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1985 Jamis Klunker conversion

Bought the frame for cheap, built it up with about $350 and it shreds. The big marzocchi fork makes the head angle slack as hell and it rips wheelies. Update: Got a sweet 450mm solid aluminum seatpost from the klunker wizard Chad Logan AKA Mr Tick!

Frame:
1985 Jamis Earth Cruiser

Fork/Headset:
Marzocchi Bomber 140mm/Atomic cycles 32mm 1-1/8 headset

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Deore XT octalink cranks, XT bb, truvativ adapter

Pedals:
odyssey twisted pc

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Gold 19t Suntour cog, shimano ECB110 coaster brake, kmc ss chain

Derailleurs/Shifters:
Nah

Handlebars/Stem:
Old MX bars/poverty stem

Saddle/Seatpost:
Specialized-wtb ti rail & Custom Mr Tick solid aluminum seat post

Brakes:
Coaster brake boi

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Wtb wheel, Kenda Small block 8

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Alex rim/Shimano Coaster Brake, bonty

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. Initial
  2. New Stuff
  3. New fork and cranks
  4. Salida
  5. 2019 Baby

Added by Nathap470. Last updated about 4 years ago.

10 Comments

Rocky_Top

Rocky_Top says:

DOPE!!!

Posted over 6 years ago

Nathap470

Nathap470 says:

Thanks! This thing whips hard, but I need to rebuild the fork since it feels like shit.

Posted over 6 years ago

Sirtri

Sirtri says:

well done. love klunkers

Posted over 6 years ago

moose

moose says:

i want this haha

Posted about 8 years ago

Nathap470

Nathap470 says:

Just sold it to my dad! He has so much fun on it

Posted about 8 years ago

jose_gnarlez

jose_gnarlez says:

Looks sick!

Posted over 8 years ago

Deluxe

Deluxe says:

so gnarly hahaha

Posted over 8 years ago

GhostRidingTheWhip

GhostRidingTheWhip says:

+1

Posted almost 5 years ago

lupinski

lupinski says:

boss-level: over 9000.

Posted almost 10 years ago

Nathap470

Nathap470 says:

Thanks! check back later and i/ll have photos of the new parts

Posted almost 10 years ago