Mountain Bikes
Oh mountain-biking, you bring me such joy, guiding me down life’s single-track path. While I do enjoy riding the road, it’s on knobby tires that I find my greatest sense of peace and happiness. My friends are mountain-bikers, I live and visit places so I can ride my mountain bikes, I have a small mountain-bike part tattooed on my leg. With a passion this deep, you can be assured that it passes to my bike selection.
[In the fall of 2011, I purchased Isabelle, a Moots Mooto-X YBB. For years, she was my number one girl. We’ve explored parts of Canada, the United States and Peru for day rides, multi-day trips and several long races. In 2014 she developed a crack which was repaired under warranty by Moots. In the summer of 2018, I discovered another crack elsewhere on the frame. This time, Moots replaced the frame under warranty with a new Mountaineer YBB. However, I’m at a place in my cycling where I’m not so sure I want this bike. So, I will be selling this beautiful frame. More to come.]
Sally’s Sister is a 2013 Kona Unit steel hard-tail single-speed 29’er that I purchased from Desert Sports in Terlingua, Texas.
When I broke my Moots, Isabelle, for the second time, I decided to rebuild the Kona with many of the parts stripped off the Moots. Purchasing a derailleur hanger drop-out, she is now equipped with a full Shimano XT 3×10 drivetrain, Bontrager Duster rims laced to a rear DTSwiss 240s hub and a front Chris King thru-axle hub. Fork is a Rock Shox SID. Stem and seat-post are Thomson, bar is a carbon S-Works. Brakes are Shimano XT hydraulic
Ok, so, the name. When she was a single-speed, I named her Sassy Sally the Single-speed Sadist, or, Sally, for short. However, with a 3×10 drive-train, she’s really not a single-speed any more. I felt that she needed to keep the Sally, but with a degree of separation. Thus, Sally’s Sister was born.
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Stella is a 2002 Brodie “Catalyst”, 26″-wheeled steel hard-tail cross-country mountain-bike. In late 2003 I approached my dear friend Kt, looking to purchase a bike. I was looking for something quite specific but didn’t have the money for a custom-made beauty. I wanted a steel hard-tail with rim brakes. With so few options for quality steel bikes, getting one without disc brakes would prove even more difficult. Eventually, Kt produced a 17″ blue Tange Prestige steel Brodie. Being a bit small, a longer s/p and stem were used to try and make it fit. Luck, however, would be on my side.
A few months after purchasing Stella, I noticed a crack on the down-tube. In pursuit of warranty replacement, I was advised that Brodie only had a 19″ frame in stock if I was willing to accept it. Heck yes, that’s my size! Though she’s seen several parts changes, she is currently equipped with a mix of various generations of XTR 3×9 components, including cranks, derailleurs and hubs. Fork is a 2002 Marzocchi Bomber with an Easton aluminium steerer-tube and a black King head-set. XT V-brakes are married to Paul levers stop the Mavic 519 rims/XTR hubs.(I also have a set of Black Chris King hubs on Mavic rims I don’t know what to do with). She’s got a silver Brodie stem and silver Thomson Elite seat-post, stainless-steel King Cages bottle cages and a Fizik Arione Tri saddle (has a bit more padding on the nose than the standard road Arione’s).
Since Isabelle came into my life, Stella doesn’t spend much time on the trails. In fact, I really don’t know what to do with her, since I never ride her anymore. But she’s a beauty and a real piece of mtb history. She’s also got a few dents that rather precludes me from selling her. The name; as they say, “steel is real” so Stella’s even betta’.
Stella lives at the Bloomfield Bicycle Co. and is FOR SALE. Serious offers only.
