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slimjoe
PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:26 am 
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Just had a great surprise when i started to clean off the dust and 19 years of grime from this...

A recently acquired bargain :D This is the bike that started it all for me..

Anyways after a bit of rubbing and polishing i started to realise that this frameset as never seen a groupset 8)

The bottom bracket threads are perfect and havent even had a bracket in them..

It is in almost NOS/perfect condition 8)

I was going to build with DEORE DX but i may build it up as a singlespeed to use..Of course ill be putting a TIOGA T-BONE on it and if i can find them, some FARMER JOHNS COUSINS TYRES..


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Hilts
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Awesome the current DB smoke fetish continues.. very nice looking frame..

Check John for the Cousins, he may have a set spare..
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JustKev
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Nice catch Slimjoe - can't wait to see it built up. 8)
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mattbrown
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I have a Farmer John Cousin tyre going spare, i think its in very good nick as well, where's your location?
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slimjoe
 Post subject: Cheers chaps..
PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:06 pm 
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Yep, i cant believe i scored the frame for so little and in ace condition :D

Nice one for the heads up on the F.J. COUSINS HILTS :wink:

Its brought back lots of nostalgic memories..Think i had COSMIC TRAIL bags on my original one :oops:

And i carried a full size CAMPAG headset spanner around with me just in case :lol:

I wont be doing either :lol:
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slimjoe
 Post subject: Im ooop North
PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:07 pm 
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mattbrown wrote:
I have a Farmer John Cousin tyre going spare, i think its in very good nick as well, where's your location?


Hey, ill certainly get back to you about the tyre..Any pics matey?

Oh, and im up NORTH in LANCASHIRE....
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mattbrown
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Ok ill quite happily post, with you only paying p&p, not after anything for the tyre itself


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slimjoe
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:05 pm 
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mattbrown wrote:
Ok ill quite happily post, with you only paying p&p, not after anything for the tyre itself


Hey, what a guy! Your an absolute gent! :D

send me your paypal details and let me know via P.M. how much p&p it'll cost..

if you see anything im selling in the future, P.M. me and ill defo do you a good deal :wink:

Also i just picked up the correct chainset and front mech for this..Thanks COMPUTERBITZ :D
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mattbrown
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no prob, does anyone remember the DB that had the grey smoke effect all over, wasnt that an axis??
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slimjoe
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:59 pm 
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Yep think it was 1988 AXIS :?: The 1989 AXIS had a white and smokey/crackly black paint job :D

was very, very NICE :roll:
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