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As for the fork… well. It’s sort of done. I’ve stripped it down today and cleaned everything out of it. Scrapped out a tonne of jelly like elastomer in little bits and then my pipe wire brush things went to work. Clean in no time. The only thing is the coating on the stanchions is a bit...

I have decided to try and reuse the campy headset though. The one thing that worries me is the lower cup. It looked worn but doesn’t feel worn so we’ll see how it performs. Both bearing races have been replaced and I’ve also ordered new o-rings off eBay for the water seals and cut up some old...

Cleaned up the rest of the bits though… although I forgot to order cantis. While taking apart the crankset one of the bolts rounded so I had to get a flat head hammed in there to wind it out. Also had to reposition and reorient the middle ring. The Onza Buzzsaw should have the IN on the inside...

Where was I with this… Ok so I thought I’d get started again. I forgot how scarred the frame is with general wear and corrosion. Thought I might be able to polish away some of it with some 0000 wire wool and autosol but unfortunately it’s a bit deeper than that combo can manage. as much as...

Cleaned and polished everything up for my Rocky Ridge today and then realised… I have no brakes! Something I forgot to find for the build. I’ve got a DX / XT mix so either M650 or M734 but a set of Dia Compe 986/7 wouldn’t go a miss either really. Cheers!

Well, they’re purple and they’re X-Lite. Unfortunately they’re a little bit scratched up and chipped. This is pretty much isolated to the front/front underside but yeah, not the prettiest to look at. Fortunately these bars are pretty damn narrow at 510mm so when you’ve got the grips and...

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Araya RM17 rims 32H These have very little wear. Just some light lines in places. Again I was intending to put these on the Look but… space. Price wise, I’m unsure but seeing how nice they are, probably around £100 As much as I wanted to build this frameset up and I’ll probably kick myself for...

And some more random XT bits I’ve dug out (that I don’t think I need to hoard) Actually. Checking my M732/5 generation box. I need the pedals and thumbies so I’m hoarding them for now 😅 FD-M735 34.9mm Bottom Pull Chain rub on the inner cage QA - 1992 £20 SL-M732 3x7 Thumbies QI / PG Right...

This might be hard for me to part with… but I’m trying to clear out my stashes. Listing for what I paid for them if I can remember right. Silver Ritchey ProLite handlebars 25.4mm x 560mm £25 Silver Ritchey / Kalloy Seatpost 27.2mm x 350mm 1991 £25 Ritchey Logic Cantilever Brake Levers £40...

Avocet O2 Air 40R Titanium Rails Plenty of scuffs on the shoulders. Good rider saddle. £30 Posted Silver Control Tech Stem 25.4mm Quill (For 1 1/8” threaded) 130mm Reach New Decals Included Scuffs on the underside Polish it up and it’ll look grand. £25 posted Black Control Tech Stem 25.4mm...