Started with this...(1-yr ago) Not antique or classic but it has been consuming a lot of time...it took one year to carefully source parts.
And finished at last!!!
It has been a long journey but so worth it....pretty excited to ride it...….Piece by piece by piece. Just what I wanted and not what the MTB industry wanted me to have. I reject the myths of what I "need" and what I can or cannot do...so yea, the mythology is busted. Mythology: "you can't piece together a bike for the cost of buying a new one complete from a dealer"...oh really?
Specs...New(nearly) 27.5" (650b) Ibis mojo3 148mm boost frame with Fox Evol shock. New Fox Factory 150mil Boost EVOL Fork (110x15mm axle) DT 240-s wheelset with Mavic 33mm-wide 32 hole rims, traditional flange with straight gauge j-bend spokes & brass nips. Hope integrated headset, Thompson 100 mil zero rise stem. Ti 780mm flat bars. Shimano XT brakes. XTR/XT 2x11 derailleurs. Sram XO 2x11 shifters.
10 spd 11-36 cassette-The dirty little secret "they" don't want you to know. (inquiring minds want to know) Super stiff Rotor 3-D 2x crankset-22/32 front rings with a big 30mm spindle. I may run a 34 or 36 bigger ring later. Aerozine Ceramic-ball external Bottom Bracket. Synchros rigid Carbon/Alu seatpost, Selle Italia SL seat. Vee rubber 2.35 rear, Maxis Ardent Race 2.6.
This bike retires my Mojo SL, a bike I logged a huge amount of miles on over the last 6 years. 4-5K?
The question is.....How much $ do I have invested in it? Not much compared to a store-bought...