1994 Fat Chance Buckshaver

jinjrich · Feb 25, 2020

My New bike.....

Its been a stop, start beginning to my new retro ride, with 2 Kona's come and gone since christmas :roll: ... but i'm happy to introduce what i hope will become a 'keeper'..

Many thanks to Mheywoo1 for letting me buy this from him.

Some minor paint repairs to sort first... more to follow

jinjrich · Feb 25, 2020

The frame arrived with various small chips i can live with, but with some paint missing from the BB and some bubbling on the left seat stay.

I removed the bubbled paint and found only a light brown surface rust, which came away with light sanding. Both areas had 2 coats of acid etch primer applied with a brush, followed by 3 coats of enamel. Luckily, we have a box of touch ups in the workshop that's been collected over the years, and i got an almost exact match to the cobalt blue metallic! Its not perfect, but it'll do me.

Primer applied:

Searching for a perfect match!

Top coat

Handy to have someone with artistic talent (my daughter) on hand...

M-Power · Feb 26, 2020

Re:

Love the colour

Will make a great rider.

jinjrich · Feb 29, 2020

Big sort of the forks today...

Internals sorted, new dust seals, no leaks so left the oil seals, new 7.5wt oil

jinjrich · Feb 29, 2020

And an earlier (1996) bolt in crown awaiting a 1" steerer and shim, hopefully on its way....

jinjrich · Mar 9, 2020

Re:

The build is nearly done....
Still some things to do (its handy to have a list somewhere!):

Correct front brake guide pipe
New front tyre
Bar end plugs
Correct top headset spacer and top cap
New saddle

I may also need to change the fork springs- they are very soft even for me!

Retrobike93 · Mar 9, 2020

Agreed colour is mint !

M-Power · Mar 13, 2020

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Looking forward to a ride review sometime.

jinjrich · Mar 17, 2020

38 Miles of mixed terrain today, bridleways, lanes, a few bits of road.

First impressions: Yeah, she's rigid. I mean REALLY. Theres no give in that back end at all, and it threw me at first. The first rooty twisty section and i swore i had a flat. Its ok though, i got used to it, and the 1.9 wildgripper doesn't help at all. No grip in the corners either. What an awful tyre! Modern rubber is on order.

Anyway a couple of pics. Think it needs a wash.

mk one · Mar 17, 2020

looks great fun to ride.

1994 Fat Chance Buckshaver

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