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Those sweet spots would make great singlespeed bikes. I also bet it could be repurposed into a nice gravel bike. I bet a 27.5 x 35 tire would fit that frame nice.
for replacing your old BB and new crank make sure you get a 68/73 mm English threaded BB and a 24 mm spindle crank. Some cranks comes with the BB.
replacing the bottom bracket and crankset may be hard to do. Get calipers or a ruler and measure the width of the bottom bracket shell. That will tell you for sure if its 68 or 73 mm. Most cranks use a spindle that is attached to one of the crank arms. Your current BB has the spindle part of the BB.
You also need to make sure you have the correct # of chainrings. Is it a 3, 2, or 1 (doubt 1). Then make sure the ring sizes are the same.
It’s possible that you might be able to replace the chainring and not the whole bb and crank set up. Take your crank to a good local bike store with a repair dept and have them look at the chainrings. Its highly possible all you need to do is replace the chainrings and not anything else. In fact the chain rings wear out along with the chain and rear cassette and all need to be replaced at some time or another. If the crank arm spider arms are fine, then just replace the chainrings and you’re back riding.
One thing to consider that finding parts to replace older components can be quite costly and easy to fall into a money pit. However, if you’re wanting to be more modern and upgrade to a 1x 11 or 12 speed, now is a good time to do so. Again you will need to replace the BB, crank, chain, rear cassette, and rear derailluer if you go 1×11 or 12.
Is it me but it seems the Giant Maestro suspension design seems very similar to the Rocket 88 design. I also felt that the Giant Maestro was a close cousin to the 4- banger. The difference was the length of the rocker arms with the 4- banger being a lot longer.
I agree. I couldn’t tell the difference between the original and the reproduction. I agree that getting other colors would look pretty bad ass.
99 Homegrown 4-banger all mountain
To add to the bling Kustom Caps also see the bolt in the same color as the cap. Would look cool to get a red bolt for a red cap and black bolt for a black cap.
[url]http://kustomcaps.com/collections/fixie-headset-caps/products/headset-cap-bolts[/url]
Charles
1999 Homegrown 4-banger all mountainHow about this website to make new headset caps. [url]http://kustomcaps.com/products/fully-kustom-cap[/url] While not authentic maybe a good alternative. Looks like $16 per cap. Can be made in any color also.
MAybe switching to a 2×10 would also help. I also know that Kenda makes different versions of the same tire. I use knevegals on my current ride but choose the non-tubeless version weighing in at 688 gms per tire. Haven’t had a flat yet with the stan’s notube system.
Amazing how the final weight is what it is. Suspect a lot of the weight is in the drivetrain and front fork. Your build still looks sweet. Also amazing how fresh the ’99 4-banger looks even in 2014. Wouldn’t it be great if Schwinn made a carbon front triangle frame with a new Fox shox with CTD. That bike would be sweet if it existed.
Any idea on weight. I have a 99 bass boat gold homegrown but with some heavy parts. My bike weighs in around 32 lbs. Thinking about upgrading the drivetrain to something lighter. Its a great bike that I took on many adventures.
The Sid rear shock has a positive and and negative air spring. The valves are the two silver knob looking things. The “knobs” are actually the caps. The downside to that shock is that you need a special adapter to allow you shock pump attach to the shock. It’s a small piece. Without it you cant pump up your shock. If you have this piece I’d pump up the positive spring (the top valve) to the desired pressure. The negative air spring is supposed to get the stiction out of the shock. More negative pressure the more supple the beginning of the travel will be. I suppose by having hardly any air in the negative spring it’s like a poor mans platform setting to counter pedal bob.
I would tend to think to look for another 4-banger frame from the same year. Is your’s a 2000? I doubt a repair in that area would be a wise thing.
The Homegrown elite models year 1999 have the 22 mm rear disc mount. Other wise later years would have the IS standard.
I have 99 4-banger and run 2.24 WTB mutanoraptors. There’s plenty of space for the rear tire. Never had issues with the tire rubbing on the seatstay. Maybe your pivots were loose?
Good luck in building your frame.
In terms of front shock, I would not go above 100mm. You can probably put a front disc but not a rear assuming there are no rear disc posts. I’d go with 9 speed. Only the Sram XX are 10 speed. Replacing the rear shock will be hard since it’ll prbably be a shorter length than what you can get on the market. You will need to measure from eyelet to eyelet and then the shock stroke length. I suspect 6 inches with either 1 to 1 1/2 inch stroke. Fox may make a shock like that but the tuning may be off. If the stock shock is still working, I’d stay with that.
Go for Avid mechanical disc brake. They work great and use standard V-brake levers.
Hope that helps.
