Hello, didn't think I would join another forum, this is my third for three separate interests.
I own a Proflex 955, still has elastomers and I may need help with those in due course. The Proflex has Middleburn XC cranks and BB, hope hubs, mavics laced with DT revolution and mostly everything else is Shimano, I'll post a photo in due-course.
I'm just re-building my partners bike and worry that I'm doing the right thing. It's a 1993/5 Mountain Goat built for her and collected by her from Chico California and I think that's the main reason I'm re-building it. 7 years ago I resurrected the frame from an early grave, the head tube split, I had a collar built by a pal who worked at Rolls-Royce, I pressed the collar in place and on the basis this bike would only do lumpy roads and green lanes I think it's safe.
The Mountain Goat had early Manitou's fitted, I've just had to trash those, apart from the elastomers gone the tops of the stanchion tubes and the fork-crown had stress cracks, mostly everything else was early XT and though it was working I have binned the lot for modern 9 speed LX and some XT together with an entry level Manitou that will doubtless be better than the one I took of and binned.
At almost £450 it seems expensive but then the Proflex cost me £2300 to build in 1995 and I just sold a Kona KK that cost me nearly £3000 three years ago.
Puts the £450 into perspective do you think or am I mad hanging all that new stuff on the 'Old-Goat'
I'm going to post you some photo's of the Goat later today.
Say helloooooo.
Regards
Richard (AKA OldGit)
I own a Proflex 955, still has elastomers and I may need help with those in due course. The Proflex has Middleburn XC cranks and BB, hope hubs, mavics laced with DT revolution and mostly everything else is Shimano, I'll post a photo in due-course.
I'm just re-building my partners bike and worry that I'm doing the right thing. It's a 1993/5 Mountain Goat built for her and collected by her from Chico California and I think that's the main reason I'm re-building it. 7 years ago I resurrected the frame from an early grave, the head tube split, I had a collar built by a pal who worked at Rolls-Royce, I pressed the collar in place and on the basis this bike would only do lumpy roads and green lanes I think it's safe.
The Mountain Goat had early Manitou's fitted, I've just had to trash those, apart from the elastomers gone the tops of the stanchion tubes and the fork-crown had stress cracks, mostly everything else was early XT and though it was working I have binned the lot for modern 9 speed LX and some XT together with an entry level Manitou that will doubtless be better than the one I took of and binned.
At almost £450 it seems expensive but then the Proflex cost me £2300 to build in 1995 and I just sold a Kona KK that cost me nearly £3000 three years ago.
Puts the £450 into perspective do you think or am I mad hanging all that new stuff on the 'Old-Goat'
I'm going to post you some photo's of the Goat later today.
Say helloooooo.
Regards
Richard (AKA OldGit)
I better get the stuff out in case someone wants it, yes ?
