minor_LEGEND
Senior Retro Guru
I haven't paid this much attention of late, but alas with Mayhem not far away I have been trying to crack-on with this. The old girl has been throwing up headaches left, right & centre.
I consider myself a rather shit-hot bike mechanic (ex-professional) but nothing has been straight forward. I guess having high standards & being frivolous with buying duplicate parts is the problem with my slow progress.
Couple pics:
I had hoped with the new headset & lower stack height I could use a steerer type fr brake hanger, but there still wasn't enough thread. I was hoping to use a nice alloy stem I picked up cheap but doesn't have a noodle or cable guide & didnt want an unsightly crown-mounted hanger either. So I'm using a clamp-on jobbie that seems quite bulky for my liking. Eyes peeled for an A-tac w/noodle maybe.
Something else causing woes is the springs in the XT cantis I purchased. I'm convinced they aren't genuine shimano, the rears barely have enough tension to return the cable. So I'm probably going to have to buy another set of brakes just for the springs.....Grrrr!
I am chuffed with it's appearance though, switching on the garage light makes me smile.
I consider myself a rather shit-hot bike mechanic (ex-professional) but nothing has been straight forward. I guess having high standards & being frivolous with buying duplicate parts is the problem with my slow progress.
Couple pics:
I had hoped with the new headset & lower stack height I could use a steerer type fr brake hanger, but there still wasn't enough thread. I was hoping to use a nice alloy stem I picked up cheap but doesn't have a noodle or cable guide & didnt want an unsightly crown-mounted hanger either. So I'm using a clamp-on jobbie that seems quite bulky for my liking. Eyes peeled for an A-tac w/noodle maybe.
Something else causing woes is the springs in the XT cantis I purchased. I'm convinced they aren't genuine shimano, the rears barely have enough tension to return the cable. So I'm probably going to have to buy another set of brakes just for the springs.....Grrrr!
I am chuffed with it's appearance though, switching on the garage light makes me smile.