Next part of the project was to have the bash guards anodised with a few other bits.
All the bits rounded up and off they went…….
Some VGC x-lite crank bolts had arrived.
And I finally got the cranks back from being polished. It cost me £50 for all 3 pairs to be polished, I’ll let the pictures do the taking.
Next step of the project was a tough one. Re-create the original orange zero petr kraus decals. I was very lucky that John over at orange sent me all the original files to have the decals made. He recommended a company and the process began. I think they look amazing.
And last but not least, my parts had arrived back from anodising.
Since the last update I have mainly just been sourcing more parts and deciding which wheel/hub choice I’m going to use.
I have a few options and even now, I’m still undecided.
Weather or not this particular rim will be used on the Ashton or the zero, i knew I needed one. In my previous post you’ll notice I had 3 black x-lite phatso’s. I always wanted a silver one. I had been searching for at least 6 months and finally
Another set of cannondale fatty r forks. Now these have a 220mm steerer and will replace the fatty’s on the zero. Mainly because I’ll use the shortest steerer pair on the Ashton which has a shorter headtube. It saves me shortening a pair of forks when it’s not needed.
A NOS mbuk watch strap.
A NOS x-lite stem cap.
Another set of some azonic pdw’s.
The line up of forks.
Time to re-create the phatso stickers.
And finally! Not really an update I wanted to broadcast, but I ended up stripping the zero frame completely to be re painted.
Unfortunately I suffer from ocd and a few small imperfections on the frame annoyed me, plus I put a chip in the headtube. The original paint job didn’t cost anything, but the time and effort had already been spent.
Here she is stripped, ready for an acid bath, sand blast and this time, powder coat! I went with powder coating this time as it’s more durable.
Now that I’m waiting for the frame to come back, it was time to find the period correct headtube badge as it was missing.
I had put a wanted ad up on an orange group on Facebook, and within a day I had found a NOS headtube badge. Result!
Yep, you guessed it, more parts.
I know it’s not period correct, but trying to source parts in mint condition/NOS can be challenging, especially hope hubs. So In the end, I went with the modern hope stuff.
Head spacers.
Seat clamp.
Pro 4 36h front and rear hubs with matching quick releases. These took 12 weeks to come.
Some fatty r decals.
I had previously sourced a NOS raceline horseshoe booster and I was luckily enough to find another.
And finally, we have all the parts back from powder coating.