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I had joined this forum several years ago when I was going to buy a wicked frame but that deal fell through. A few days ago I purchased a 97 yo eddy on ebay, the seller had it listed for $400 shipped but since it didn't sell at that price I talked him down to $350 shipped. I'm excited but not really sure how I want to build it up, but, I'm leaning towards a 2x10 xt or xtr, white industries vbc cranks, rigid fork, with some vintage bits thrown in for good measure.
Since I don't have the frame yet here is a picture from the ad as well as some of my other bikes: ![]() Land Shark Pro Carbon (ultegra group) ![]() Steel Land Shark SS (It had different wheels and a white industries crank now) ![]() 93 GT Zaskar le (kooka rasta cranks, machine tech levers, RS duke race, and newer xt bits) ![]() I also have in no specific order - Jamis Satellite, Jamis Dragon, Jamis Nemesis, GT ZR-2000, Soma Double Cross, Specialized Allez (1994), Schwinn High Sierra (1987), Schwinn Spitfire frame, GT Passage frame, On One Inbred, Madwagon cruiser (bullseye hubs and magura hydo rim brakes), Trek 600 (1985), Trek 950 frame (1987), and a cheap elevated chainstay mtb frame. I also have a couple of tubesets that I need to get around to building up into a gravel bike, lugged road bike, and a hardtail mtb. Last edited by fiatjeepdriver; August 1st, 2013 at 5:35 PM. Reason: forgot a bike |
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Nice! So glad someone here pulled the trigger on that bike. I have the same bike in a Medium/Large & absolutely love it. Mine is a 1998 in black. I was tempted to buy that one but I have a 1994 Large Yo Eddy & didn't want (or my wife didn't allow) too many of the same bikes. Since it's a later Yo Eddy it's a bit lighter weight & has the correct cable routing for V-brakes in the rear. Interesting that yours also has the standard Canti-mount bridge. My '98 doesn't.
I have mine built up with a Full M952 XTR Group except my brake calipers are the Avid Ultimate Black Edition. My front fork is a Fox Talas 80-120mm adjustable. It's a really sweet ride! Jon
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Thanks. What travel do you usually have it set at? I'm most likely going to get a rigid fork for it. Whould it be sacrilegious to run a carbon fork (pace or similar with vbrake bosses)? I think I am going to do a quick build to make sure it fits and rides how I assume it will then save up for the parts I want to put on. Also the paint looks a little rough in the pictures so if I go for a repaint are there any go to guys? Ideally I'd have John Slawta (land shark) paint it but he only paints his bikes so I was thinking about Keith Anderson (http://www.keithandersoncycles.com/paint.html). |
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According to the tracking info I should have the frame sometime tomorrow. Unfortunately there are several wildfires in my part of the state and it is smokey enough I can't ride, heck I missed a couple races because of it. |
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Well the frame came in today instead of tomorrow and the paint is a lot better than I expected. There are some scuffs especially on the drive side chainstay.
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that definitely looks like 350 dollars well spent. have fun with it!
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I think for the time being I'll use my spare gussett jury sl fork. It should look decent on there and be a couple pounds lighter than the judy sl on there.
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Those LandSharks are a treat.
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Thanks. I really like them as well. I think my next new mtb is going to be another shark. John does quite a few of the local crits and TTs and he is very good about planting the idea of a new frame.
As for the yo eddy I mocked it up today while I wait for a few other parts to come in. ![]() |
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I'm not sure how much he wants for them but I had a member of another forum offer to sell me a wheelset for this. XTR from '96 (m951/952?) laced to campy kilimanjaro rims, he said he has had these since '97 and they have been sitting in his attic for several years.
Thoughts on the wheels? I'll post pictures when I get them. |
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Here is the wheelset, what do you guys think? I don't know much about the campy rims so any info would be appreciated.
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Hubs are worth that alone. Campy rims are not the lightest but they are great reliable rims with a long life expectancy. Get them.
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campy rims strong like bull, who cares about nominal weight
and since you are riding a big bike and I assume you are a big guy, this may be something that works well for you the xtr hubs rock Last edited by tvcreative; August 19th, 2013 at 12:18 PM. |
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Props for the land sharks !!!
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I'm about ready to head to the LBS and get some cables, housing, a chain, grips, and see if my seat post shim came in. Here is how it sits right now:
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Well I have it built up but haven't been able to ride it more than a block (once I get done with work today I'll have worked about 43 hours in the last 3 days). Hopefully tomorrow I can fine tune the fit and make sure it's shifting right and do an actual ride on it.
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I finally got to take it out for a proper ride (13.5 miles on the normal group ride). These bikes handle extremely well. I didn't push it too hard on the down hills just yet but this bike loves singletrack, especially switchbacks. I ended up swapping some parts around to get a better fit but I'm definitely a happy camper right now.
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Looks great! I recall talking to the guy selling the frame and thought about grabbing it from him, but I have too many other hobbies and bills for another bike. I'm glad you got it for a good price. It obviously went to a good home, which is what we all want.
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![]() ![]() I had to change some parts around. Both the stem and cranks were too long, and the only spare stem I had was oversized so I'm temporarily running some really narrow deda bars. In the near future I'll be running a set of white industries vbc cranks up front for a 2x10 set up but for the time being I stole the crank off one of my spare bikes. I have about 35 miles on the bike now between two rides and think I have the fit dialed in pretty good, though I still need to fine tune the brakes. |
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Man that's nice! Been gone for awhile and great to be back seeing amazing FAT rides!
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Thanks. I've put around 250 miles on it so far and even did a cross race with it. I've changed it up a bit and still have a little bit of tweaking I want to do but is a bike ever truly complete?
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