Bram J
Retro Guru
Hi,
This kit has arrived the last few weeks.
It's a 1993 lavadome I bought off here from 8lezard. The frame, bars p2's and velocity stem were resprayed at bob jackson. He also included an lx headset and a sharkfin for free.
I'm planning on building it up as a 1x9, 1x8 or maybe 2x9 setup, for cruising around on hot dry summerdays which we have plenty of over here.
The frame, fork and stem were kind of rusty on the inside, so the first thing I did was WD40'ing the hell out of these to thrive out any moisture. Then I stored them in my room next to the heater. The next thing I will do is apply framesaver, but first I'll let the WD40 evaporate.
So here you have the start of a new project, it will probably take ages to get it finished. Afterall I am a student so I don't have much money lying around. The build will not be period correct, sorry for that.
I was thinking about the following spec:
-silver tune cranks with black chainring
-paul cantilevers in black flavour (neo retro front, touring rear)
-a slim saddle (white or black)
-oury grips (white or black)
-tires, modern ones (white or black with amberwall)
-wheels: some xt hubs on rigida rims I have lying around (these are indestructable)
-rear derr, X0 or an old xt, don't really know yet
-silver use seatpost I already sourced
-paul chainkeeper
-paul thumbshifter(s)
Any opinions or suggestions are welcomed, so please, go ahead!
And now how about a picture?!
Thanks for looking,
Bram
This kit has arrived the last few weeks.
It's a 1993 lavadome I bought off here from 8lezard. The frame, bars p2's and velocity stem were resprayed at bob jackson. He also included an lx headset and a sharkfin for free.
I'm planning on building it up as a 1x9, 1x8 or maybe 2x9 setup, for cruising around on hot dry summerdays which we have plenty of over here.
The frame, fork and stem were kind of rusty on the inside, so the first thing I did was WD40'ing the hell out of these to thrive out any moisture. Then I stored them in my room next to the heater. The next thing I will do is apply framesaver, but first I'll let the WD40 evaporate.
So here you have the start of a new project, it will probably take ages to get it finished. Afterall I am a student so I don't have much money lying around. The build will not be period correct, sorry for that.
I was thinking about the following spec:
-silver tune cranks with black chainring
-paul cantilevers in black flavour (neo retro front, touring rear)
-a slim saddle (white or black)
-oury grips (white or black)
-tires, modern ones (white or black with amberwall)
-wheels: some xt hubs on rigida rims I have lying around (these are indestructable)
-rear derr, X0 or an old xt, don't really know yet
-silver use seatpost I already sourced
-paul chainkeeper
-paul thumbshifter(s)
Any opinions or suggestions are welcomed, so please, go ahead!
And now how about a picture?!
Thanks for looking,
Bram