I decided to try DJ/urban, so I bought a Transition Trail or park and started the build waiting on the cranks,BB and chainwheel. here are some pic of the build so far.
starting a build
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I'd lower the fork to like 100mm if you can. The head angle will be steeper and it will be lower, letting you move it around quicker.
Dig the frame, regardless of the brakes...
Yeah, cool color.
Yes the rotors are 8" and I have braided lines and there is no front one, just the rotor that I had not taken off the wheel yet, but I plan on putting a front brake on it .I will also be using it for trail riding too. The stem and bar are Race face diablo set-up. Working on getting a 100mm fork, the one on there now is set at 120mm .these parts came off of an broken frame and just wanted to get the bike rolling for now.
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so what would u guys recommend for thius build? no front brake change the back to a 6" and get a 100mm fork? does that sound right.Just getting into this aspect of the sport and want to learn about it so any help would be nice.
nice frame.
change the fork to 80mm, 100mm is too steep for street and dirt and your steering will be slow.
btw, its not called urban anymore, all the cool kids call it street.
change the fork to 80mm, 100mm is too steep for street and dirt and your steering will be slow.
btw, its not called urban anymore, all the cool kids call it street.
Yeah, 80 would be even better. ^ slack*
I love my ToP. Mos def 80mm up front, I ride a DMR switchblade(ridgid). I found mine a little low in the nose, I'm 6'3", and changed from diabolus bars(1.5 rise) to black market badabings(3" rise). It made such a huge difference. Now the ToP feels more like a 20 than ever before. I ride single speed on Eastern cranks. Hydro disk, rear only. Great frame design, very flickable.
I think it's just the tilt of the bars. Stem seems fine to me. Maybe not the trendiest/lightest...but it'll work. IMO anything less than 70mm reach will work well jumping.
And yeah, definitely 80mm travel fork if you want quick handling in the way that most TOP riders want ( for dirt jumps, pump tracks, bmx tracks, skateparks...) But if you want the bike to feel more mtb/freeride-ish for more hucking style jumps or just wanting stability in the air (point bike and it stays in that direction) or you want more squish for rocks etc on the trail, 100 will be fine too.
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I would like to Thank everyone for their input and will take all of it under advisement.
Just put a transition 3 piece crank on the bike. BB is a spanish type, the crank arms are 170mm and the chainwheel is a 28t
Ok so the complete build will be as follows:
Frame --Transition TOP
cranks-- Transition 3 piece
BB ----Transition Spanish style
Chaiwheel--Transition 28t
Chain-Gold KMC 410-SS
saddle-- Azonic velvet
seatpost-- easton ea30
headset -transition internal
Fork- for now is a Manitou Stance flow/ will be a Rockshox Pike 426 u-turn
Brakes- Hayes HFX9 for now/ will be Avid Elixer R's 160mm rotors
Stem- Race face Diablo 55mm
Bar- Race face diablo 29"
Tires--Maxxis Holy rollers 26x2.2
Rims --Mavic ex729
Hubs--Rear shimano lx Front-- Marzocchi 20mm
Pedals-- HT flats
Grips ODI-- Rogues
Frame --Transition TOP
cranks-- Transition 3 piece
BB ----Transition Spanish style
Chaiwheel--Transition 28t
Chain-Gold KMC 410-SS
saddle-- Azonic velvet
seatpost-- easton ea30
headset -transition internal
Fork- for now is a Manitou Stance flow/ will be a Rockshox Pike 426 u-turn
Brakes- Hayes HFX9 for now/ will be Avid Elixer R's 160mm rotors
Stem- Race face Diablo 55mm
Bar- Race face diablo 29"
Tires--Maxxis Holy rollers 26x2.2
Rims --Mavic ex729
Hubs--Rear shimano lx Front-- Marzocchi 20mm
Pedals-- HT flats
Grips ODI-- Rogues
