Recent content by dinozoiks

That’s a rather awesome build yourself sir! It’s like the evil (good?) twin to mine. Yeah… XTR vs XT. I had that mental battle. I wanted to make sure I stuck to what I remembered I had in the 1990s and to avoid spec-creep. Ok, I allowed a bit of that, but, well, you know. That said, having...

Aaah thanks chap. Appreciate that. It’s been sat rent free in my head for 20 years. Draining my wallet for the last 5 and been a pleasure to slow-build for the last month. Very cathartic. I’ve really enjoyed the process and the occasional drama finding the parts. Glad you liked it too. 🫡

lol. I was waiting for someone to call me out on that. I’m so pleased with them I didn’t want to hide them on the other side for the photo. 😂 Normal service will resume shortly.

Should probably do the parts list too: Frame: Orange P7 1997 Forks: Syncros Powerlite Headset: Syncros Hardcore Stem: Syncros Cattleprod Bars: Syncros Shifters: Shimano SL-M739 Brake levers: BL-M739 Brake callipers: XT BR-M739 Rims: Spinergy Rev-X Roks QR: Syncros Seatpost: Syncros Saddle...

@dinozoiks 1997 Orange P7 The "Redemption Build" - rebuilding by dream bike that got nicked outside Kentish Town Kebab in 1998. Never forgave myself. Wasn't even a great kebab. Now I'm at peace. Thanks to everyone who made this one possible. Hope you like it... 🙏 Full build and backstory...

Maybe text him as emails these days seem a bit optional? I think I just rang him initially.

I had mine done a few months back. I think it’s a “if work’s a bit slow at the moment, I’ll pop it in with another commercial batch” kinda deal. May be wrong, but may also be timing. The website mentions a minimum budget, but still took in my random job.

Yes. Give Steve a nudge at Acorn Plating. +44 7950 236241 https://www.acornplating.com/ [email protected] He did my Syncros cranks. Couldn’t be more pleased with the service and finish. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/anodising-syncros-cranks.489385/#post-3685568 Happy to elaborate if...

Dunno if you finished your black P7 but I’ve just matt black powdercoated mine. I had one back in the day and wanted to recreate it. Turned out nice. Could be useful ref or for comparison. If you did build yours, got any pics? https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/redemption-build-orange-p7.497287/

Yeah, I was under a strict self-set “black everything” brief. I knew I would end up adding a colour! Damnit. Anodising was via Steven at Acorn Plating www.acornplating.com near Sandhurst. Cost was £40 plus post. Powdercoat was local to me in Leighton Buzzard. Bloke in a unit on a farm setup...

Good spot. You mean the ones up front?

Now I just have to pluck up the courage to remove the masking tape protecting the QR surfaces, add some bottle bolts, give it a ride to see if the wheels were as bad as I remembered. Thanks to everyone who parted with their retro goodies and entertained my random ramblings on DMs. It's been...

To take the fork legs to the powder coaters, I had to remove the leg top caps. They weren't having it and seemed quite brittle. I eventually took the advice of @RockiMtn, drilled a hole and pulled them out. Like so... To seal up the hole afterwards, I heated up some black 3D printing filament...

Then came the stickers part deux... Syncros edition. I'd made sure I measured the locations (forks and stem) before I sent the bits off for powdercoat, which helped a lot. Curiously, some Powerlites had the badge near the bosses, some near the crown. I just went with what mine used to have...

Then brakes. Good old XT M739 kit. Couldn't help myself so the first wave of stickers came out. Bars, shifters and levers (I had some brifters too, but went old-skool with separates). I also had an older set of bars but went for these as the matt finish matched the bike better. Think the...