1989 Saracen Kiliflyer Comp

[drystonepaul]

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Wow that is nice! Definitely going to need to see more pictures though.

 

[kingroon]

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Excellent. Looking lovely. I can see an interesting conversation with my girlfriend when the dishwasher is called into action.
What setting did you use?

Dedicated Rapid* Setting

* In and out before Mrs Roon catches on to my deviousness..

Some of the grime had to be chipped away

 

[kingroon]

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Delighted to see it getting the love it deserves

To your credit Sir, you sold me a great bike

 

[coomber]

Lovely

 

[chrisv40]

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Fantastic, love this era Saracen they just looked so right!

 

[Jamis Diablo]

Very nice! Love the colour too.
You entered a new level of cleaning

 

[brocklanders023]

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Very nice. More pictures required.

 

[kingroon]

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Pulled at a Thread on this yesterday, and glad I did.. Thought I could get away without a complete Bearing Assemblies Rebuild as they seemed quite smooth.. But when I'd removed the Chainset and "span" the BB Spindle, the feeling told a different story.. So out it came..

BB & HS out, time for a proper degrease..

Spray, Foam, Wait..

Cloth, Hands, Polish..

Not. Very. Pretty..

I love doing this, sometimes a bit too much I think..

AntiSeize on the Threads, Grease in the Cups, back in the Frame..

 

[kingroon]

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Headset was the same; felt smooth at the bars, but when the stem came out, "spinning" the fork told me it hadn't been regreased in a while..

Old Grease stinks.. Check the blacker lower bearing race; a few Trails Worth of Gunk there..

So, Cups pressed in, Races greased, nicely tuned & tightened..

Like I said, gone back a few stages, but now the base is solid. Have some 2mm Cables on order which will do the braking justice

 

[Augustus]

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so good.