Dumpster bike build Trek Remedy 2014

[LeeLau]

A bit of work, a bit of time, a lot of dumpster-diving, a bunch of accumulating spare parts in bins & inspiration from cheapskates the world over. Spare parts from FB Marketplace, Pinkbike, Craigslist and Ebay.

Thanks to Obsession, BicycleHub, Shar, Jude and everyone else who helped me live the life and accumulate the stuff I deserve to become accustomed!

Total investment – $ 241

2014 Trek Remedy 9.8 frame (thanks Obsession Bikes) –> Obsession Bikes dumpster
2017 RockShox Pike non-boost 27.5 140mm travel – creaky CSU fixed with green loctite (thanks Bicycle Hub) –> Bicycle Hub dumpster
Alex Volar non-boost front wheel (thanks Mike!) —> gift
Magura Storm 180 rotor —> spare parts bin
Schwalbe Magic Mary 2.35 – > Bicycle Hub dumpster
Magura MT7 front & rear brake -> charity gift from Jude Monica
RaceFace Turbine bar and stem -> spare parts bin
FSA Orbit headset -> $ 28
FSA spacers – spare parts bin
Chromag grips -> Sharon cast-offs
RockShox Reverb internal 125 – cobbled together from BCBR cast-offs; put together from 3 non-functional Reverbs -> Obsession Bikes dumpster
XO1 obsolete 11 spd shifter – > $ 50
RaceFace Turbine cranks with OneUp 32t ring —> $ 50
Shimano SPD pedals –> $ 15
Rear Fox shock —> came with dumpstered frame
Seatpost collar —-> came with dumpstered frame
Chromag Trailmaster leather saddle with some shoe-gooe’ed cuts —> Sharon’s cast offs.
Generic PF bottom bracket —-> came with dumpstered frame
XO1 obsolete rear derailleur —-> $ 50
XT 11-46 11 speed rear cassette —-> from Obsession dumpster
DT Swiss M1700 rear wheel – Sharon cast-off —-> free
Maxxis Forecaster rear tire —-> Comor Sports dumpster
Magura Storm 160 rear rotor —> charity gift from Jude Monica
Trek rear QR skewer —-> Obsession Bikes dumpster (thanks Matt!!)
New derailleur cable —> $ 2.50
Re-used cable housing —> free
One can flat black spraybomb from Canadian Tire –> $ 20
Two 50 pack Timbits for Obsession Bikes –> $ 20
Two Honeys Donuts for Bicycle Hub – $ 5.50

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Geo for the geeks

[detrusor]

Damn. Nice work!


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[rudy]

Sweet. How many seasons do you expect to get out of the Intuition fork before it packs out?

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Sweet. How many seasons do you expect to get out of the Intuition fork before it packs out?

Pull the lowers and pack with rice. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes and it will ride like new for another few months.

[radam]

Pull the lowers and pack with rice. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes and it will ride like new for another few months.

toe caps or no?

[beaterdit]

Awesome! Who gets the bike?

[ACH]

Sweet. How many seasons do you expect to get out of the Intuition fork before it packs out?

Same question but directed at the chain stays.

[rideit]

No internal cable routing...Unridabru

[LeeLau]

Awesome! Who gets the bike?

I've been involved in three dumpster bike builds. One went to John Baldwin (my ski touring mentor and as a big a cheapskate as me). Another to a deserving broke-ass trailbuilder. I'll ride this for a bit then pass it along to a deserving trailbuilder. Seems like the right thing to do

[beaterdit]

I've been involved in three dumpster bike builds. One went to John Baldwin (my ski touring mentor and as a big a cheapskate as me). Another to a deserving broke-ass trailbuilder. I'll ride this for a bit then pass it along to a deserving trailbuilder. Seems like the right thing to do

Awesome Man, good work!

[jackstraw]

I've been involved in three dumpster bike builds. One went to John Baldwin (my ski touring mentor and as a big a cheapskate as me). Another to a deserving broke-ass trailbuilder. I'll ride this for a bit then pass it along to a deserving trailbuilder. Seems like the right thing to do

Nice!

[hick]

This is inspiring! I have a buddy I want to try and do a similar junk build for.


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[LeeLau]

Bike rides well. STA is slack af because the Seat tube is bent. Because I have long legs my seatpost is high so the effective STA is more like 71 deg as opposed to the Trek stated 74 degs. The large Trek frame is OK for me.

Put another $ 40 into the bike by buying beer for the shop.

$ 45 for green loctite for the creaky CSU

$ 100 for a 150mm internal dropper to be purchased then offset by selling the 125mm internal dropper.

So it will come in around $ 360- 420 Cad

[jm2e]

Brings back fond memories of the parts bike this place did a few years ago. Never did find out what became of that thing.

[LeeLau]

Thought I would update this as I forgot to mention. This one ended up given to Ben.

He's a trailbuilder in the region and most well known for work on Dark Crystal

[grinch]

That definitely went to a good cause. Good work! Do you have a technique for getting the green loctite to penetrate the csu?

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[LeeLau]

That definitely went to a good cause. Good work! Do you have a technique for getting the green loctite to penetrate the csu?

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I did it slow and used gravity putting the fork in my stand so I could rotate. 10 applications and only out small amounts in each time

[grinch]

I did it slow and used gravity putting the fork in my stand so I could rotate. 10 applications and only out small amounts in each time

Great thanks. Ive used green on my headset cup and thats worked well. I hadnt considered it on a csu thinking the gap in a press fit joint wouldn't be big enough. Sounds like its def worth a try

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