Hi Mr U ,
Still waiting on seat post mate , so won't know about stem length 'til; then I'm afraid Taken pics as I've been building up , but unable to download 'til the weekend . How's Ermintrude looking ?
Mike
Got the 26mm seatpost yesterday ! Too small :facepalm: :evil: you can only measure about 1/2" into seat tube with vernier calipers . May end up going into LBS with it . Just waiting on stem and pedals now , then I can finish her off :|
Hi all ,
Finally made it to computer to update you on my project . Someone was taking the mech with this offering .
Didn't like the red bolt and it was stuck solid , so it had to go :roll: Half an hour , 3 drillbits a hacksaw , hammer and socket later , it was out :evil:
More pleasure and satisfaction was had when I got the cranks polished though
Cleaned out the Ritchey cantis going on it , and noticed 2 location holes for the springs :? Adjustments for tension maybe ?
Went to LBS (x 4 ! ) trying to establish what size seat post I needed . Came out as being a 26.2 in the end , so I'm on the lookout for one now .
Update part 2 !
Awaiting delivery of a stem and grips now , and still looking for a seat post , prefferably a silver Ritchey one , but thought I'd post a couple of pics with 26.0 post and temporary stem to give y'all an idea what she is gonna look like . Ta da !
Thanks mate ,
I think it's coming together well . Can't wait to get it together now ,
least of all because my only other mtb is up for sale on this forum
Any luck with bar choice on the Superlight yet ?
Mike
Hi U , Whats a 735 look like then ? Could put the 737 on my next build :facepalm: Got seat post tonight ! Nice shiny ITM one for £11 Didn't know those brakes came in black too . Don't want too much black though . I have XT pods going on when stem gets here . I quite like the three tone green look , don't look overly matched up if that makes sense . It's a bike that's gonna be ridden a lot , not put away in a glass case as a display piece .
Mike
Hope you dont think I was being picky , I like your build , but cant help think that the long cage mech you have , for me , just does not sit right , a short cage mech for a 'team racing' scott is the way forward , the RD-M739 you currently have fitted was not released until 94 so its not period correct either
The ritchey brakes were available in black and kinda thought the black against the green would stand out better imho.