24" street build on a budget

[mtbsteveo]

After playing on my buddy's 24" Marino I thought I'd get myself one to try out and here's the result.

Spec is;

Frame: Ashton Effect

Fork: Old DMR Trailstar

Headset: FSA Pig

Stem: One23 90mm x 35 deg.

Bars: Truvativ Hussefelt

Grips: Sunline Mushroom's

Cranks: Generic 8 splines 175mm with Pashley 22t bashguard

Pedals: Wellgo B109 Plastic's

Seat: Vocal Ventra Snake Skin Slim pivotal

Seatpost: Gusset pivotal

Wheels: Alienation 440's in Chrome, Demoliton Bulimia font hub polished, Halo 6 pawl rear hub with 17t cog

Tyres: DMR Moto RT 2.2

Tensioner: Trialtech

I'm currently running it brakeless mainly due to not having a suitable set of forks, I know most people will object to the current fork setup but running it with pashley forks made the front end feel low and unresponsive, which is a shame because i love the look of pashley forks. I am for any advice with setups as this whole 24" thing is new to me.

I'm planning to spray the frame as I'm not fond of the purple, id like to get some lighter cranks, better bars and more suitable forks if I end up getting on with the bike.

[bing]

Looks ok that dude for a cheapy, I do like a nice budget build. Forks wise, look for a set of echo urbans. They'll be a good bit lighter than the dmr's. is that a half link chain I spy

[CalopS]

Echo forks are too bendy for street. Inspired Elements aren't much more.

Chrome rims look cool!

[bing]

Oh yeah forgot about them. Good forks those