My GF Piranha - new pics

[fluroforks]

Welcome fellow Warks member.

 

[feetabix]

Welcome fellow Warks member.

were here in the woodwork!....

 

[Reluctant]

Welcome aboard!
I'd guess that's a 98 or 99 - I should remember, i was working in a GF dealer at the time - but they start to blur together after while! :?
Have a look for "Bikepedia" for a more definitive answer.
Worth restoring - have fun with it.

 

[The Rookie]

I went on Bikepedia, they have a 97 which is 1" steerer, so as this (I'm pretty certain based on the quill being 1" OD) is 1 1/8" it is most likely a 98 or a 99 as you suggest.

Simon

 

[The Rookie]

Seatpost and saddle will (for now) be shared with my Kraken until I can get a 27.2mm post for this one (Carbon post and modern cslimline saddle won't look right!)- I have some spare saddles that have the right look.

Front wheel is temporary until I put the Mavic117/Formula on it and I get something to match on the rear (that rear is knicked off the wifes bike, I used that front as it matches), I've put a 2.35 HighRoller DH on the front so I can run it soft to take the sting out of the rigid forks, I have a more conventional Panracer to go on the rear once I've sorted a wheel

Current spec' is
Circa 1998 Gary Fisher Piranha frame and 1 1/8" threaded forks
Original steel (weighs a ton - well near enough a pound) 1" quill stem
ABR butted ally bars (1/2lb lighter than the steel originals!) from which I'm going to remove the transfers
Original GF fitted (and slightly tatty) STI 21 speed levers
Shimano STX front mech (Ex Giant Hybrid)
Shimano STX RC rear mech (Ex Giant Hybrid)
Alhonga front and rear V-brake's
Shimano TY40 crankset (from a mid 1990's Giant Rincon MTB)
Classic resin/Steel caged pedals similar to the originals which are unusable.
Classic chromed Shimano QR skewers
Cables are just made up using bits and piecs I have spare apart from the small yellow section on the front cable which I had left over from recabling my commuter and was exactly the right length!

Was in two minds whether to strip and respray or not, but I can't get the transfers and I want it to be a rider not a 'garage queen' so to heck with it, it will do, I've rust treated the rust for now and put several layers of pollish over it.

Cost to date £25 plus bits and pieces from my "Box Oh Bits" I have laying around from other bikes/projects/upgrades.

Simon