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RockiMtn
PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:50 am 
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So we got our first snow fall yesterday, and low and behold I received and started yet another project. Technically this is the fourth Blizzard to come into my hands, but one came and gone quickly as I had no intentions of keeping it.

Still undecided if I should go with the Marzocchi shocks or the rigid P2s. Both go well with the build I think. Still mulling over what to place for the cockpit, but this SHOULD get completed before the other two. :lol:

Don't mind the "Hammer Race" badging on the top tube, this is indeed a Blizzard and very similar to the mystery RM frame I posted prev. Looks a lot like the colour mock ups I did when I first posted my first Blizzard on here! :shock: :lol:


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Sweet! 8)
Looks a lot like mine, is it a '95?
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yes i do believe it's a 95, as there are subtle differences from it and the mystery frame ID as a 94 frame. that being like the one you use to own that got passed on to claret73.
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Nice one mate
I have just sen the identical albeit 19" frame to the powdercoaters
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settled on Black Race Face Turbine IB with gold spyder matched with a Syncros Ti BB.

more black kit yet to come… ;)

not sure if the tubing decal is correct for the frame. :? for the 94 I know this would be so as it's stated in the catalogue.


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nice!....the simplicity of the p2's does it for me.... :D
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rigid all the way for me too!!!! 8)
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Looks great so far. I'm loving the RF crank especially with that spider. I'd go with the P2s they mimic the frame tubing and lines so well. [/code]
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RockiMtn wrote:
not sure if the tubing decal is correct for the frame. :? for the 94 I know this would be so as it's stated in the catalogue.

No, the tubeset sticker is in the 1993 style, so it must be off a 1993 Equipe. The 1995 stickers were quite different, with a fist holding a wrench.

Worth noting that the Kona fork is a 1991/92 item, i.e., from the pre-suspension era with a 39cm axle to crown, and as such is shorter than the frame will have been designed for.
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P2's deffo
Thats what mine is running
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