Foolzgold
Retro Guru
Right I apologize right away for not fitting true retro parts to the bike . . . But to be honest my first aim was to get the bike back on the Road for this summers riding and im not sure what colour she is going to be come this winter . . . . This is her Advert Photo on Ebay:
Firstly the bike was absolutely shot it hadn't been used for 2 years and i think it was stored outdoors for most of that time, i should hav really walked away, but I was happy that the frame was sound . . . I too should have looked at the Specifications of the Bike before bidding but i did bid with my heart and not my head :shock: For instance it was a 1 inch Steerer OMG so I knew straight away that I would have problems with new Forks! So I went about rebuilding the Old 95 Judy's that were fitted as standard, all the elastomers were degraded and spent the best part of the day scraping all the old muck out, replaced most of the seals, filled the damper with oil sprayed her up and ordered a set of springs (To replace the elastomers) from a very nice American Guy from FleaBay! Now I have 80 to 100 mm travel and she feels as smooth as Butter
I Also experimented with a Set of 97 Judy DH, although being a 1 1/8 the steerer I could take the crown and steerer of my old Judy's and just swap em round . . . this was going to be my back up plan it the Old ones were unsalvageable!
Seat Post again was a nightmare as it was shimmed to 26.4mm with an Aluminum Shim, as it was Standard! Everyone knows how differential Metal corrosion causes the 2 materials to basically weld together so I had to get the dremmel out and rather like Key hole Surgery cut the old shim out very carefully! Now I have a Synthetic Shim and a lovely 27.2 mm Seat post with a Velo (24-7) Seat!
Rear shock was next, Basically I replaced her with a RockShox Deluxe because the Strata Shock wasn't holding any pressure! (Strata is now away getting a new lease of life)
With that new bottom bearing, cranks, Pedals (All shimano Deore), Headset, Stem, Bars, Grips and Cables replaced she is just about to go back on the rocky paths she was built for! Only for a good friend of mine to set up the Suspension, Gears and Brakes she's ready to go . . . . Ok its a mixture of new and old but like I said earlier I want to ride her so bad!
Near to distant future is to get my hands on a set of Pace RC35/36's then make my mind up to what color to paint the back end of the bike???? Any Ideas you guys can throw my way the please do!
I hope she Rides WELL
Firstly the bike was absolutely shot it hadn't been used for 2 years and i think it was stored outdoors for most of that time, i should hav really walked away, but I was happy that the frame was sound . . . I too should have looked at the Specifications of the Bike before bidding but i did bid with my heart and not my head :shock: For instance it was a 1 inch Steerer OMG so I knew straight away that I would have problems with new Forks! So I went about rebuilding the Old 95 Judy's that were fitted as standard, all the elastomers were degraded and spent the best part of the day scraping all the old muck out, replaced most of the seals, filled the damper with oil sprayed her up and ordered a set of springs (To replace the elastomers) from a very nice American Guy from FleaBay! Now I have 80 to 100 mm travel and she feels as smooth as Butter
I Also experimented with a Set of 97 Judy DH, although being a 1 1/8 the steerer I could take the crown and steerer of my old Judy's and just swap em round . . . this was going to be my back up plan it the Old ones were unsalvageable!
Seat Post again was a nightmare as it was shimmed to 26.4mm with an Aluminum Shim, as it was Standard! Everyone knows how differential Metal corrosion causes the 2 materials to basically weld together so I had to get the dremmel out and rather like Key hole Surgery cut the old shim out very carefully! Now I have a Synthetic Shim and a lovely 27.2 mm Seat post with a Velo (24-7) Seat!
Rear shock was next, Basically I replaced her with a RockShox Deluxe because the Strata Shock wasn't holding any pressure! (Strata is now away getting a new lease of life)
With that new bottom bearing, cranks, Pedals (All shimano Deore), Headset, Stem, Bars, Grips and Cables replaced she is just about to go back on the rocky paths she was built for! Only for a good friend of mine to set up the Suspension, Gears and Brakes she's ready to go . . . . Ok its a mixture of new and old but like I said earlier I want to ride her so bad!
Near to distant future is to get my hands on a set of Pace RC35/36's then make my mind up to what color to paint the back end of the bike???? Any Ideas you guys can throw my way the please do!
I hope she Rides WELL
