murph82 Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) Had these bikes over the past couple years, foun the Giant at a bootfair for £60 and thought why not. I used to ride all through my teens but stopped about 7/8 years ago. I got quite ill Aug 10, I wanted to get right back into my riding when I was fit, had 6 months stuck at home and fancied trying natural instead of street like I used to ride. So sat on ebay and the forum and put together this Koxx Levelboss 1065 Saracen MAD forks resprayed black Zoo bars Viz Stem Avid BB7 with XT lever HS33 with GU 4 bolt and Heatsink whites Front wheel Sun ditch witch Deore hub Rear Wheel DMR Revolver on Try-all 47mm Rim (ground) Kenda 2.6 Rear Tyre Maxxis something front Tyre Tensile Cranks Onza splined BB 96 Click Freewheel Enjoyed the natural but really missed street and got ill again so another 5 months at home saw me sitting on the web and so I started again. Managed to swap most of the Koxx for this which came as standard minus the front brake so I switched it up and added a rear Hope Pro 2 SS/T on a rhyno lite, Viz stem and 720 bars, XTR levers, BB7 and Avid Rival with Inspired pads. Feels pretty good, haven't ridden properly, the forks seem to be quite flexy but feels like I'll like it. Just need some time to get down the skatepark! Hope that was vaguely interesting. The cool thing is I haven't spent much more than what returned from the sale of different bits, bought the giant and sold the frame for what the koxx cost, the green mags for what the black hs33 and BB7 cost and some other spares I had and I just sold bits and used the money to replace them, which proves how good the forum is for building a decent spec bike up i just couldn't get on with the ashton, was to short and it didn't feel comfortable on the back wheel for me so went back to a more pure bike. 09 echo control, ashton forks, Tryall h wheelset, Chris king No threadset headset, 2011 hs11's, echo tr cranks, trialtech ti halfring? Viz 720 bar and stem! Now on to an Atomz Premier 26 as the echo cracked on the chainstays, geo appears to be the same on listings i'v found so hopefully will ride as nice! first ride this afternoon, think i'll want a longer, high rise stem though! Edited February 18, 2013 by murph82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 out of interest, does the Giant have a fairly 'sharp' dent in the downtube sorta near the bb end? I lived in Kent, had the same frame and same seat, and sold it on, was wondering if it was my old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 i can't remember. Don't think there was anything drastic on it! Sold it to a guy i used to ride with. Will have a look next time i see him with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymoped Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 :w00t: i'm loving the giant especially with the green maggies, and i'm loving the koxx as well :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 :w00t: i'm loving the giant especially with the green maggies, and i'm loving the koxx as well :w00t: Thanks! Never thought they were that pretty, stuck them together for function over form! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 bump. Echo added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) you don't want a streetier stem for your ashton do you? i have a 70x25 hope stem i'm not using, turns any 24" into a fun machine. Edited August 2, 2012 by ogre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted August 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 you don't want a streetier stem for your ashton do you? i have a 70x25 hope stem i'm not using, turns any 24" into a fun machine. thanks for the offer, but that's long gone! Had and moved on the echo since June. Now got an atomz premier I'm finishing building which I'll add to the thread once it's done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 bump, atomz added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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