The ThundrrrFleet

[MattiThundrrr]

The beast is back in town...
Don't you mess me around

I don't think I really realized just how light this thing is . Compared it to my other aluminum MTB, even though Monolith has one casette gear and one crank pulley, no derailleurs, shifters or cabling, v brakes instead of disks, and a coil shock with no damping, the Brodie is stil weighs less.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Inspired by all the success elsewhere in the fleet (the Curse continues, Brodie still ain't right), I cabled up the RockRat. Just need to put a chain on and tune up the derailleurs, and a pair of grips, and it's a functional bike.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Some assembly required

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I didn't like the way the left thumbies was operating on RockRat, felt backwards. The cable run on Deerheads are reversible, so I took em apart and moved the little plastic plug from one side to the other
Before

after

Little change, huge difference, they point in the right direction now. I tried them under the bar, but it felt awkward

Used a pair of tiny zip ties to hold the chain together so I didn't have to struggle with that while operating the chain pin tool

It's a complete bike again. Just a little fiddling around maybe shortening a couple of cables

 

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Do dreams count? Why not! Just walked around the garage, came up with a little list of stuff I need to get done.



Norco (The Prince?):
Seat and post
Stem 60-70mm
Stem spacers
Grips (Maybe steal RockRat's)
Wheelset*
Derailleurs*
V brakes (cantilevers would work better with the cable guides*)
Bottom bracket
Crank
Pedals
Cables
*Ingola has parts for me, but they're not in my hands yet. Thanks buddy!

Daddy LongLegs:
Crank
Grips
Cables

Monolith:
Pedals
Grips
Shock

RockRat:
Shifters (probably solved, if I can stop being Mr Fussy Pants)
Grips (depending on bar end decision)
Cables
Crank

Brodie (Cornelius?):
Shock tune up
3x8 Shifters/brake levers
Red race face cranks
Pedals
Grips

Expect nothing to happen this decade. I am the Pro in pro-crastinate

Ever try and join the Procrastinator’s Club? I did, back in the 1970. I still haven’t gotten my card. They said they hadn’t got around to it yet.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Ever try and join the Procrastinator’s Club?

I'll get to it later