squirrelchaser
Old School Grand Master
A few people have shown interest in this bike so although I wouldn't call this a build thread , er , here's a thread about it .
I wanted something cheap , cheerful and comfortable to muck about on with my kids in our local woods and park . I need a short tt and fairly high bars to be comfortable . @scant had this and it was too lovely to pass up . Thanks sir .
Unfortunately the tt is still 22" which accounts for the ungainly Nitto stem . I thought this would be one of the only things I'd have to buy to get it going but , not so !
When it arrived {terrible pic , sorry}
There was the tinkle of rustiness in the tt which needed sorting first . I drilled a 3 or 4 mm hole in the end of the tt and fished out what I could with a magnet and wd40 .
I then treated it as instructed by @novocaine & @Guinessisgoodforyou . Thanks gents.
Wheels were the only other thing I knew I'd need from the outset so , I found a set of Mavic 231 on Deore lx .
It turns out that the TA bb was no good , even as a double the crank was pinging the chainstay when I started putting some weight into it . In the end I got a 122mm UN55 and shorter crank arms , which fit me better anyway . Down from 175 to 167.5 .
Campag Olympus {I think} brakes , MKS pedals and an XC Pro that came to me on , of all things , an '83 Holdsworth Pro !?!
SS7 levers , a Suntour ratchet thumbie and 1.75 Passelas .
I lashed out on new sram chain and cassette too . The Ritchey classic and Flite cheap jumbo max walk or whatever it is were not necessary but need for something else or this , if you know what I mean . Wasn't sure which bits would end up where , if it'd been just for this I wouldn't have bothered .
I wanted something cheap , cheerful and comfortable to muck about on with my kids in our local woods and park . I need a short tt and fairly high bars to be comfortable . @scant had this and it was too lovely to pass up . Thanks sir .
Unfortunately the tt is still 22" which accounts for the ungainly Nitto stem . I thought this would be one of the only things I'd have to buy to get it going but , not so !
When it arrived {terrible pic , sorry}
There was the tinkle of rustiness in the tt which needed sorting first . I drilled a 3 or 4 mm hole in the end of the tt and fished out what I could with a magnet and wd40 .
I then treated it as instructed by @novocaine & @Guinessisgoodforyou . Thanks gents.
Wheels were the only other thing I knew I'd need from the outset so , I found a set of Mavic 231 on Deore lx .
It turns out that the TA bb was no good , even as a double the crank was pinging the chainstay when I started putting some weight into it . In the end I got a 122mm UN55 and shorter crank arms , which fit me better anyway . Down from 175 to 167.5 .
Campag Olympus {I think} brakes , MKS pedals and an XC Pro that came to me on , of all things , an '83 Holdsworth Pro !?!SS7 levers , a Suntour ratchet thumbie and 1.75 Passelas .
I lashed out on new sram chain and cassette too . The Ritchey classic and Flite cheap jumbo max walk or whatever it is were not necessary but need for something else or this , if you know what I mean . Wasn't sure which bits would end up where , if it'd been just for this I wouldn't have bothered .
Glad you like it .
