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We Can Rebuild Him, We Have The Technology….
We Can Rebuild Him, We Have The Technology….
#Rebuild #Technology…
“Stephen Hughes”
Welcome to the 2nd Part of the series, where we finally rebuild the Lahar DHV M9.
In this episode the bike has been given a full nuts and bolts strip down and all the old worn out stuff has been replaced by new top of the line parts.
Enjoy Part 2 and I’ll see you guys in the last part.
Thanks…
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I don't even finish watching it, I'll give it like and hopefully the video will get 4 views, just kidding, let it be 4 million, just so I wrote that you find a service that will allow you to promote your channel.
Those custom shock mounting plates look too weak, just drill 1 hole, make some new ones, they will break soon.
Wasnt expecting to see this but finally a bike with a proper gear box. Why the hell dont they build all geared bicycles like this?
'bout time you got the Ol'Leaf Blower running again! Looks sweet.
Looks alot better now bud 1st thought it was a freak now its a super freak
this was great, good work! look forward to seeing what the dorado in the background goes on
Beautiful bike. I like how you went for modern components, while keeping the exotic look of the bike. Those frames were so far ahead of their time that it deserves parts that won’t keep it back like the stuff that was around back then. Great watch!
A 10 part series please with more riding footage. You are awesome to spend time time and money building this up. Like a heritage building almost.
luvly m8
Such unique, such cool
Awesome series and you're an insightful and entertaining guy, liked and subscribed.
Dun dun dun dun, screechy 70s TV soundtrack noises.
Really enjoyed these videos. Never been a fan of the Rohloff, in most applications, due to the drag but here it's likely about as good an application as there can be. Was pleased to see your DH9 decals, I've had a set of those for at least ten year! To doubting of my own ability to fit them well. I'll definitely look forward to the Yeti build.
Love it. It turned out much better than I thought!
Good job. Love seeing the old stuff get attention
Now that's a super rare Machine… have fun Mate 🔊🔊🕴
i would listen the shit out of you all the time. Love your accent man. Talking about your job is uselss, speaks for itself!
Twist the Rohloff Connectors to undo
Quite surprised that you didn't put on a set of manitou forks on as it's looks like you have a few spare.
Ahhh man that's beautiful fella. Hope it rides as well as it looks
One of the most entertaining videos I’ve seen in a while souly because it’s so unique! Thoroughly enjoyed
Part three 🎉
…better… faster… stronger…. And, hopefully, for less than 6 million dollars!
super nice bike
Before G-boxx came and went there were Lahar and what I lusted after Nicolai – got my 2x Nucleon Gboxx although these days I ride with a E mainly. – great to see a restomod approach and look forwards to next video
Never came an lahar so close 😉 nice work great updates can’t wait to see the next vid.
Never knew there was a worthy contender for Orange bikes ugliness
Amazing content. Transitions were short and tastefully done, not a constant interruption. Your assessment of the build was clinical and your technical skills are on point. I just subscribed, looking forward to more videos like this.
looks mint
So good man! looking forward to part 3!
kiwi class way ahead of its time
You should polish it to get the carbon frame to really pop
I converted an intense m3 that i used to race to 275 wheels and it is pretty decent improvement. I plan on converting to 29 sometime soon if i find a cheap fork, pretty much for a laugh but it could be viable.
Sick 🤜🏻. Funnily enough I am in NZ right now!
What SS freewheel is on there now? Would / have you considered one from White Industries? They’re great bits of kit.
Looks like you found the builder. hes in the comments
the technology in that frame / concept is still to this day amazing. its like a proper race car engineer took the time to build a proper dh bike once and then vanished to let the amateurs to their thing again 🤣
That thing looks amazing! Sounds rough lol. Do you feel safe on it? Or does it feel like, "Oh no please don't break under me!"
Stunning. The bike turned out amazing, if only someone could get ahold of the molds and start reproducing some more of these frames
So good mate.
BEAUTIFUL BIKE
Mixed wheel setup will help the old geo be faster and more stable
Bugger about the footage. And shame about the mountkng screws and gearbox plate issue. Did have a run of cnc'd spares that never made production. Got lost in some call of duty and urgent move years ago. However… Recently a backup on an old hardrive drive with all the CAD files for everything I ever did has surfaced.
So I should actually upload them as a public domain resource, machining being pretty cheap nowadays.
Who knows. I'm amused that you're describing it as short and low by modern standards. At the time it was designed 21years ago, that was pro-racer requested geometry, and lots called it high, though they were not taking into account the initial sag and negative travel that was more than others ran at the time. Because of the shocks and lack of independent, high pivot anti squat behaviour, supple initial travel and smooth even wheel contact force, hence traction, was being sacrificed for pedalling efficiency on conventional bikes.
The bigger wheels today are still contraversial.
I know some kiwi pros still prefer 26inch on smooth and fast courses.
There is a hell of a lot of Aerodynamic drag and sacrifice of nimble fast response to rider inputs with direction changes and even pedalling efficiency loss with larger wheels.
Still.. The big front, small rear is exactly what I did with early protos. Though 26F24R then. The mk8 production was initially designed for those, and it lost some antisquat/antidive when converted.
Guess the higher BB and longer wheelbases today are the inevitable consequence of the bigger wheels.
Good work again. 🤗👍💎
Lahar😇 🌊🐉
Fantastic. You really could have made the build several parts. I would have definitely watched them all. Especially with the unique engineering for the build. Anyways, looking forward to part 3.
Amazing video, bike came out great.
Few words on the Rohloff gearbox:
Needs an oil change once a year, Rohloff have a rundown of it on their channel. (This may be the reconditioning you alluded to at the end)
They made a new shifter in the meantime, less triangle-y, looks and feels nicer.
And lastly a neat trick: For some unknown reasons Rohloff uses brake housings for the cable. If you swap to any generic shifter housings it'll net you a much crisper and defined feeling on the shifter.
Mate that was awesome, looking forward to part 3 and really looking forward to the other bikes we got a sneak peak of via the decals!!!! Also cheers for that visual demonstration of the flex stays I did wonder how much deflection there was and it was great to actually be able to see it, certainly a weird idea.
Lovin it Stephen! I actually had a short ride of that very bike years ago at Carl's old shop while you were in getting some work done. I remember it being very slack and long for the time. Good to see it running again, it's a really unique bike.