Following on from this thread;
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I spotted this bike completely by chance in a garden when I was collecting a bench I'd bought from eBay, I asked about it thinking they were RB'ers themselves, turns out the guy was borrowing it from a mate. I got in contact with the fellow who had owned it from new and struck a deal. Unfortunately the seatpost was seized and the whole bike looked pretty sorry for itself with rusted bolts and manky tyres but its almost completely stock.
Managed to find some time to do some surgery on the seatpost as after a week and two tins of penetrating fluid it was still stuck fast! I fashioned a cutting tool out of a length of dowel, a hacksaw blade and some aryldite resin I got the idea from this site but even with the tool it still took two hours of grim determination and swearing to shift it!
With the post out I managed to find a rough copy of the original seat clamp and a nice long Syncros post for it. The brakes were still set up Canadian style with the front brake operated by the left hand so I've corrected that
As you can see it looks like its been stored outside for a while, so jobs to do include a full strip down with new cables, tyres and bolts...
Sadly the RaceFace stem red ano collar is snapped so I will be tapping up forum member Rampage to see about getting a replacement machined along with the og seat clamp. This is the first RM I've owned so I can't wait to take it for a blast...
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=278808&start=10
I spotted this bike completely by chance in a garden when I was collecting a bench I'd bought from eBay, I asked about it thinking they were RB'ers themselves, turns out the guy was borrowing it from a mate. I got in contact with the fellow who had owned it from new and struck a deal. Unfortunately the seatpost was seized and the whole bike looked pretty sorry for itself with rusted bolts and manky tyres but its almost completely stock.
Managed to find some time to do some surgery on the seatpost as after a week and two tins of penetrating fluid it was still stuck fast! I fashioned a cutting tool out of a length of dowel, a hacksaw blade and some aryldite resin I got the idea from this site but even with the tool it still took two hours of grim determination and swearing to shift it!
With the post out I managed to find a rough copy of the original seat clamp and a nice long Syncros post for it. The brakes were still set up Canadian style with the front brake operated by the left hand so I've corrected that
As you can see it looks like its been stored outside for a while, so jobs to do include a full strip down with new cables, tyres and bolts...
Sadly the RaceFace stem red ano collar is snapped so I will be tapping up forum member Rampage to see about getting a replacement machined along with the og seat clamp. This is the first RM I've owned so I can't wait to take it for a blast...