1990 Gt Karakoram

chrisv40 · Mar 19, 2012

New project arrived today a 90 Karakoram in purple haze

I've wanted one of these for ages so I hope it rides well and that U brake can stop my considerable bulk

New bottom bracket and seatpost will be on order shortly as soon as I'm 100% certain its a 26.6 post and then my Diamondback Ascent will unfortunately be donating most of its parts for the time being.

Nothing done to it yet other than a thorough waxing and my camera won't pick up the colour under electric light so I've pinched a pic from the sellers ad, cheers Stuart

GT-Steve · Mar 19, 2012

ah, it was you that bagged it then...

One of my favourite Karakoram colourways. yummy.

otherself · Mar 19, 2012

One of my favourite frames of all time

. Looking forward to it being built.

mrlee · Mar 19, 2012

ooh very nice I had that colour scheme on a 92 tequesta, cant wait too see this one on the trail, nice find Chris

chrisv40 · Mar 19, 2012

Thanks guys.

mrlee":2rfk55xh said:
ooh very nice I had that colour scheme on a 92 tequesta, cant wait too see this one on the trail, nice find Chris

Just been looking at a pic of your old Tequesta Lee, from BDW2 when it won best pre 92

Zas-Kar · Mar 19, 2012

Wow, very good looker there. I can't wait to see what you do with it.

mrlee · Mar 20, 2012

MiniNinjaRob · Mar 20, 2012

mrlee":38173hwn said:
ooh very nice I had that colour scheme on a 92 tequesta, cant wait too see this one on the trail, nice find Chris

90 or 91 Tequesta I think it is mate....

Mine's a 92.....

chrisv40 · Mar 20, 2012

Bars and controls fitted this evening, Lx 8 speed Sti's, ODI grips (yes I know they aren't straight) and purple Onza bar ends.

It looks as if the mechs and chainset are going to to be 400Lx for starters. They should be M550 Lx ideally but all that was on my Muirwoods when I sold it

chrisv40 · Mar 26, 2012

Little bit of progress now the evenings are light enough to mess about outside

Loads still to do but its looking a lot more bike like now. Thought I would get the u brake cabled up too but my never ending supply of brake cable outer seems to have run out so thats as far as it can go for a few more days.

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