My Son’s first retro – A homage to the man - DONE (Page 6)

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Thanks to speedy post office action by HarryBurgundy, a lovely XTR bottom bracket arrived today in the right size. Means I could finally finish my sons build.

As always, there are still a couple of gremlins to work out. The rear hub is running rough with some play so will need adjustment and new bearings whilst I am at it. Also because the frame is so small and not suspension corrected there is a little clearance issue with the pace fork crown. I am hoping I can solve this with a different crown race sleeve shim thing. The current one goes through the fork rather than sits on top, so that may give me the extra 1-2mm or so that I need.

Anyway details details....I hope you like it as much as I do ! First ride pics will be up before the weekend 8)
 

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That looks brillant! Is he actually going to get to ride it? or is it going on his bedroom wall? :lol:
 
Looks fab mate and a speedy build (by your standard of course :) )
 
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Wow ..!! makes me want to be a kid again :) , Your son is super lucky, really hope he enjoys riding it :)

Beautifully put together , Top marks on a fantastic build :) 8)

Ian
 
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Turns out the rear hub is total mincemeat..in fact that's what the stuff that came out of it looked like. 8)

Temporary back up wheels installed to get it moving. :(
 
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