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decided to throw on the first round of parts at the bike just to get it up and running to get a feel of what it's like to ride this tasty bit a ti.
first order of business was to remove the existing BB to put in a nice Race Face ti variant. however i was greeted with a very NASTY surprise! :shock: looks like a lot of water/moisture got into the bb shell and did a number on the Shimano bb. both the shell and BB cleaned up nicely though, so who knows why it looked as bad as it did. :? once tidied up, the RF bb went in.
the rest of the parts are all that i happened to have lying around already that i felt most most appropriate. so out came a Syncros Easton EA70 Hard Core bar, some Avid Ultimate SD-V levers connecting to some Shimano m960 v-brakes, a single old XT thumb shifter for the 3x1 set up, a plain old Race Face Turbine LPs in silver with matching black triple rings, and a Paul Melvin chain tensioner to go with the Fhub/Word wheelset. don't mind those CRAPPY pedals on there. they're stuck good on those arms at the moment, and i haven't made the effort to really have a go at tackling to removing them just yet. :evil:
with what i've put together, it gave for a very complacent and comfortable ride. which is a good thing as parts that i really want to finally upgrade with may take some time to source. however, i'm looking to bring over the RF Next LPs and the Avid Arch Supreme over from the DeKerf Team ST.
