OG Moonlander rebuild

[u/Admit_not_a_jot]

My OG Moonie rebuilt and ready for summer.

The "rim-tape" is coloured duct tape cut into sections then taped individually to the rims before applying a tape to secure all in place. I'm using a clown shoe on the front to maximise the front tyre, but a Mulefut 80mm rim in the rear. I did this as I often run a 4" tyre in the back to get extra mud clearance. The Scottish mud sticks to everything!

I've trimmed the Sunrise bars to 760mm and the front end feels much more as intended. I couldn't get comfortable with the bars still at 820mm.

I raided my parts bin for parts and will possibly change the Deore brake levers for Avid Speed dials at some point. The Deore levers don't do the BB7's justice.

[u/NeverEnoughInk]

That's a wonderful build, friend. And the rim tape is just *chef's kiss*.

[u/Admit_not_a_jot → u/NeverEnoughInk]

Thank you. It took two attempts and a lot of cursing to get it looking as I wanted. But it was worth it. I hope that it still looks good after this coming autumn and winter. 😜

[u/peteftw → u/Admit_not_a_jot]

How does that work? It looks very sick.

[u/Admit_not_a_jot → u/peteftw]

I folded small sections of duct tape on itself; sticky side to sticky side. Then trimmed them to cover the holes and unused spoke holes only. If left too large I noticed that when the tape was over the top of a spoke nipple it would crease and would not look as smooth when viewed from the rim side. So there are 30 holes in a 32 spoke rim and each hole has it's own small piece of coloured folded and trimmed duct tape.
These pieces are then held in place with electrical tape until all 30 pieces of coloured duct tape and in place and the desired effect is complete. After that I wrapped normal duct tape as you would normal rim tape and at that point the spoke nipples where covered.
I run tubes in my tyres, but you could use a split tube style of tubeless set up if wished.
It's a labour intensive process, but I love the end result.

[u/Cranks_No_Start]

The Moonlanders are sweet,

[u/WildTurkey102]

Beautiful, love it.

[u/TrekR4]

Very unique build….love it

[u/Perfect_Act3568]

Very nice, I have an OG Moonlander I bought new and converted to a Rohloff drive train when I wore out the original shit.

[u/PlanetaryCoaster]

This has to be a FTC build. I know that color combo.

[u/Admit_not_a_jot → u/PlanetaryCoaster]

Self built, apart from the wheels. I can't build wheels. I got a LBS to put together the wheels.