Hello - Bought this bike WAY back and have used it a lot.... Then decided to (due to poor frame condition) strip it down and repaint the frame. That was 2 years ago. The old Proflex 957 was meant to look like this...
However, thanks to my (ab)use it now from today looks like this:-
I am aiming to get this bike back into a sensible oem state, but obviously in black, not polished alloy. Due to my obsession with cars (I drive a very powerful diesel Skoda Fabia....) I have decided to paint the bike frame & parts VW metallic black. I have purchased some new recent Deore XT gearing, and aim to rebuild using the original XT V-brakes and original wheels. The bike came with Pace RC37 forks so they will be going on and I will be looking to service them, along with the Noleen rear shock.
Hoping to get some good advice along the way from this forum!![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![pro_957_fullb.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bikepro.com%2Fdirections%2Fa97_proflex%2Fprof_jpg%2Fpro_957_fullb.jpg&hash=6889e33de25d8b1d119b596d13e402c4)
However, thanks to my (ab)use it now from today looks like this:-
![DSC00782.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi70.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi87%2Fdevonutopia%2FPROFLEX%2520PAINT%2FDSC00782.jpg&hash=6810621bae6af27134d18da95c231a37)
I am aiming to get this bike back into a sensible oem state, but obviously in black, not polished alloy. Due to my obsession with cars (I drive a very powerful diesel Skoda Fabia....) I have decided to paint the bike frame & parts VW metallic black. I have purchased some new recent Deore XT gearing, and aim to rebuild using the original XT V-brakes and original wheels. The bike came with Pace RC37 forks so they will be going on and I will be looking to service them, along with the Noleen rear shock.
Hoping to get some good advice along the way from this forum!