Picked this up today, one of the models I wanted as the paint job is so nice and the frame design is nice too, so when a £60 BIN on the bay came up I got straight in there.
When I picked it up is was dirty but in very good condition considering it's nearly 20 years old with only a few chip and scabs but on the whole nothing that would mean I would need to get a repaint, which would be a total waste on this project and the point was the paint. Nearly everything is orginal including a lightly worn original set of skinwall Muddyfox Griptrax tyres.
There are some issues, I guess the original BB gave up and has been replaced with a UN series cartridge unit, good in principle but not when the nice Deore LX chainset is replaced for a crappy Alivio one. So thats the first part I need. The black seatpin is not more silver than black and although better than the basic STi units the LX ones are cheap in comparison to DX and XT ones.
What i'm thinking is that I could go with a straight LX period and original spec correct build or put on some DX or XT (STi units and chainset) or I could start to collect XC-Comp and build it with that (I am impatient and I recon a full XC-comp group will take forever to assemble).
I think I may replace the seatpost and stem for some Syncros items to lose a bit of weight as well, what does everyone think?
Also the seat will probably eventually be swapped for a Rocket V Comp.
The pics are after i'd attacked it with a bucket of water and some autoglym engine degreaser, not perfect but it is now totally stripped ready for a proper clean.
Carl.
When I picked it up is was dirty but in very good condition considering it's nearly 20 years old with only a few chip and scabs but on the whole nothing that would mean I would need to get a repaint, which would be a total waste on this project and the point was the paint. Nearly everything is orginal including a lightly worn original set of skinwall Muddyfox Griptrax tyres.
There are some issues, I guess the original BB gave up and has been replaced with a UN series cartridge unit, good in principle but not when the nice Deore LX chainset is replaced for a crappy Alivio one. So thats the first part I need. The black seatpin is not more silver than black and although better than the basic STi units the LX ones are cheap in comparison to DX and XT ones.
What i'm thinking is that I could go with a straight LX period and original spec correct build or put on some DX or XT (STi units and chainset) or I could start to collect XC-Comp and build it with that (I am impatient and I recon a full XC-comp group will take forever to assemble).
I think I may replace the seatpost and stem for some Syncros items to lose a bit of weight as well, what does everyone think?
Also the seat will probably eventually be swapped for a Rocket V Comp.
The pics are after i'd attacked it with a bucket of water and some autoglym engine degreaser, not perfect but it is now totally stripped ready for a proper clean.
Carl.
), might have to do the side by side too if he hsn't broken it yet, should make a couple of confusing build updates for us!
