GT Xizang 97

[demianmatthews]

Hi, I`ve made some progress with my Xizang project and I want to share with you people some images of the parts that I have acquired, so you can give some advice or ideas about the way I should follow with the making of this bike.
My first plan was to build a rigid single speed to save weight and money, but the guy who sold me the frame included a vintage xtr front dearrileur and when I saw it installed on the frame the image of the bike equiped with a full vintage xtr transmission came to my mind. Then I buyed an old "inside the box" xtr crankset and a week later I found a nice AC USA cnc crankset on the web but I cant get any info of that crank, so now I dont know what to do, go ahead with the xtr crank or buy the AC one?. I`ve also found a KORE aluminium stem that I will use untill I can get a titanium one to complete the titanium parts (I allready have titanium seat post, handlebar, bottle cage and quick releases).

 

[IDB1]

LOVING the cranks in the first pic . . . not loving the size of the rest of your pics.. my pc screen is sadly not 50" widescreen

 

[demianmatthews]

sorry about the size of those pics, what cranks should I use?, the ones on the first pic or the xtr ones

 

[IDB1]

I don't know enough about these things me ol' china. . .

The 1st pic cranks are very nice... but XTR kit is supposed to be ace too... can you not try both and see which looks better on the build?

 

[T'boo Ted]

you should use the AC, then for providing this info, give the xtr to me

all very nice

but... whats with the avenir bottle cage, shouldn't be on a gt, thats diamondback kit!

 

[ijeremy]

Great kit... Look forward to seeing the build - My head hurts trying to look at the pictures tho! :?

 

[David Gibson]

crank

I'm pretty sure that the cranks are not AC. Unfortunately, I've forgotten what they're called, they may be Bullet cranks?

 

[demianmatthews]

Are they similar to the XTR on the pics? I really dont know wich crank Im going to use.