I have now fitted the inner chainring and a pair of SPD pedals, the KHS is ready to ride!
Only one teaser of a pic as I now need to get polishing her up before doing proper photo's
Ready to ride weight of 24.41lbs/11.07Kg
Really should clean the lens on my phone
Spec list
1993 16" KHS Montana Pro
True Temper OXII tubing
Mag20 fork with Mag21 canti bridge
Stronglight headset (I think!)
OE Zoom stem
Amoeba Titanium bars
Cube sponge lock on grips
OE Kalloy Uno seatpost (date stamped 07.94)
OE Bontrager Ti saddle
X-Lite Ti seatpost bolt
OE XT M095 brake levers with shifter pods
OE XT M736 front mech
OE XT M735 SGS rear mech
OE XT M730 crank arms (polished by the Lord of the Sith)
Ritchey 24/34/46t chain rings
KMC X8 99 chain
Sram PG730 12-32t cassette
BB UN54 bottom bracket (searching for a OE XT BB to replace this)
Alivio canti brakes with M System pads
Clarks white outer cabling and silver ferrules
DX hubs with Mavic 217 Sup rims with DB spokes (OE XT M730/M732 hubs with Mavic CD231 wheelset & OE XT Skewers en route)
Charge Splashback 1.8" amberwall tyres
Schwalbe AV14 lightweight inner tubes
Xpedo M-Force XP-XMF4AC SPD pedals
*OE = Original catalogue spec equipment.
Just to rub it in the bike looks awesome, but you lot will have to wait to see it all nice and shiny
Huge thanks to those who helped me build this bike in five weeks!
Here's how it all happened, are you sitting comfortably?
Right then here we go...
...my plan was to return the KHS to as close to catalogue spec as possible (the forks are staying as my wrists & back would kill me with a full rigid fork!)
....Firstly thanks to Lewis1641 for starting me off on my 1st proper retro build by supplying me with the bike as seen on page 1 of this thread as well as the M095 shifters and pods.
I got real lucky with the saddle as it was hung up at work just waiting for this build. I had noticed it, but had no idea until Fluffychicken & Lewis 1641's topic with the '93 KHS catalogue in it that this was the saddle for this bike!
Ebay also came up with the goods just as I needed them, a NOS Kalloy Uno seatpost from '94, again a perfect catalogue spec match
Then the M730 cranks popped up on here & Sithlord worked his black magic on them & polished them up to a mirror shine. He did say that he hadn't really finished them to his liking, but to me they look awesome!
Then the DX wheelset also popped up on here (thanks wadsy), apologies to whoever I beat to those, they may be back up for sale when the M730/M732 wheelset arrives! Due to my impatience I asked for them to be delivered ASAP, during the week between Xmas & New Year, 4th time lucky for the delivery man with those!
Are you bored of reading this yet? No? Ok I'll carry on lol...
...Sithlord also provided me with the chainrings, sorry for making you go to the post office several times, I really must get my shit together when building a bike, but you learn something new everyday, I learnt that M730 cranks need granny ring spacers & the Sith once again provided (where he hell does he keep all this stuff...)
Then I had to source the longer inner chainring bolts for the cranks, Chris V40 came up with a link to some from ebay, think they are listed on Rotec Cycles ebay page as dirt jump bash guard chain ring bolts. Anyhoo, they're 13mm long M8 x .075, they work perfectly!
I then bought a M735 SGS rear mech from garyturner, which was usable but in need of a good scrub up, then another one popped up in the for sale section, in great condition, so I quickly grabbed it (thanks again mynchiboy!)
Again lady luck was with me as the Postie decided that the best place to leave my nicely packaged M735 rear mech was hanging out of my letterbox...
Finally yet again the forum came up with the goods, this time a pair of XT skewers from the good ol' U S of A (en route as I type), and the M730/M732 wheelset which is also en route to my grubby little mancave!
Thanks for reading my epic tale of a 1st 'true' Retrobike project, hope you didn't die of boredom reading all of this
Can't wait to get this bike out on the trails
Andy B
