maverick":1uu5clq5 said:
This thread gets better and better each time I look at it.
Been kind of busy lately at work and not had a chance to comment, but it is truly exceptional, the quality of the components that have been pulled together and some of them pulled back from the scrap heap too.
How far off finishing are you, I think I will volunteer my services to take the Yates for a test blast when I’m next down, I will let you know how it feels.
Any joy with that front mech? I'm keeping them peeled.
getting close to finishing, spent a fair while with the middleburn cranks, they look ok, but not great, to be honest.
The U.S.E seatposts arnt too bad considering there age and they cost a fiver for the pair... :?
I have tried to keep the overall cost down, buy buying used and hammered stuff that i can clean and polish up. (see sum of the XTR).
By doing it this way, it frees up a bit of cash, to spend on the tyres/saddles/grips/brake blocks/cables etc, as they will be bikes that will be ridden, need good grip and be able to stop.
To try and keep the cost down further (and time), i decided to use both chainring sets that came with the cranks when i bought them. :?
As you can see from previous pics, they were sandblasted by the previous owner, and to be honest were only good to throw away.
Because they were chuckaways i put them in the powdercoat pile and took a chance, they came out pretty good, they wont last long, but for a fiver they will do for the time being...!!! :roll:
P.s, when you come down next we can take the pair out, and you can tell me what you think of both of them....
