2001 Ellsworth Truth

This bike was brought in by a new customer of ours for a little more than a tune up.  After a short discussion of hippies, we hammered out a few build options and arrived at an awesome new build. 

The first thing to fix was the decade-old Manitou SX Ti fork.  This generation of Manitou forks was great for being light, but terrible for retaining oil and general functionality.  We went for a new RockShox Gold 30 Air. 

Then there was the disc upgrade.  New wheels and brakes were needed.  Durability and low maintenance trumped weight weenie specs.  A new set of Sun RynoLite's paired to a set of Deore hubs rounded out the wheels.  For the brakes, you can't go wrong with the set-it-and-forget-it functionality of Shimano Deore hydraulic disc brakes. 

To round of the package, the customer wanted to eliminate the low-normal rear derailleur (it shifts backwards, it is so bad) and replace it with a new XT derailleur.  New shifters and new frame bearings make this perform as good as a new machine (or at least better than any hippie bike in Richmond.)