TREKin' 'ell. Fluorescent Adolescent. Ready to ride at last

I managed to get a couple of hours free today, so set about the brakes. Cleaned up the braking surface and got rid of some of the last course the bike raced on IMG_20230826_172016573.jpg IMG_20230826_172026156.jpg
Hoses were also the wrong way around for me, so switched those and re- bled the brakes. IMG_20230826_173624808.jpg
Rear was awful, goodness knows what fluid came out but pumped it all out with some nicer gear. IMG_20230826_174235263_HDR.jpg Once the air had gone through the hose. There must have been more than there is in between Nadine Dorries ears ๐Ÿ˜‚
 
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Also managed to clean up the chainset, and that very ovalised chainring, will be interesting to see how this feels in use. IMG_20230826_183245071_HDR.jpg IMG_20230826_183230826.jpg
Switched the broken Isospeed cover for a plain black one too.
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Cleaned up the XTR rear mech carefully. Being electronic I can't do my usual soaking in white spirit so did the best I could, bit of a fiddly job but necessary.
IMG_20230823_130501442_HDR.jpg After which I fitted it to the frame along with the chainset, my go to Look pedals and chain. IMG_20230826_190920838_HDR.jpg IMG_20230826_190928860.jpg
 
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Bars also now swapped for wider ones with a deeper drop, my favourite WCS ones, and I have a Bontrager stem to put on once I get another junction box for the gears. IMG_20230826_191021576.jpg IMG_20230826_190941471_HDR.jpg
So not much to do now, set the bar angle, lever position and tape up. I found some good matching Bontrager tape but will get some other options too.
Also found a nicely matching saddle I happened to have ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜
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Saturday afternoon update. New junction box fitted, along with a Bontrager stem I had. May be a tad long but we'll see.
IMG_20230915_185917641_HDR.jpg Alos ordered this grommet from Trek, the open hole was not ideal. IMG_20230915_165311508.jpg
I had to obviously take the brake hose off to fit this and re- bleed the brakes , along with a new olive. Worth it though, for tidiness
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Insulation tape for the Di2 cable and brake hose, very subtle
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I decided to go with the Roval wheel decals, so fitted and lacquered over them.
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Nail varnish helping to hide some of the paint damage.
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Time to tape the bars up. Bontrager yellow was a reasonably good match but isn't sticky. I had to pinch the end with the brake lever clamp.A small cable tie holding the dividing tape stay in place, although it was sticky.
IMG_20230925_193318488_HDR.jpg I had to replace the very sorry looking brake hoods for a new set, feels so much better now!
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So here are some photos of the finished bike. Unfortunately I had to use the black Bontrager saddle as it fitted the seatpost clamp better than the green and white one. Had to tweak the gears a bit, I didn't really know what I did to micro adjust the mech but it works so I'm leaving it. ๐Ÿ˜‚ As for the cranks, yes they are one of three sets that need to go to a shop for inspection. May actually fit a carbon Sram Force crank in its place with a better sized ring.
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Time to have some fun getting used to it now. Happy weekend folks!

Muz
 
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That looks fantastic Mike! Dare I say it, even the bar tape. Especially like the headset spacer mounting of the junction box, very neat.
I think the black saddle is actually perfect for it, coloured would be taking it too far.

Looks like a fun bike, enjoy!
 
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