Hi all
I was looking at going up a frame size to 20'' after slowly finding I was a bit maxed out on my 19'' 98 Explosif and after a long few months searching a lovely bit of 97 came up so snapped it up quick. It still has its original tripple butted fork, front wheel with kona java hub, seatpost, stem (not fitted), kona curve bar and some of the drivetrain.
Plans are to get paint matched and tidy up the paintwork a bit as its just been touched in with black and fit all the parts recently stripped off my 98 Explosif frame which I'll be putting up for sale soonish.
For now i have just got it all working the chainline was a bit stretched in certain gears which was down to a 113mm axle bb being fitted so swapped that out for a correct 110mm and the chain was a link to long. The rear mech cable kept clanging against the downtube on shifts so that was sorted by moving the cable guide under the bb to the other hole which gave a smidge more clearance and seems to have stopped it. With that done it was all ready to ride in fairly stock form.
Ridden it 40 miles or so on it so far, Its much more springy and complaint than the explosif which is nice on the roads. The curvy columbus tubing and paint is gorgous very happy.
Weight is pretty good too just a little under 25lbs
Cheers
I was looking at going up a frame size to 20'' after slowly finding I was a bit maxed out on my 19'' 98 Explosif and after a long few months searching a lovely bit of 97 came up so snapped it up quick. It still has its original tripple butted fork, front wheel with kona java hub, seatpost, stem (not fitted), kona curve bar and some of the drivetrain.
Plans are to get paint matched and tidy up the paintwork a bit as its just been touched in with black and fit all the parts recently stripped off my 98 Explosif frame which I'll be putting up for sale soonish.
For now i have just got it all working the chainline was a bit stretched in certain gears which was down to a 113mm axle bb being fitted so swapped that out for a correct 110mm and the chain was a link to long. The rear mech cable kept clanging against the downtube on shifts so that was sorted by moving the cable guide under the bb to the other hole which gave a smidge more clearance and seems to have stopped it. With that done it was all ready to ride in fairly stock form.
Ridden it 40 miles or so on it so far, Its much more springy and complaint than the explosif which is nice on the roads. The curvy columbus tubing and paint is gorgous very happy.
Weight is pretty good too just a little under 25lbs
Cheers
