My friends are crazy ... moonlander content

[Noob]

Buy a used moonlander for 1K ... add 1K in show parts.

[Noob]

In progress photo :



race face handle bar
hope stem
chris king headset
hope pedals
hope seatpost clamp
hope rotors
sram cass
salsa qr skewers

[Fenlason]

$1000. for a used Moonlander sounds like a heck of a deal.. From what can be seen in the photo's it looks in great shape also.... and even with what he put into it.. it is less money than a new one.

[Noob]

Yep, he's the master at finding "deals" ... currently po-ed, since king does not make a 135 front hub ...

He did score this :





Not sure why there is a UPC on there ... the silver ones arent imported to the US.

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[Noob]

(Here is the secret to spending " that kind of money" on the moonlander ... )

Put them on his wifes 400$ trek ... well, it was 400$ new, now its more like 2400$ :







The famous "angry bee" hubs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DshmQFdoFU



king hubs/dt swiss/sun
salsa skewers
king headset
hope pedals
hope seatpost clamp
hope seat post
brooks grips
electra streamers
xt v-brakes
paul brake levers
upgraded from 7speed to 9speed x-o sram grip shift
... and yes, the saddle got recovered in aligator.

[Fenlason]

^^^^ Holy Cow!!1

but sort of cool at the same time.

[Noob]

^^^^ Holy Cow!!1

but sort of cool at the same time.

Yep.

... the wife loves the moonlander... so, guess who just walked in with a snowblind pugsley and a bunch of orange chris king/race face/hope parts.

[Fenlason]

^^^^ Holy Cow!!1

but sort of cool at the same time.

Yep.

... the wife loves the moonlander... so, guess who just walked in with a snowblind pugsley and a bunch of orange chris king/race face/hope parts.

[Noob]

[Fenlason]

They wouldn't want to adopt an older child would they...

[Noob]

Its getting serious ... more race face ( crankset ), king ( rear hub ) arrived, and some more hope ( front hub ) parts as well as some surly ( marge lites & white rim strips ) parts ...

[Noob]

... some shenanigans, before the parts showed up .





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Rindig it feels like :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGGlODF7_RY[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGGlODF7_RY

[Noob]

hope hub, hope rotor, salsa qr, evo 4 caliper ...


chris king hub, hope rotor, salsa qr, evo 4 caliper, sram xo cass, sram xo der, race face crank, straightline pedals...

Almost done ...

[Fenlason]

that's looking quite nice. I wasn't so sure about the white and orange to start with.. but I must say.. I do like it.

[Noob]

Done and picked up !

I baught all the stock parts for 500$ ... ( except FD )

... Anyone have a frame, they wanna sell me ? ... or should I put everything on a mongoose beast. lol.