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Antfox
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:10 pm 
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Thanks for coming back to me ! Where can you get peek from as I have never heard of it ?

I think I need to buy rubber gloves and a tin of elbow grease !

I now have loads to do lol

Ant
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tonedeaf101
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:48 pm 
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Fleabay I got mine from. Think it's about £7 for a 250ml tin.

Not sure how much elbow grease costs. Depends on time of year, enthusiasm and country of origin :-)
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xMekpx
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:04 pm 
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Location: Poland, Wroclaw
Hi.

I am really impressed! I don't like GT but Your looks great.

I've polished a few parts in my life and I know how laborious is it.

Only steer tube is a little too long for me and it make Zaskar like "city bike"

pozdrawiam
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tonedeaf101
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:57 pm 
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Finally finished! Just in time for Christmas!
Still thinking on a stem change, possibly a Raceface one.

Special thanks to Gil for puting up with my fussy sticker choices.
Tim for sorting me a fork service.
Jules for finding me an elusive set of V brake mounts for the forks.

97 Zaskar
Pace RC38 Hollowform Airforce LT
Raceface Turbine risers
Bontrager stem
XTR M950 hubs, Mavic X618 rims & Schwalbe CX Comp tyres
XTR M950 front & rear mech(with blingy wheels from Taiwan)
XTR M960 V brakes
XTR M970 brake levers
XTR M970 shifters
SRAM PG980 cassette
Raceface evolve XC crank set with Blackspire middle ring
Chris King headset
XTR BB
Kore seatpost
Selle Italia saddle
XON seatpost clamp
Few blue finishing items from far East.

Not true retro I know. But it was never meant to be.
Merry Christmas all

Phil


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EarlofBarnet
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Looks really nice that 8)
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zetecmk2
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:52 am 
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that brings back memories!! polishing zaskar's in the front room when the kids were asleep. yow they've moved out and i can do loud stuff.....the zaskar is flat as fook!! :(
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Houlio99
PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:16 pm 
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Great build, a good mix of old and new!

I'm inspired to get my build started
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BobCatMax
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Where did you get your jockey wheels from?

Lovely build, the blue highlights are really understated
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Chute55uk
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loving this, time to get polishing the lts i reckon.
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tonedeaf101
PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:01 pm 
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BobCatMax wrote:
Where did you get your jockey wheels from?

Lovely build, the blue highlights are really understated



Got them from Fleabay, some dude in Taiwan I believe. Sealed bearings etc. Excellent quality too, was quite impressed.
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