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You should definitely coat it with SOMEthing. Ive welded on aluminum quite a bit (which is a huge PITA btw...), and the oxidation of aluminum actually begins much faster than steel. The RATE of corrosion is slower... but the oxidation will start within seconds of having naked aluminum...

Hey all, picked up an ol' 96 KHS Descent (FXT) for some beer lately, came with a Marzocchi Bam 80 on front so hey. This past weekend i hiked her up some hills -after a bit of brake and cable refitting- and bombed down them... bike was a bit squirrely in the rear end but held it down. Anyway...

Haha thanks guys yeah I was hoping i didn't put off a screw it attitude lol, I definately try to do decent builds with little money and some ingenuity

Re: Here's a few pics of it... the weird sh*t on the frame is adhesive because it was completely layered in stickers when I got it. I peeled them so I could inspect weld integrity, trueness, and whatnot. Original Shock Works R3 (crap I'm sure..) rear shock. The levers and stuff are mix n'...

Im going to go with the '95-'96 KHS FXT fully series (Descent, Comp, Pro, Team...). I don't think that they were extremely rare at the beginning, but looking for info is definitely difficult, as most of the info is just people stating that they've snapped their frame. Oh, and when I tell...

Hello everyone new guy on the forums here. My name is Jay and I've been riding bikes since I was 3 (literally lol). Grew up in Maine (US) so did a lot of backwoods riding as a kid... then spent some time downhilling. As a child I always had one of the horse stables in my Dad's barn completely...