The last component has arrived - an SGS long cage. Nothing in Europe, was going, so ended up going the extra mile, and getting this from a sale action in Japan of all places. 4 weeks later, it's finally here.
The cranks are carried over from my former 97' Hei Hei (
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=387791) which happened to be an M952 set, and have now reverted the chainrings back to matching 9-speed.
The Z1 BAMs have been nominally lowered from the standard 100mm to 90mm, via a travel reduction kit, and a set of extra-stiff springs applied along with new seals courtesy of
https://www.mtbforksbymark.comWill be going tubeless.