Mr Universe
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Hi folks..
I was fortunate enough at the end of last year to find the missing piece to help complete the retro Scott jigsaw.
I'd been on the search nearly a year for a steel E-stay versioned Scott, and I had almost given up hope of landing one , especially as I had heard Scott only produced the steel version during 1991
It seemed that every E-stay that appeared for sale was either the later Scott 92 aluminium version, or an E-stay produced from another manufacturer altogether :facepalm:
Then to make things worse the few steel ones that did appear up for sale, we're either full of holes and requiring a total refinish or I needed a set of ladders to reach the saddle roll: :
But in October last year during my holidays , the search got almost obsessive :shock: ,
I had been spending way more hours than was healthy glued to that liquid crystal portal, and I felt like I really needed a holiday '
'Frack I WAS on holiday' :facepalm: :shock: :| :cry: :facepalm: , I certainly needed sleep as alcohol and caffeine combined with energy gels wasn't cutting it anymore
But on the third night shift of my eBay trawling, ! She appeared !,, their right in front of me !! :shock:
The seller had only just listed it on eBay, within an hour of his listing, a deal had been struck, PayPal had been hammered and eBay was 20% down the Scott jigsaw was almost complete , perseverance and sheer bloody mindedness , alcohol and copious amounts of caffeine had paid off .
Because I had been waiting so long to get my hands on one of these ,and tbh curiosity got the better of me , I assembled it with various parts I had around to check the ride and make sure it fits, as it is slightly larger than my normal 'medium, fits all' sizing'
I've maybe covered 50miles of mixed terrain on this so far , and I'd have to say , I'm not quite sold yet , however it's early days and after the searching and stress of finding it , I'm sure as hell going to see it through , or at least until the final build
So I'll not post up full bike pics as I need to decide on one of two build options I'm looking at
After seeing a couple of these E-stays built, and almost doing Xt and XTr stuff to death, I've decided that this is going to be a Shimano free build for a change
So ..Time to start the Evoluton
Comments, suggestions, and ideas good or bad as always are welcomed and appreciated.
Ian
I was fortunate enough at the end of last year to find the missing piece to help complete the retro Scott jigsaw.
I'd been on the search nearly a year for a steel E-stay versioned Scott, and I had almost given up hope of landing one , especially as I had heard Scott only produced the steel version during 1991
It seemed that every E-stay that appeared for sale was either the later Scott 92 aluminium version, or an E-stay produced from another manufacturer altogether :facepalm:
Then to make things worse the few steel ones that did appear up for sale, we're either full of holes and requiring a total refinish or I needed a set of ladders to reach the saddle roll: :
But in October last year during my holidays , the search got almost obsessive :shock: ,
I had been spending way more hours than was healthy glued to that liquid crystal portal, and I felt like I really needed a holiday '
'Frack I WAS on holiday' :facepalm: :shock: :| :cry: :facepalm: , I certainly needed sleep as alcohol and caffeine combined with energy gels wasn't cutting it anymore
But on the third night shift of my eBay trawling, ! She appeared !,, their right in front of me !! :shock:
The seller had only just listed it on eBay, within an hour of his listing, a deal had been struck, PayPal had been hammered and eBay was 20% down the Scott jigsaw was almost complete , perseverance and sheer bloody mindedness , alcohol and copious amounts of caffeine had paid off .
Because I had been waiting so long to get my hands on one of these ,and tbh curiosity got the better of me , I assembled it with various parts I had around to check the ride and make sure it fits, as it is slightly larger than my normal 'medium, fits all' sizing'
I've maybe covered 50miles of mixed terrain on this so far , and I'd have to say , I'm not quite sold yet , however it's early days and after the searching and stress of finding it , I'm sure as hell going to see it through , or at least until the final build
So I'll not post up full bike pics as I need to decide on one of two build options I'm looking at
After seeing a couple of these E-stays built, and almost doing Xt and XTr stuff to death, I've decided that this is going to be a Shimano free build for a change
So ..Time to start the Evoluton
Comments, suggestions, and ideas good or bad as always are welcomed and appreciated.
Ian