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SLIM
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:11 pm 
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finally got hold of one ......................

an original 91 YO , all good regards seat tube/rust , needs a repaint , and i think i know what i want :roll:

going to be full xt on this one i think

spent an hour or so cleaning up the fork this morning , just need to do the frame , may be a while before it goes of for paint

few parts added for effect ...............


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...and, what paint will you go for ?? :)

Good luck with the project. Looking forward to the result. Any effort going in it is worth it. They are great chassis.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:06 pm 
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dont want to give it away just yet :wink:
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one day I hope to have a fat too :( , need a bigger shed first tho :idea:

lucky bugger
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Ditto on that, never ridden a Fat either, but they look so right!

Is there any truth that steel frames loose their ping after a certain period?
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Rich wrote:
Is there any truth that steel frames loose their ping after a certain period?


That is what the lbs wanted you to believe in the past, before the industry made bikes disposibles (so you have to buy new anyway) and when there was less innovation
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SLIM wrote:
finally got hold of one ......................

an original 91 YO , all good regards seat tube/rust , needs a repaint , and i think i know what i want :roll:

going to be full xt on this one i think

spent an hour or so cleaning up the fork this morning , just need to do the frame , may be a while before it goes of for paint

few parts added for effect ...............


looks familiar ;)
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nice little project there SLIM!
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Nice SLIM, will be interested to see what colour/scheme you go for.. Also where you get it done :wink:

Great you can get the frame and forks done at the same time too for a perfect match 8)
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