NOS - 1997 - GT XIZANG - titanium build

Yidaki

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hey folks,

I am planning to build this. I have quite a few parts already,
but still need some. It is going to be a full titanium bike (as
much as possible, of course). Meins: frame, BB, crankset,
chainrings, bolts, stem, handlebar, ... you get the idea). I
am still not a 100% sure about the wheels though.

I have some SPINGERGY SPOX, they just got some brand
new awesome SKF bearings (really high quality). But if I
wanted to use that wheelset I would need a set of NOS
MAVIC X517 CERAMIC in 28H and 32H.

This is what I have so far:

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Comments are welcome!

Cheers,
Peter
 
Some lovely kit there Peter :cool: Arch Supremes are one of my favourites - I'd love to have a frame suitable to fit some to :LOL:
 
You could use some Bontrager race lite ceramic rims as 517 replacement. There's a 28h version on e-bay now NOS. The 32h should be even easier to find. Reaming the eyelets open to re-lace the spokes is going to be some major pain in the ass though! I did that with a set of SPOX and it took a while (original rims were taco'd). Also if you have the version with the Shimano freehub body you can swap it out for the XTR Ti freehub to shave even more weight off... What kind of Fork are you going to use? Love the Morati cranks! Hopefully they'll hold up.
 
That's going to look great!.........you won't need a (titanium) bell, it will creak and ping like mad!......very nice!........
 
thanks for the comments!

I also have a GT Hadley hubset, that might fit better
to this build. What do you think?

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I like the spox wheels myself but those hubs are nice wish I had choices like that :LOL: no help at all here as I tend to just bolt things on that I have and fits :facepalm:
The brakes are avid arch supremes? Are they ti? Very nice machining.

Edit just realised it's only the spox hubs you have I'd go with the GT Hadley hubs all day then myself.
 

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