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cannondale king
PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:42 am 
Anglian AEC / Prison Ship Captain
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he we go my first retro road bike since the peugot pulse its gonna be a mix of old and new as i want this one for training parts so far are

1.raleigh r100 cro mo frame in 54cm
2.raleigh r100 cro mo forks
3.shimano rsx 8spd shifters
4.halo aerorage rims in yellow laced to a dt swiss front hub and ritchey wcs zero rear hub with dt db spokes


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legrandefromage
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:15 am 
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good gravy!

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cannondale king
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:15 pm 
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i know the frames gonna get a powder coat as well as the forks a very light pastel green simular to the salsa la raza that was for sale a while back and i got some salsa rasta QR through to work today with a flip lock binder in rasta from salsa to come ccooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll beans baby 8)
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legrandefromage
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:07 pm 
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cannondale king wrote:
i know the frames gonna get a powder coat as well as the forks a very light pastel green simular to the salsa la raza that was for sale a while back and i got some salsa rasta QR through to work today with a flip lock binder in rasta from salsa to come ccooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll beans baby 8)


bloody powder coat? I made sure that bloody frame was in good nick!


Ahahahahahaha!

green is good....
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velomaniac
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:29 pm 
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Shame to paint that frame, original colour scheme is very smart, oh well the customer is always right they say :roll:
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fingers
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:50 pm 
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And if you gotta repaint something, dont powdercoat it, thats not paint!!
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cannondale king
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:56 pm 
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velomaniac wrote:
Shame to paint that frame, original colour scheme is very smart, oh well the customer is always right they say :roll:


i always wanted a rasta road bike that would be a good trainer as well 8) 8) hence the green frame and yellow wheels and red parts ooppss iv'e said to much 8)
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Fingers if you ever saw CK's shed you'd realise that powder coating is the only option. It's so full in there i'm sure the bikes "share" each others paint work.
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cannondale king
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:43 pm 
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right got frame from back and its green i like green its been faced and prepped and headset forks chainset sti routing and such like done and front brake fitted heres some pics


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That is very individual Dan, i expect nothing less of you!
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