First post and all that and I'm looking for help and maybe a cure to the illness I've just contracted. I've just bought myself an old skool GT Outpost Trail to build up, the frame was only £8, it's not too far from me and I fancied an old skool cromo ride to compliment my new Cromo Kinesis Decade. I've already built up a Specialised Hardock Sport Ali (God knows why), and I'm sure the veterans will all agree nothing quite matches the quality of a good steel framed bike. So I'm doing it again, spending money I don't have on a bike I don't need and I can't seem to or don't want to stop myself. I thought I was over the buy a frame build it up and see how it rides thing once I'd finished the Hardrock, but no the Ali frame left me disappointed and unfulfilled, so there I was again looking through the Bay and spotted a sorry looking frame that shouted out to me, so I stuck a bid on expecting not to win and low and behold I am the new owner of a GT Outpost Trail (once I collect and pay for it). So here I am after spending months/years browsing this superb forum looking for help and advice on what goes where and what's needed to get this thing up to the spec it deserves, and many questions will follow. I guess it really is true that the number of bikes you must have is n+1, regardless of how many you have already or how much room you have to store them. Maybe its just the accomplishment you get after that box load of bits you have ends up on a bike and everything is new and shiny, re-building old hubs and breathing new life into what was once a long forgotten ride. Looks like there a few weeks of scouring the net looking for "bargains" ahead and more looks from the missus when another bit for a bike drops through the letter box. Her hobby is buying shoes and I guess my new hobby is buying bike bits (again). Anyway any help and advice is much appreciated and thanks in advance. Pictures to follow once I get the frame.
Regards
Liam
Regards
Liam