Orange Aluminium O , now purple anodised, pics page 3! update 01/12/23

[JimK404]

paint strip was 40, had to remove the bottle bosses etc, ano was 60, then refit the bottle bosses, comparable to a basic paint job

Where do you get the paint strip done for £40? I'm the other end of the Forest from you and I need that doing.

 

[jonnyboy666]

@JimK404 trestan finishers, just under the itchen bridge on the woolston side

 

[jonnyboy666]

ok so i have been itching to get more done on this frame. i have managed to build it, some of the parts fitted are not staying, basically i'd like it to be pretty much all LX/XT mix, currently it has STX-RC brakes which will do while i find some XT or LX, also i got kippered on the STI units, bought them on ebay, when i got them i noticed a crack on the underside of the gear adjuster casting, thought it would be ok, didn't moan, should have, basically the adjuster falls/pulls out of the thread so it wouldn't index correctly, obvs wasn't pictured in the listing and it's now been way to long to complain.

obvs saddle and pedals are modern, in there just for a test ride.

need to sort out some stickers, i am going to copy the font and colour from my 96 D2, it's almost identical to the stickers on the pictured frame earlier in this thread, anyway, here's a few pics












this zip tie sort of stops the adjuster from pulling out but basically it's dead, thanks ebay

 

[rwm1962]

Looking good!

 

[jonnyboy666]

so i got a little further with this, Ed supplied me a pair of Rockshox from his Aluminium O as my Marzocchi forks don't hold air and i can't be arsed to sort them out, as result those forks were unrideable, i also swithched out the flexstem for a retro purple one i got karma'd a while ago.

i still want to sort out some stickers, and i need to get some retro-ish grips and saddle, and i haven't sorted the shifter issue yet but it's pretty much there now..

 

[brocklanders023]

Glad they've been some use mate.