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Cheap Bike Build-Off 2025 | Final Build Disaster! Will It Even Ride?

This one fought me. The reverse bullhorn/drop setup wouldn’t take levers (wrong clamp size), fork swaps snowballed, a shifter went missing, and the clock was ticking. I regrouped: stem adapter, original polished bar, Revo grip shifters, fresh Tektro V-brakes, a 2x drivetrain up front, and a black/silver theme with a single purple cable for flair. Forks got a quick metallic-purple rattle and the bike rides sane, serviceable, and ready for photos. If you’ve ever bodged your way out of a parts dead-end, smash like and drop a comment. It helps tons! What I ended up doing Abandoned reverse bullhorn idea (lever clamps won’t fit that bar diameter) Stem adapter → shorter silver stem + original polished handlebar 2x chainring conversion, new chain, original 8-spd cassette reused Swapped to black/silver XT-style rear mech Revo shifters, Tektro V-brake levers/calipers, purple + yellow cable housings Budget forks cleaned, painted metallic purple (temporary), brakes re-spaced Full cable run, indexing, and deadline dash photos Chapters 00:00 Time-out & deadline panic 01:03 Reverse drop-bar plan, stem adapter options 02:29 3x → 2x plan, cassette hiccup (wrong speed) 03:32 Bar real-estate & lever clamp issue 03:58 Cutting bars, test-fitting doomed bar-ends 05:42 Hard stop: lever clamps won’t fit bullhorn tube 06:48 Forks painted; plan B bars incoming 07:45 “Inverted riser” experiment (too weird) 09:52 Bottom bracket/cranks back in; anti-seize & torque 11:20 MegaRange idea dies; original cassette cleaned & refit 14:04 Rear mech swap to black/silver; rear wheel on 15:31 New chain (length drama) & join 18:00 Wild bar mockups → shorter silver stem chosen 20:49 Decision: original polished bar wins 21:55 Start final assembly: front brake, pad height woes 25:58 New day, new plan: practical build gimmick 26:58 Found Revo shifters & Tektro levers; black/silver theme 28:48 XT front mech back; chain rejoined correctly 31:00 Revo shifter re-cable & lube 33:41 Cockpit installed (bar ends, crossbar clamp) 36:00 Brake housing (purple front), UK lever sides explained 40:02 Front brake set-up & cabling 41:50 Rear shift housing run & tidy ties 43:25 Quick polish & reveal walk-around 44:50 Wrap-up: what worked, what’s temporary, next steps Future tweaks I’d like Vintage-correct fork upgrade (ditch the temp purple budget fork) 1x drivetrain with wide-range freewheel/cassette Matching cable color set & better pedals #cheapbikebuildoff #mtb #bikerebuild #retromtb #vbrakes #gripshift #2xdrivetrain #deadlinebuild #garagebuild #pedalpreservation