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Yes, bike companies often use one frameset and change components to get a range of models. As far as I know all the S-series frames were identical.
If you can post some pictures of your current setup that will help us diagnose your problem. Depending on the crankset you have, the crank arms interface with a square taper spindle, splined spindle, or are two-piece, where the spindle is integrated into one crank arm. The spindle interface will dictate which crank arm puller you should use, or if you have what should be self-extracting bolts.
S40 was the lower-end version of the S-x0 line, which was essentially the Taiwanese-made Homegrown Sweet Spot line. Some guys prefer the rear end from the S-series as it was a little beefier than the Homegrown rear end.
I’d say your best bet is to ride it with the parts on it until you notice you don’t like performance or they start breaking; no point in replacing stuff just because it’s lower end if there’s nothing actually wrong with it.Bummer that you’ve got to start over, but at least this way you get to do the black base coat?
Thanks for keeping track of the process here.
That glitter looks pretty awesome. I don’t know enough about the process-would you do it over a black base coat or what? I think that glitter with a white pearl (like the ’98 2-tone paint jobs) would be pretty bitchin’. I didn’t quite get bass boat in this one but maybe something like that?
It’s a ’98 Homegrown Factory Suspension XT, made by Anodizing, Inc.
Cool story and progress pictures. Can you use a shorter stem?
Do you remember the text of the error message you were getting. I can see it in the logs but it’s pretty ambiguous.Yes, though the increased weight was also a function of the different aluminum alloy/tube butting, head tube-down tube gusset that wasn’t on the Factory frames, etc. The 2000-2001 frames with extruded bridge were advertised as sub-3 pounds.
I don’t know for sure-Jeff might have some better insight on this one. I’ll have to check the ones I have when I get home. In the meantime, there’s this one that’s supposedly original and doesn’t really match either (it’s got the depth to the etching but the stem is different).
