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Let's see those DIY and customized solutions on your bike. Here's my addition (thanks to Steve Wentz)
Fox Fork chainlink cable guide (i lost the real thing and Wentz knew this was a solution...) boosh.
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Joined: 9/13/2009
Location: Winchester, MA USA
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i tossed some custom paint on my bike last year, idk if that counts for much, also its about to go to a 1x4 setup
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mgolland45 wrote:i tossed some custom paint on my bike last year, idk if that counts for much, also its about to go to a 1x4 setup
i like it! what frame is that? ahh, the good old sherman dj. i miss that fork.
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Location: San Francisco, CA USA
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I put a hot dog in the leg of my boxxer to serve as a softer bottom-out elastomer. It adds a little water weight but it feels really plush now....
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Location: Fruita, CO USA
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Location: Ogden, UT USA
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Here i have used a M6 thread and installed it with Hex-bolts, look better and easier to install. Its a moded Halo Spin Doctor
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And here is my Kore stem wich i have cut the clamp in two pieces like a BMX clamp. Not much for weightreduction but the looks is also important 
, though the paint is bad.
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In It To Pin It
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Location: Ogden, UT USA
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This guy decided to add a jet to his bike. 70+ MPH. Crazy.
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@crazybacon...i like those hex bolts a lot!
@bturman...holy crap! 65-70mph on that fork/whees/bike? no thanks!
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@sspomer its a dmr sidekick II, best 100 dollars i ever spent, i also made my old e 13 brown the other day, pics soon
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Location: Lerum, SWE
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Location: Sloughhouse, CA USA
i put a 3 dura ace cogs on my wtb single duty hub and ran it with my x9
works amazing
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Location: CO, USA
My 831 is hitting my Mob frame when I spin the bars. It doesn't stop completely, but it is noticeable. I have an internal headset, so my steer tube is already cut too short for an external. I really don't want to have to grind down the corner of the blue anodized compression knob. Has anyone had a similar problem?
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spankthewan wrote:My 831 is hitting my Mob frame when I spin the bars. It doesn't stop completely, but it is noticeable. I have an internal ...more
Sketchy! Bust out the file.
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spankthewan: one dude on a swedish forum im member on had the same issue but on his Tweet Tweet and he made spacers for the steerercrown to stack the headset but its not a solution i would recomend you. Fabricate your oun set of caps insted of doing something irrational.
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Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: Scotts Valley, CA USA
I've done quite a few custom mods on my bikes so here goes:
80mm Totem Solo Air on my dirt jump bike:
4spd Dura Ace on a Chris King SS hub with X0 der. and Dura Ace chain.
Compression ring for a Chris King headset
The fork on the STP is comprised of: Reba uppers and Moco, Pike lowers, Argyle spring internals.
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XT m971 crankset on a 83mm bb Intense M6
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Shortened the stroke of the DHX, 12.9" bb, 65 ha
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Location: Dillon, CO USA
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Then: NW
Now: Breck
Kids: 2
i ride all the bikes.
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For turning pro-pedal on/off on the trail bike via poploc lever on the bars-
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chain link holder is super clean 
here some of mine; glued on sandpaper for added grip:
made a fixed gear rear hub out of mtb front disc hub:
"shortened" the spokes:
that's just few, i also moded two hardtail bikes into one full suspension among other things
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radiusq wrote:For turning pro-pedal on/off on the trail bike via poploc lever on the bars-
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that's rad!
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Location: Ogden, UT USA
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Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
Job - Go-Ride.com
Bike - SuperCo Charger
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I also removed the disc brake mounts and custom painted my Argyle, but I don't have it here to take photos.
Job - Go-Ride.com
Bike - SuperCo Charger
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Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
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VWilliams wrote: [LINK TO IMAGE]
Just removed the cable guides and rim brake bosses from my old Ellsworth hardtail (run it single speed). ...more
Is that the one you rode in the Jib series? I think I'll have to dig up those videos sometime soon.
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Yeah, same one. Now it serves as my wife's BMX/skatepark machine.
Job - Go-Ride.com
Bike - SuperCo Charger
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Got sick of the fork on my XC bike not getting full travel so I hacksawed the compression rod down to increase the air capacity. Works perfectly now
