RickTheUncivil
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Dropped off today. Another wild ebay punt came back to bite me in the wallet.
This time I'm genuinely chuffed to pieces. I just hope its not a case of 'never meet your heroes'.
Ad wasn't too great on the details, just said XT group, no size, no detailed pics, and so I went in fairly blind but optimistic.
Spec looks good, Rentall 130 bars, Judy XC forks (never had these before), XT mechs, cranks, rear hub and cantis, dia compe levers, gripshift. front wheel is Hope hub and Mavic 230 TIB, rear is XT with X517. Serial is partially obscured but looks like it fits nicely in F3 territory on the register, starts 19RC08... something, I will update the register when I get it stripped down.
Anyway, now the refresh plan:
Full strip down and clean;
Rear XT hub is growling, so strip that and hope for the best;
Forks don't bounce, hopefully just need a pump. Otherwise I might end up with old pace forks on there.
Frame needs a damn good polish. Its not too bad really, the photos look worse than the reality. Its dull surface rather than fluffy alloy so hoping it will buff out and shine up. Not sure the best way but i guess its elbow grease.
Resisting the temptation for a Mint Sauce sticker somewhere.
This time I'm genuinely chuffed to pieces. I just hope its not a case of 'never meet your heroes'.
Ad wasn't too great on the details, just said XT group, no size, no detailed pics, and so I went in fairly blind but optimistic.
Spec looks good, Rentall 130 bars, Judy XC forks (never had these before), XT mechs, cranks, rear hub and cantis, dia compe levers, gripshift. front wheel is Hope hub and Mavic 230 TIB, rear is XT with X517. Serial is partially obscured but looks like it fits nicely in F3 territory on the register, starts 19RC08... something, I will update the register when I get it stripped down.
Anyway, now the refresh plan:
Full strip down and clean;
Rear XT hub is growling, so strip that and hope for the best;
Forks don't bounce, hopefully just need a pump. Otherwise I might end up with old pace forks on there.
Frame needs a damn good polish. Its not too bad really, the photos look worse than the reality. Its dull surface rather than fluffy alloy so hoping it will buff out and shine up. Not sure the best way but i guess its elbow grease.
Resisting the temptation for a Mint Sauce sticker somewhere.