My rides - GT Peace 29er SS

GT Peace 29er SS

GT Peace 29er

Upgrades:

  • 27.0 Thompson seatpost to replace the 26.8mm unit which was too narrow for the seat tube and wouldn't stay up without over-tightening which led to repeated failures.
  • Avid BB7s with 203mm rotors. The stock Tektros weren't actually too bad but these are better.
  • Surly hubs laced to yellow Velocity Blunts with DT Swiss Alpine III spokes. The rear hub takes a screw on BMX style freewheel rather than the crappy cassette style freehub on the stock hub which would fail with monotonous regularity, as did the spokes.
    Update: The Blunts started to show tiny cracks around the spoke holes front and rear so Velocity are upgrading me to Chukkers under warranty. It seems my weight & power and those tough Alpine III spokes were just a little too much for the Blunts.
  • Recently added a Tora fork with poploc to help make for some softer landings on the waterbars.
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  • Now with Rohloff.

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