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Re: 14" 26er FM-M001 build Well got it finished.  She wanted to start riding before I had a suspension fork, so is riding it now with the rigid (which I bought for CX season.)

She likes it so much that now I have the Reba sitting on a shelf waiting for a moment when I can take the bike apart and trim the steerer tube down.

The Sprinkle Donut steerer tube cap and the purple nipples on the rims were a big hit.

No weight or cost data ATM as I was lazy on record keeping and the 27.5 wheels that are on there now are heavy AM wheels that I bought as spares for the 2 Kona Full Squish bikes that we have.  I have a set of 26" Crest hoops that are drilled 24H so I could lace them up triplet (16:8) and make a really light wheelset.  But she fits the 27.5 just fine and the Stans rims are white which won't work as well aesthetically (and its all about the looks at this point.)

I did go with a Praxis BB so I could run the Trailcraft cranks.  The bummer and delay with that option was the nut plate laid up in the bottom bracket shell extended too far into the hole to allow the outer sleeve for the Praxis bracket to go through.  About a 30min with a small grinder wheel on a mini dremel tool took that down with plenty of threads left on the nut plate and screw to hold the access cover on the bottom.

(And NO - I didn't send her out without any brake discs!  Snapped these pics before I got them installed and just haven't taken any pics of the complete/complete bike.)
March 20, 2019, 08:46:16 PM 		2