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@2manyoranges Thank you. Love these. Especially the Monty, if it were the right BCD, I’d be all over that one 😍 The trouble with most 5bolt Bashguards is that they have a cutout for the crank between 2 bolts and it seems really hard to find one for a hidden bolt… that Lay-out seems quite rare...

So I got around to refurbish the mech, worked out great an I learnt something new again. Thanks @bikeworkshop ! Time for a first little test-run! Still a few things to fine-tune, still need to decide on a color for the DCD. UnionJack or continue the red/yellow scratches? The latter would be a...

Thank you for the clarification! It might seem like a „…duuh“-quoetstion but since I’m by no means a native speaker, neither in the Kings nor in the BiketechJargon, I try to make sure I’m not ending up with sulfuric acid, it‘s a solvent after all. Smoking wouldn’t be a problem though… Oh...

Thank you so much! This is helping me a lot. What kind of solvent would you advise? 🤗

I guess it ain‘t stupid, if it works…? improvised Magura-I.V. Next up: Does anybody have tips or guidance on cleaning and servicing a grimy rear mech?

So before I’m getting modern bars and Stem, I at least had to dress her up the way she initially wanted to… Lacking one of the 2 Spacers for the horseshoes (must have lost it) and I don‘t have the aluminum but found a brass-rod in the perfect size. Time will tell if my little homemade spacer...

Thanks for your kind comments lads! That‘s a bigger motivator than I would have imagined. So I see we‘re here for the scratches. I‘ll try to get some moody close-ups soon… Airbrush on all the scratches with a fine sanding over afterwards so only the cravices were left filled. It’s lovely...

Oh thank you! I started out with the intention of making a replica but am more and more embracing the fact that the project is a fluid one and I just try to go with the flow here. Not much use to fight it especially when you don’t know how to row…

Servicing and cleaning Maguras. I have never done this before but these things are less mystical than I thought. Pretty straight forward. Ask me again when I’m done though. Cleaning them out, making longer hoses and crossovers. Will be filling them with trial tech fluid in the hopes of making...

Sure, pm me the link and your email.

Yeah thanks, I read that, loved it, it‘s on my list👍

Yeah I will definitely keep you posted. This will all go in here, hopefully sometime soon: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/cannondale-beast-of-the-east-1996-martyn-ashton-inspired-with-a-clueless-twist.483104/

Thanks @novocaine. That‘s looking mighty fine, what material did you use for this? I think I might adapt what I have (since that‘s sort of the mantra of my build *besides „watch me fail!“) but come time (yeah right, who am I kidding?) I want to make my own bash looking like the one Martyn used...

@joglo thanks, that’s some great intel, really appreciate it! And yeah, your favourite looks dashing!

Alright, so this is why it’s officially the hottest month of August since the beginning of climate records. So many unbelievable bikes. I’m drooling as much as I’m sweating over here…