After Chris' incredible karma last year at MM I really wanted to do this frame some justice. I decided to have as many British components as possible. It's taken nearly a year to gather the parts for this, mainly due to availability and budget contraints but now they are nearly all gathered.

UPDATE 11-08-12 Still running a temp bracket for the rear brakes until the noodle guide is welded back on and the seat tube binder may need to go....































Here is a sneak peek...
(the steerer is uncut)



Frame: 1994 Parkpre ProElite Titanium 1,506g

Fork: 1995 Pace RC35 MXCD (NOS)

Headset: Hope (old logo)
Stem: Raceface Ti
Handlebar: X-Lite Pro Titanium
Grips: Odi

Brakes: DiaComp 987 Purple
Brake Pads: undecided
Brake Cables: undecided
Cantilever cable hangers: Undecided?
Brake Levers: X-Lite

Shifters: XT thumbshifter
Front Derailleur: undecided (probably M900)
Rear Derailleur: M900
Derailleur Cables: undecided
Cassette: M950 8 speed Ti
Chain: undecided
Cranks: Middleburn RS1
Crank Bolts: SRP
Chainrings: Middleburn
Chainring bolts: ?
Bottom Bracket: Titec Ti spindle, Ritchey superlogic bearings and cups
Pedals: M737?

Hub Skewers: Shimano XT
Rims: Mavic 217 Ceramic
Hubs: Pace RC50 Carbon front, WR Composti Carbon Rear
Nipples: unknown
Spokes: DT double butted front, Sapim double butted rear
Tyres: Ritchey Z-Max K
Tubes: undecided

Saddle: Flite Ti
Seatpost: USE Ti
Seatpost Binder: seaking an X-Lite

Weight: Can't wait to find out!

Updates to come

mmmmmm. . . . Race Face Ti stem is rather nice.

That's great start to the build, and fantastic Karma indeed.

Would be tempted to go with a Brit stem too, Pace or Hope, maybe X-lite? How come the choice on Brit bits? Nice frame btw.

Bought an x-lite stem, quite weighty and fussy for this build I thought. Others had the big ugly clamp, and couldnt find a period hope, Pace didn't look right. This race face has very clean lines.
Parkpre's were quite often sold as frame sets so I thought i'd built this up with a British theme as though I bought the frame BITD.

Looking good G. The frame is a fantastic ride and sticking quality kit on it will only enhance it further.

Remember this frame has a lot of history - owned and raced by Clive Powell.

Thanks, I can't wait to ride it! The history of the frame is awesome Hopefully I'll do it justice with my build.

Collected the frame from Jemx Remedies this afternoon, very happy with the repair! It's a lot neater than enigma too.

Repaired


Before with crack


Previous work by enigma, still a very good repair.

Not finished as I still need a seat clamp, headset spaces, silver granny ring, M900 front mech, Kona dog collar. But I couldn't wait to put it together and went down the road

Nice repair indeed - but the stem - why not go for one with better raise?

I don't like stems with big ugly clamps, this raceface has no visible clamp, it's looks like a quill but it's an ahead, and it's Ti

I quite like this

I'm suprised to see enigmas work being so basic and it stands out as such when compared to the good repair by jemx.

(...I was more referring to the stack height... not the stem it self - it nice though... and by looking at the seatpost this bike is in general way to small for you!)

Haven't cut the steerer yet, I have even used headset cups as spacers to I could have a blast round the block. I ride a 17" pro825 too with identical geometry, I have always ridden smaller bikes.

Ok I will not criticize you, but the seatpost looks bend - or?