbike-damped.html. I can replace it here if you don't swing that way.
I knew exactly what I wanted and Daryl Funk knocked it out of the park in delivering every last one of my requests.
This bike is exactly what I asked for. Perfect in every way.
Except that I hadn't realized how much I like having the option to run 27.5 x 4" tires at times. The bulk of the time I prefer the 29 x 3's that are shown in all of these pics, but sometimes I need and want more.
This frame and fork easily swallow 29 x 3, but cannot do 27.5 x 4.
I'm having a new chassis made that can do both. So this one can be yours.
I've included the links and pics I have so that you can see exactly how it is built. If you think it'll work for you that way, the price is $7175 complete, including shipping to a lower 48 address.
Since I'm building a bike to replace it, I could re-use many of the existing parts -- basically everything but the frame, fork, and wheels.
So if you don't want my bars, or stem, or saddle, or ____, sure -- we can work that out.
Unless you have a titanium pivotless softtail with this exact geo that can fit 29+ as well as B Fat, or maybe a Shelby Cobra, I am not interested in trades.

mikesee mattbeer's article
May 19, 2023 at 11:23
May 19, 2023
First Ride: Archibald Cycles' AC1 Doomsday Machine
"Carbon vibrations"?

Selling
Apr 26, 2023 at 12:10
Apr 26, 2023Reverb small parts
$25 USDMy 10+ year Reverb journey has come to an end, and instead of dropping all of these small parts into a landfill I'd like to put them in someone's hands that can use them.
Two hoses, two old-style remotes, plus a friggin' pile of misc small parts, including rebuild kits, oh-shit collars, o rings, snap rings, poppets, seat clamp cradles/bolts/t-nuts, plus a pile of unopened Reverb fluid.
Probably ~$250 worth of parts here.
Know of a shop that does lots of Reverb service that needs all this?
LMK if so.

mikesee henryquinney's article
Apr 20, 2023 at 9:18
Apr 20, 2023
First Look: 2023 Specialized Epic World Cup
Imitate or Die.

mikesee mattbeer's article
Apr 18, 2023 at 10:11
Apr 18, 2023
Staff Rides: Matt Beer's Nukeproof Giga 297
Fascinating that a bike with 180mm on both ends needs compliance added from the bars and wheels.
I do the same re: compliance with my hardtail and softtail.

mikesee TEBP's article
Apr 14, 2023 at 13:28
Apr 14, 2023
The Oceanian Bike Project: Bamboo Handlebars, Gearbox Frames, & More
@SunsPSD: If anyone made one to fit the tire sizes I want to run, with the geometry I like, I'd already own it.

Selling
Apr 4, 2023 at 14:19
Apr 4, 202329+ fatbike conversion wheelset for sale.
$1999 USDConvert your fatbike to a lighter, speedier version of itself for the non-snow months -- simply by swapping to a wheelset like this.
Build specifics:
Industry Nine Hydra 6-bolt fatbike hubs in purple. 15x150 f, 12x177 XD r.
Derby carbon i40 Trail layup rims.
DT Swiss SuperComp triple butted spokes.
DT Prolock nips.
Note that these hubs are all but impossible to find anymore, and this is my last set.
I put them through 100+ stress relief cycles as I brought them up to tension, then balanced the tension out as I brought them into true, round, and dish.
I installed 2.8" Rekons for the pics, but you can choose from any of these:
Bontrager XR4 in 2.6 or 3.0
Bontrager XR2 in 2.6 or 3.0
Maxxis DHF or DHR in 3.0
WTB Ranger in 3.0
Surly Dirt Wizard or Knard in 3.0
Terevail Coronado in 2.8", tanwall or blackwall
Terrene Cake Eater in 2.8"
WTB Vigilante in 2.8"
All in stock.
$1999 for the set includes the wheels as pictured with any two tires from the list above installed, as well as shipping and insurance.