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My Ode to the Path Racer build. Started with a Giant Nutra MTB on the curb with a ‘Free’ sign. I removed about 10+ pounds of gear, added road tires (700x23), carbon fiber seat, upside down middleweight bars, new stem, cranks, pedals, a 26” chrome fork, the odd titanium bolt + Ti QR axles.
It is a fixed gear because I want to try that out. Tons of summer rain at the moment, so I’m going to add a red pair of peaked 26” vintage fenders I have. I didn’t want to add skinny 700c fenders.
It’s actually fast. Not necessarily light though it looks ‘lightweight.’ The fenders will probably replace all the weight Ive removed.

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Short notice build for my niece. Dug it out of a storage vault Saturday. Needs to be detailed, overhauled & finished before leaving town Friday.
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I have a couple bar & seat options to get her comfy. This evening will be spent scrubbing crank, headset bearings, polishing hardware, straightening fender braces & resetting rivets. Tomorrow night is assembly. :)
 
My curb side free Giant MTB that was my ode to the path racer has become something else. Not sure what? Perhaps ‘The Thing That Should Not Be?’ Added peaked 26” fenders (CWC?) and a 26x1 3/8 wheelset. Has a coaster brake, fixed gear did not suit me well.
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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.
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And finished at last!!!:cool: 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?
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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... :p
 
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