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Also made out of titanium, not because of the weight, but because of the thickness, custom-cut M5 x 1mm washers and 7mm marine steel bolts were ordered to take place into the tiny water bottle cage mounts of the monocoque frame and subframe.

Much to my surprise, I even found the dreaded 2nd gen. Syncros Propost Ti 31.6mm x 330mm seatpost :cool:. Do you know what? Yep, the titanium flavor is heavier than the aluminum one by a couple grams. For the curious, the difference in material thickness can be seen on the photo below...

Since all my rebuilds are intended to be ridden, a pair of runnable Panaracer Smoke/Dart Classic skinwall tyres, ala onZa Racing Porc's Kevlar, joined the party.

While not specifically looking for them, I stumbled across an ad for NOS onZa Porcipaws "handelbar" (spotted the misspelling?) grips in black color, like on the Team Elite bike. Perfect to replace the used ones I've put in the meantime.

Keeping the original stacking washers, the '92 elastomers of the fork were replaced with the ones ordered earlier. As instructed in the Suspenders System II reference guide, they were generously greased prior to install, the slider seals were oiled, as well as the inside walls of the fork...

I didn't found any information on the subject, so as an "exercise", I've replaced the brake pads. Well, rear brake only as (i) the pads on the front still have plenty of life and (ii) I feared damaging the only important brake on a two-wheeler: the front one. Indeed, the replacement "procedure"...

A classic, but yes, I agree.

Custom-sized replacement return springs for the cable-actuated Pro-Stop calipers were also installed, allowing me to complete the brake lanes.

Matching the red anodized Ringlé Ti-Stix seatpost binder, a set of Camtwist QR skewers were found. Sure, only the rear one was of interest to me, as the Posi-Lock through-axle prevents from inserting a QR at the front. But they were sold together, so... Replacement rubber O-rings have been...

A set of ST-M900 shifters/brake levers combos in great condition shortly followed, accompanied with a pair of used (and unfortunately cut at the ends) black onZa Porcipaws handlebar grips I had lying around.

A pair of period-correct (well, I thought...) NOS WTB Velociraptor completed the initial rebuild. At the time, I wasn't aware that the Hyperlite handlebar had to be installed the "reversed" way in order to be able to read the 5 degree writing from the cockpit :p.

I was also lucky enough sourcing a 2nd gen. Syncros Propost in 31.6mm x 330mm. Not the titanium flavor though, but at least the correct size and generation.

It didn't took me that much time to find a matching Answer A-Tac, 1 1/4" 150mm 0° rise, stem.

As on @Baulz bike, I was able to put my hands on an uncut Answer Hyperlite 5 degree handlebar. However, I didn't like how the Syncros stem was partly covering the Answer Hyperlite writing, due to the large clamping area.

Securing a suitable BB-UN90 73 x 113mm bottom bracket to achieve 50mm chainline, as spec'd in Mountain Cycle 97-98 Product Collection catalogue [1], was time-consuming. Sure, 97-98 may seem too recent w.r.t. my '92 San Andreas. But (i) I couldn't find an older Mountain Cycle catalogue with this...

Since plan has changed, putting back the Cook's Quality Products (CQP) crankset, a popular choice among the racers BITD (with its Cook Bros. counterpart), was considered. On the one side, it's a cool no-more-seen-that-often bit of hardware. On the other side, with its roots into the BMX scene...

I thus decided to depart from my initial plan to rebuild my Sanny like the advertised Team Elite bike for some parts, nevertheless trying to be as close as possible or falling back to @Baulz San Andreas whenever possible.

A nice FC-M900 175mm crankset and NOS CN-7401 chain were located in a reasonable time. So were front FD-M900 31.8mm and rear RD-M900 derailleurs. But after months of unsuccessful hunting trying to gather the remaining bits, it became obvious to me that finding a Syncros bottom bracket in...

It took me quite some time to identify all the components of the Team and Team Elite bikes in the aforementioned '92 ad. Namely, the saddle, seatpost, seatpost clamp, handlebar, grips and rims were either unknown to me, hard to depict or simply hidden. I eventually found this webpage [1] of what...

Overhaul of the Suspenders System II fork revealed nothing wrong, with the inside wall of the fork tubes still in great condition. The elastomers weren't dry either and properly greased but some of them were slightly distorted, thus leading to a difference in travel between the left and right...