I'm trying to decide whether to sell all these on, and get a whole new bike, or transfer the wheels to another frame which will better suit me. The decision will be made easier with some sound economics, so if anyone can help me with valuing these, that'd be great.
First up is a Saracen Conquest, renovated by deadratz on here and bought (for a premium) on ebay, where I saw it (I found out about the history on here after that)
I have never crashed it, but it does appear that the fork is slightly out of line. I have no reason to question deadratz's integrity on this one, I seem to remember him saying he'd had it checked out before selling it and all was fine. The frame has always self steered a bit with hands off the bars for me, but it's never been noticeable with hands on. I took it to my LBS after stripping it and they showed me that the fork dropouts are out of line to the tune of about 5mm. They did say, off the record that it should still be fine to ride and that it may have just been built that way. It's a very early frame and as such some of the building is a bit...err, squiffy. Slightly off standard bottle bosses spacing, rack mounts not perfectly level. Other than that it's a fine and very comfy frame. Reynold double butted 501 of the tubes and fork. The paint is in decent condition still (freshly painted by deadratz in his renovation) with wear consistent on using for a couple of years as a commuter and doing a bit of touring on it.
IMG_0306 by busseynova, on Flickr
Second is a selection of wheels with discontinued Mavic ceramic rims. All 26", all in decent condition with some pitting to the ceramic surface, but it's still going strong.
Wheels are :
rear shimano 130mm OLN MTB hub on D521 ceramic (bombproof!) 36h with a 7speed casette
front HB-NX21 dynohub on Mavic 117 ceramic 32h
front shimano mtb hub (parallax) on X517 ceramic rim.
Any help appreciated!
IMG_0302 by busseynova, on Flickr
IMG_0303 by busseynova, on Flickr
IMG_0305 by busseynova, on Flickr
First up is a Saracen Conquest, renovated by deadratz on here and bought (for a premium) on ebay, where I saw it (I found out about the history on here after that)
I have never crashed it, but it does appear that the fork is slightly out of line. I have no reason to question deadratz's integrity on this one, I seem to remember him saying he'd had it checked out before selling it and all was fine. The frame has always self steered a bit with hands off the bars for me, but it's never been noticeable with hands on. I took it to my LBS after stripping it and they showed me that the fork dropouts are out of line to the tune of about 5mm. They did say, off the record that it should still be fine to ride and that it may have just been built that way. It's a very early frame and as such some of the building is a bit...err, squiffy. Slightly off standard bottle bosses spacing, rack mounts not perfectly level. Other than that it's a fine and very comfy frame. Reynold double butted 501 of the tubes and fork. The paint is in decent condition still (freshly painted by deadratz in his renovation) with wear consistent on using for a couple of years as a commuter and doing a bit of touring on it.
IMG_0306 by busseynova, on FlickrSecond is a selection of wheels with discontinued Mavic ceramic rims. All 26", all in decent condition with some pitting to the ceramic surface, but it's still going strong.
Wheels are :
rear shimano 130mm OLN MTB hub on D521 ceramic (bombproof!) 36h with a 7speed casette
front HB-NX21 dynohub on Mavic 117 ceramic 32h
front shimano mtb hub (parallax) on X517 ceramic rim.
Any help appreciated!
IMG_0302 by busseynova, on Flickr
IMG_0303 by busseynova, on Flickr
IMG_0305 by busseynova, on Flickr
