Twozaskars
Retro Guru
Hi everyone, this is far from a first project for me but its the first I'm going to document on this website. Its a 1992 ( I think ) Orange Aluminium Elite, 17" with original forks. I bought it off ebay towards the end of 2016 ( I did notice it mentioned on here afterwards) but it was built with a lot of non original stuff. In fact, the only period and correct thing on it was the front suntour mech. I sold all the bits and ended up with a free frame and forks plus a few quid to spend. I intend to build it as cheap as possible by obtaining most of the bits in a similar way. The frame is totally crack free and hasn't been ridden for over a decade. I have some wheels and a few bits to get it going but will hopefully upgrade as time goes by. First job is to get the frame polished and nasty laquer removed, and obtain some lovely new stickers for it. I intend to use it mainly for dry road use when finished with some slick-ish tyres. The brakes, crank, STI's and rear mech are all Deore XT, the hubs are obviously hope but annoyingly one is a 32 spoke and one 36.