1992 Claud Butler Antaeus 653 Magnum FINISHED

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Came out real sweet .... looking forward to seeing the real deal in June at our swaray

Regarding the Magura - I notice you’ve only fitted a single arch at the rear of the pistons which helps prevent frame flex - however I believe you should also have one one the front to stop the bosses flexing, effectively sandwiching the Magura’s

Looks tidier without them but under braking the flex could render the brakes to lower league GS200 cantilever status

Could be wrong but Evo II was a serious attempt to stop frame flex due to the power of hydraulics and intended to be used with four brake boosters (2 front and 2 back)
The newer black front boosters are far more elegant than the old ones and a lot less in your face with a similar design to the rear but with a nice curve to follow the same arch as the hose line

Lastly WTF is that front QR doing on the drive side :shock:

Re: Claud Butler Antaeus 653 - 3 times a lady

Looks really good young man, well worth the effort. Just needs trail dust now

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Bloody cracking work mate...

Re: Claud Butler Antaeus 653 - 3 times a lady

Retro Spud":1oifvkpp said:

Came out real sweet .... looking forward to seeing the real deal in June at our swaray

Regarding the Magura - I notice you’ve only fitted a single arch at the rear of the pistons which helps prevent frame flex - however I believe you should also have one one the front to stop the bosses flexing, effectively sandwiching the Magura’s

Looks tidier without them but under braking the flex could render the brakes to lower league GS200 cantilever status

Could be wrong but Evo II was a serious attempt to stop frame flex due to the power of hydraulics and intended to be used with four brake boosters (2 front and 2 back)
The newer black front boosters are far more elegant than the old ones and a lot less in your face with a similar design to the rear but with a nice curve to follow the same arch as the hose line

Lastly WTF is that front QR doing on the drive side :shock:

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Cheers for the advise on the Magura’s as I said before, this is all virgin territory for me. :?
As for the front QR……. :facepalm: I wasn’t sure who would spot it first but my money would have been on you! Just taken a bunch of extra photos to make a ‘final post’ then spotted it myself…. I will swap it over, promise….

longun":1oifvkpp said:

Looks really good young man, well worth the effort. Just needs trail dust now

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Cheers buddy, yeah she’s come a long way baby!

Graham_hkr":1oifvkpp said:

Bloody cracking work mate...

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Ta….

Re: Claud Butler Antaeus 653 - 3 times a lady

I think it looks great,

just concerned your first experience with Magura’s set up like that will leave you feeling underwhelmed in the stopping department and wondering what folk BITD saw in them

As for the QR - I couldn’t resist a bit of joshing with yah

Re: Claud Butler Antaeus 653 - 3 times a lady

Quick nod to all who contributed to get this girl up and running again, parts came from all over the world.....

1991 Claud Butler Antaeus Shimano Deore XT
Frame (1991) Longun UK
Marzocchi XC100 forks (1991) Legrandfromage via LongunUK
RD-M-735 SGS long cage (1993) rear mech. from Minifreak UK
HB-M730-F & FH-M732 hubs 32h (1990-93) from (Atilla the) Hunspecialized Hungary
FC-M730-SG Chain Ring roydevergo Poland
PD-M731 competition pedals 1989 roydevergo Poland
SL-M732 7s SIS Thumb Shifters (1989-92) from void(EN12-82) UK
Wolber AT-18 32h from Sherlylock UK
Vanhill Venom horns from Legrandfromage UK
Tange Prestige Tioga stickers from Major22 Finland
DF-M730 shark fin chain deflector (1987-95) Vinevo UK
Panaracer Fire XC pro e-bay, Italy
Tioga prestige bars e-bay, Poland
Zoom nos e-bay, Germany
SP-M730 Seat Pillar Cro-moly steel 360 x 27.2mm (1994-97) ebay USA
Selle Italia Expedia 95 e-bay UK
Shimano Deore XT BB-UN70 122.5mm 1992 e-bay UK
Magura HS33 brakes e-bay UK
SQ-M730 seat post quick release (1987- 2003) ebay UK
Deore XT front mech ebay UK
M736 headset (1991) e-bay UK
Marzocchi XC valve caps kraeMit Germany
Last but not least, Decals by GilUK

Re: Claud Butler Antaeus 653 - 3 times a lady

Last few...promise

Re: 1991 Claud Butler Antaeus 653 Magnum FINISHED

Superb!
I'm sure you will enjoy riding racing it.

Jamie

Re: 1991 Claud Butler Antaeus 653 Magnum FINISHED

Jamiedyer":bisp0k75 said:

Superb!
I'm sure you will enjoy riding racing it.

Jamie

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Cheers Jamie, certainly did today....

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Lovely.