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We_are_Stevo
PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:47 am 
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Took delivery today of what will have to be the last addition to my project list! :oops:

It's just the frame and shock, with the original seatpost, seat, stem and bars but having seen this...

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..I think I've just found a use for my Syncros stem/bar/bar end combo and Thomson seatpost 8)

I thinking it will be mainly XT, Mavic Crossrides, Tioga tyres and a colour-matched Judy XC fork - though these things do have a habit of developing a momentum of their own!


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Me likey a lottie, Pics!
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Was this the one ended a few days ago on Ebay? Was a good price.

853 main frame?
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Looking forward to this build
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coomber wrote:
Was this the one ended a few days ago on Ebay? Was a good price.

853 main frame?


Yes on both counts... :D

I'm quite excited about this; I did have it in mind to get hold of a Sex Too, being the Kona fan that I am, but when this came up it was "Hang on, Brit bike, made in the UK, from Brit materials..." and looks very similar?

A question though; Would you put amber walls on this frame?

That's what I had in mind but now I'm thinking they might clash as the frame is actually bright orange!

So now I'm leaning towards the black Specialized Ground Controls I had on my Kilauea?

I'll put a pic up in the morning of how it looks as it arrived out the box...
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I love amberwalls but not on this fella...
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So, this is what came in the box (minus the fork, I've just used that to hold the stem/bar in place)...

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The seat/post, stem and bar are all RSP branded items and I was tempted to build it that way until I found the pic I've used above.

Now I much prefer the racier XC style, and already have the Syncros parts to hand...8)

If I get time I'll throw the parts together as a 'mock-up' and see what I think?
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That's real nice Stevo... bet you chuffed with the condition...
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ringo wrote:
That's real nice Stevo... bet you chuffed with the condition...


Yeah, apart from a 'storage' ding in the downtube (which I can live with...) it's practically mint.

Just in the process of quickly trialling the parts together - around cooking Sunday dinner... :D
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Quickly thrown together lash-up to give an idea what it's going to look like...

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...Mavic Crossrides (cheers northerndave :D ) with WTB ALL-TERRAINasaurus tyres, (Mr Wing'd)Judy XC fork, Syncros stem/bar/ends combo, Thomson seatpost and MaxFlite saddle.

I was considering colour-matching the fork to the frame but now I'm thinking I like it how it is... 8)
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