Recent content by Scrat

Re: Re: Hi Frank, sort of My guess is it’s Nitto, Prestige 17deg I needed to machine a new shim to suit the wide syncros clamp Here’s the thing though It’s 666mm wide!

Re: 1988 Rocky Mountain Avalanche - FINISHED Finished

Re: 1988 Rocky Mountain Avalanche - FINISHED

Small update:

WD40 is a water dispersant, not a penetrating oil I've always removed stuck post with an adjustable reamer. Takes a while - all methods do. Never been beaten yet Best of all, it doesn't damage the frame/paint

That one is September 2005

Soon, Very soon I wasn’t going to do a build thread (they feel like a monologue) Parts bin special, Disc brake modification Planning to do a Race on it in March Aim is to beat a junior colleague who was born in 1994, that’s why I wan to confirm the age

Hi all I have just purchased my next project which I thought was a 94 clockwork It's matte black and has original graphics The odd thing though, is it has a Ø30.0 seatpost I'm thinking that its a 95 C16R that was finished as a 94 bike at the end of the year because the factory had run out of...

Oooooo it’s getting so close I finally found the part that kicked off this whole project It’s been in storage for over a decade, finally found it. It took shifting house to actually find it (I was starting to think I’d given it to someone) A Brodie U-brace

So i’ve been full on at life, but manage to carry on with a few more bits And the small bits that makes me the happiest, one of my first ever upgrades

Re: Basically I lost heart, I found some major issues with the frame, so I bought another doner frame with the intension of brazing the horizontal dropouts into that. That in turn sat in my garage untouched for ages, then this happened I rode it for a bit, then moved it on to another...

Re: Oh Canada I thought that might be a little controversial, actually Big thanks to Pete for the stem, he was a champ to send this out from America for this project I've been buying a few modern reproduction parts, as I plan to use this bike

Re: Hi, Yes, can you PM a pic and how much you're after for it Thanks

Happy to consider T-bone 3ttt Nitto etc What else have you got? Cheers

Re: Oh Canada That is the plan, I will touch up the rust and give it a good clean I stripped the frame down, unfortunately the 6sp XT is stuffed Plan B, mix and match with 89 7sp The wheels I'm still a little conflicted on but leaning towards Also, if anyone has a spare 100-120 early...