kipperthedog
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I picked this up a couple of weeks ago, having spotted it being Karma'd here by Dale Cannon. It is in remarkably good order, a few chips but thats all, and some discolouring of the powercoat where the is presumably a little but of corrosion going on underneath.
I had a fancy for a road biased mtb build, for which I wanted a long top tube. At 58cm in the top tube and 52cm in the seat tube this fits the bill.
It isn't going to be a factory spec rebuild and it won't be a purists delight! I do however want to keep the appearance of the original black components throughout as far as possible. The wheels I had hanging around and have disc hubs but a braking surface rimwhich is unused so no wear, and are black so a good start. The handlebars are the original Saracen alloy ones, the stem is a Velocity 125mm and the saddle and Deore derailleur are scavenged from a friends parts bin. I have black seat post on the way to swap for the silver one. The rest of the spec is up in the air, though I do want to put canti's on it but finding black ones might be a long job...may have to improvise with a rattle can!
I had a fancy for a road biased mtb build, for which I wanted a long top tube. At 58cm in the top tube and 52cm in the seat tube this fits the bill.
It isn't going to be a factory spec rebuild and it won't be a purists delight! I do however want to keep the appearance of the original black components throughout as far as possible. The wheels I had hanging around and have disc hubs but a braking surface rimwhich is unused so no wear, and are black so a good start. The handlebars are the original Saracen alloy ones, the stem is a Velocity 125mm and the saddle and Deore derailleur are scavenged from a friends parts bin. I have black seat post on the way to swap for the silver one. The rest of the spec is up in the air, though I do want to put canti's on it but finding black ones might be a long job...may have to improvise with a rattle can!
