Iwasgoodonce
Old School Grand Master
With all the amazing exotica on here today, this perhaps will go unnoticed but I need to cheer myself up a bit so have started the build. The frame seems to have been made in 1988 but was sold as a 1989 model. A mate of mine had one back then but a similar bike was out of my league. My interest in Saracen had started though and a year or two later I had my own Kili Flier Comp, the Racing Green one with the full XTII groupset. I still have that bike and when I saw CTK was selling this one I thought why not!
The forks have been lost in the mists of time and these are actually Specialized Direct Drive from, I think, an early 90s Rumpcruncher Comp the pink one. I had the paint matched (I have the RAL Number if anyone needs it) and sprayed them myself. (Thanks to the wife for not killing me when she found them in the oven). I have a spare set in case these have a steerer that is a fraction short.
I took two Flexstems apart and resprayed the tatty old one to match the frame. Stew-b supplied a very nice cup and cone XT BB the tools for which I luckily had kept!
Thanks to all who have helped with parts and advice.
More photographs as progress is made....
The forks have been lost in the mists of time and these are actually Specialized Direct Drive from, I think, an early 90s Rumpcruncher Comp the pink one. I had the paint matched (I have the RAL Number if anyone needs it) and sprayed them myself. (Thanks to the wife for not killing me when she found them in the oven). I have a spare set in case these have a steerer that is a fraction short.
I took two Flexstems apart and resprayed the tatty old one to match the frame. Stew-b supplied a very nice cup and cone XT BB the tools for which I luckily had kept!
Thanks to all who have helped with parts and advice.
More photographs as progress is made....