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I knew going to the Deus Ex swap meet was a bad idea, especially when I came home with this...
It was calling my name, the shiny red finish and smooth welds were begging for attention. Hanging there at the CBD stand, you could see others interested in it but were scared to ask how much.
With intentions of leaving but not without taking a final look, the small details showed up and made known that it was my type of bike. Courage was mustered as I knew I wanted it but didn't want another impulse buy, when I asked for a price the reaction was > and off to find an ATM I ran.
It was a bargain! Those who saw me with the frame after asked the price and reacted the same as I did - oldschool boutique like this usually isn't cheap, and pondering prices usually leads to purchase even if it is too much, as there's always a way to justify another bike.
Before the money was handed over a build kit was already dreamt up, and I'll piece it together over the next months once study workload drops.
For now, let's drool over the details...
True Temper cromoly frame Breezer dropouts No disc mount, and a cable stop for canti's (what are they, I hear some ask ) URT rear end is begging for singlespeed, and the top tube length is promisingly close to what I like right now. The swingarm pivots on bushes with nicely machined links and shafts holding it together, this is way old virtual pivot technology! I'm guessing 94-96 vintage, but can't find info online and it's the first I've seen so am happy to be corrected and informed of the bike's history by anyone that knows.
My intention is to build it as my primary offroad machine - if it's capable, of course. Money problems have been giving me the idea of selling off my Trance X as it's never been ridden properly since purchasing 10 months ago, so dumping all the new gear on ebay and stepping back in time will be a refreshingly practical change right now. Will throw some parts on it soon and see how it goes, if it rides well I'll be happy to sell everything else.
The Noleen shock will be dumped for a Fox air unit hopefully, space is a bit tight there though. I have an old Z1 that'd go great up front, and will keep the bare essentials such as Thomson stem+post and XT cranks from the new bike for this, a cable disc for the front and V for rear is the way to go (to keep matching levers) and there's even a pair of old Deep V rims in my garage waiting to be built up.
Let's see how this goes, hopefully the ideas still make sense once I catch up on sleep and get over the initial glow of such a purchase.
Subscribe to this thread to see the bike progress, it'll be worth your attention
It was calling my name, the shiny red finish and smooth welds were begging for attention. Hanging there at the CBD stand, you could see others interested in it but were scared to ask how much.
With intentions of leaving but not without taking a final look, the small details showed up and made known that it was my type of bike. Courage was mustered as I knew I wanted it but didn't want another impulse buy, when I asked for a price the reaction was > and off to find an ATM I ran.
It was a bargain! Those who saw me with the frame after asked the price and reacted the same as I did - oldschool boutique like this usually isn't cheap, and pondering prices usually leads to purchase even if it is too much, as there's always a way to justify another bike.
Before the money was handed over a build kit was already dreamt up, and I'll piece it together over the next months once study workload drops.
For now, let's drool over the details...
True Temper cromoly frame Breezer dropouts No disc mount, and a cable stop for canti's (what are they, I hear some ask ) URT rear end is begging for singlespeed, and the top tube length is promisingly close to what I like right now. The swingarm pivots on bushes with nicely machined links and shafts holding it together, this is way old virtual pivot technology! I'm guessing 94-96 vintage, but can't find info online and it's the first I've seen so am happy to be corrected and informed of the bike's history by anyone that knows.
My intention is to build it as my primary offroad machine - if it's capable, of course. Money problems have been giving me the idea of selling off my Trance X as it's never been ridden properly since purchasing 10 months ago, so dumping all the new gear on ebay and stepping back in time will be a refreshingly practical change right now. Will throw some parts on it soon and see how it goes, if it rides well I'll be happy to sell everything else.
The Noleen shock will be dumped for a Fox air unit hopefully, space is a bit tight there though. I have an old Z1 that'd go great up front, and will keep the bare essentials such as Thomson stem+post and XT cranks from the new bike for this, a cable disc for the front and V for rear is the way to go (to keep matching levers) and there's even a pair of old Deep V rims in my garage waiting to be built up.
Let's see how this goes, hopefully the ideas still make sense once I catch up on sleep and get over the initial glow of such a purchase.
Subscribe to this thread to see the bike progress, it'll be worth your attention