1996 Pro-flex 856 frame only build

sparkybhp

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Here’s my latest project, I picked this up locally after winning the eBay auction. The seller was a nice bloke who said he was a member on here too, I forgot to ask his username though. 🤦‍♂️
Anyway, here it is:
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Overall it’s in great condition, should be the right size for me at 19” c/c. I’ve had a couple of these in the past and I do like the way they ride and how they look when built up.
I’ve not got a set of Girvin forks for it but I do have a nice set of Z2 Bombers which I hand polished (they were the bright yellow/green colour and pretty rough cosmetically). They will go perfectly with the silver swing arm on this.
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I’m building this up with some decent kit which I’ve been hanging on to for a while. So far it’s got: Hope hubs on Mavic 217’s, XT 739 cranks, FSA ‘the pig’ headset. I’m trying a modern short reach stem on it for now - that may change as the build progresses but I’m aiming for something that’s semi-comfortable to ride.
Updates to follow..
 
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More progress this morning:
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I decided that the stem wasn’t right but luckily I had this Specialized one which suits the bike much better.
Smoke/Dart tyres look spot on with the red frame. Found a Ritchey seatpost in 27.2mm that is exactly the right length too. The front mech is a m737 and I’ve gone for a nice short cage XTR rear mech. Levers and shifters are also the correct XT ones, same as the 8 speed cassette. I’ve gone for ODI attack grips.
Getting there..
 

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