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This is the LX one I never fitted. All seems to be there including the bearings in the envelope. I am sadly totally clueless on headsets so cannot confirm 100%

Grips needed next. Any recommendations for something decent that won't leave damned black rubber marks all over my hands like the last set did.... :lol:

Yes, was an old skool mk3 Supra turbo - Went well but very unreliable. My Skoda is quicker anyway lol. I don't even live where the first few photos were taken which shows how long ago it was I started this project..... I also like the decals on the black frame. I sometimes can't help...

Threadless 1 1/8" headset needed complete-Deore LX for After getting a threaded Deore LX headset a while back, found out my Pace forks are threadless with just the top hat bolt thing..... The forks wobble significantly in my old headset (quite bad! :D) so I need a replacement that I can...

Ahem, whats the difference in the above sets and what kind of moolah would be needed to buy? :)

Since this thread was last updated, I've began tracking my real fuel economy, and its averaging out around 46mpg over the last 2,500 miles, including a 15 minute blast on the Castle Combe Circuit. I'm also on track this Saturday, but think I'll be discounting that tank of fuel.... Still...

Cheers - Paint was done last year and is by no means perfect. And yeah, been baking for all of Easter. Kind of wanted to be down by the sea, but the town (Exmouth) is bloody full of damned tourists! :lol:

I bought it in 2000 and the previous owner fitted the Pace forks. The carbon swingarm is original, but it looked so manky I ended up sanding it smooth, priming and painting to match the rest of the paintwork. Really it should be polished alloy for oem frame look, but like my cars, I love black...

Ebay seems to be full of disc brake rims which I'm not even sure you can use "old school" V-brakes on.... Anyone got a pair of decent wheels i can use with my Proflex 957 please, including an 8 speed cassette (XT preferred) I will be travelling this weekend to Llandow South Wales, to Derby...

Thanks for the offer. The spring itself appears OK to me. Just the damper. Have sent them an email via their website so hope to hear from them tomorrow.

Well, have FINALLY decided to try and get this thing back together again. New proflex sticker kit courtesy of a member on here and tried to build it up as much as a I could. Noleen NR2 shock needs re-working/re-charging, suspect the PACE forks will too. Need a pair of rims and 8 speed...

Thanks for the recommendation. Shall act on that later on / tomorrow. This is the shock And this is how I've left the bike today. More work once I get the shock sorted. Now after some wheels & rear cassette as my Mavic SUP ceramics are well beyond re-use.....

Sorry for the huge bump, but I don't like starting my own ones when chat is already underway. I have a Noleen rear shock which is empty/dead, on my Proflex 957 and want to see about recharging it. Best effort at the moment seems to be buying a complete unit from the US for about 200 bucks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNFMve-v ... r_embedded This is Exmouth seafront, where I live. Nipped down the hill to the front to see what the waves were like given the spring tide and southerly gale! Yeah.... quite interesing! :D

I have 40 bearings separately packaged in an envelope. Thanks for the info - will digest it when my head isn't so full of cold. I don't think I could figure out 2 + 2 in my current health state... [SNEEZE!] I can't see from the above how the bearing cage works. Appears to be identical...

Looks like it to me:-

Have received my new headset today, only I cannot see how it really goes together. It's a Shimano LX one. I have a bag of bearings and the various parts/casings from the headset. Is there a manual / guide to help me assemble this correctly when I refit my front end to my bike?

damnit! Looks like I will be needing to buy a new 8 speed chain then (shows how much of a newb i am with MTBs....) I "might" be able to salvage my old chain but I think by the time I come to re-chain it up, it will be pretty rusty! :(

I will check, but I am sure my current chain is XT as well, so hopefully they are the same. :)

With my rebuild I fancied trying to refresh some of the gearing, and found someone on a local car forum who offered me some Shimano Deore bits. What I got here is the following XT 9 speed chain & cassette Silver Deore rear mech (Says "Shimano Mega drivetrain" on it) Matching front mech 3...