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Finally after a few days, and alot of work, got the Rockhopper rebuilt as a singlespeed. It rides nice, but I want to redo the gear ratio; It's a bit... intense as is but I had no spare casette cogs for the rear. Thats the one thing I need to work on in the future. For the build I went with Serfas Drifter tires, Specalized Sidewinder grips, rebuilt the hubs with new bearings and some locktite brand synthetic grease. I kept the seat for now as it is still pretty comfy, just heavy. Pulled the shifters, front and rear derailuers, and bottle cage. Here are the finished pics: Also in and unrelated note, I managed to rebuild the crossovers for my open baffle rear speakers into a radioshack project box, with some simple binding posts on em:

I have been holding onto my ~1997 Specalized Rockhopper but its sadly been gathering dust in the garage. In an effort to ride it more im going to work on building it up as a singlespeed with more of an urban trail focus. Here she is in her current form:  And this is what the sorta end goal will be: To get there im going to pull the drivetrain and replace the tires with some Serfas Drifter "City Tires" . ALso going to replace the grips, seat, pedals, and repack the bearings in the hubs. I dont want to buy new wheels, and these are in good shape, so im just going to go with a single speed in the back on the shimano cassette hub. Ill try and take some pics tonight.

My friend Pyract was selling a MadCatz Marvel Vs Capcom fightstick for $60 one day and I couldn't pass up that deal. However, the MvC2 stick has an ugly yellow color scheme that is just hideous. I had an extra print from Art's Hobbies ( Tek-Innovations ) where I get all my top covers and art to mod sticks, so i ordered another MadCatz TE Extended cover and clear dustwasher. I picked up some clear seimitsu buttons from A-Kon 23 when I was there in Dallas. I think it turned out fairly well. I still need to dual mod this stick with a ChimpSMD from http://www.godlikecontrols.com/order.html . Also the MvC2 sticks have an octagonal gate in them which I found out after I got it. Still not sure if I like it, but I do really like the feel of the Seimitsu buttons better than the Sanwas. Here is the stick before:   Taking off the top panel:   Finally after: