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So,
Perusing FB yesterday came across a Nomad 4 XL frame, had some damage and subsequent repairs to the front and rear triangle but had been ridden post repairs no problem. I’d been looking for a frame to build up for my brother so he can ride when he is back in town (works in W.A mines)
So......$500 later the frame is mine. Paid an extra $340 for a cascade link to go with it, which was a little high I thought, but I think the frame was a good deal so it evens out.
No idea how bad it’ll look when it turns up, but my (lack of) thinking is to sand it back to raw carbon, maybe attempt silver leaf decals and then a gloss coating over the top. Also take the cascade link back to silver, trim 20-30mm off the seat tube as I’m guessing it’ll be too high to run a decent dropper (183cm rider). I’ve already got some odd parts laying around but I’ll just pick up the remaining used parts as they pop up. Don’t think I’ll bother with a mullet, but not sure yet. Probably run a shorter offset fork.
I had bought a 21 X2 performance to put on the missus Meta AM, but turns out I’ll put it on this haha.
This will probably be a disaster.
Perusing FB yesterday came across a Nomad 4 XL frame, had some damage and subsequent repairs to the front and rear triangle but had been ridden post repairs no problem. I’d been looking for a frame to build up for my brother so he can ride when he is back in town (works in W.A mines)
So......$500 later the frame is mine. Paid an extra $340 for a cascade link to go with it, which was a little high I thought, but I think the frame was a good deal so it evens out.
No idea how bad it’ll look when it turns up, but my (lack of) thinking is to sand it back to raw carbon, maybe attempt silver leaf decals and then a gloss coating over the top. Also take the cascade link back to silver, trim 20-30mm off the seat tube as I’m guessing it’ll be too high to run a decent dropper (183cm rider). I’ve already got some odd parts laying around but I’ll just pick up the remaining used parts as they pop up. Don’t think I’ll bother with a mullet, but not sure yet. Probably run a shorter offset fork.
I had bought a 21 X2 performance to put on the missus Meta AM, but turns out I’ll put it on this haha.
This will probably be a disaster.
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