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Aivan helvetin hieno ja ihana. Huh huh. Looking great and lovely.

Hiilikuituinen AFH täysjousitettu maastopyörä 270e

This is hemmetin hieno bike! :D

Oh my, yes!

https://www.tori.fi/uusimaa/Kona_vaihte ... 102644.htm

Re: Re: I've got a '98(?) white/red Axis and everything matches with the unknown frame including dropouts, except seatpost size (26.8) and location of second frame number. On the non-drive side I've got IE7K05336, the other number is on the drive side and it is hard to read because the paint...

Tunturi Matrixx Minoic 1997(?). Finnish frame. Steel tubes made by Rautaruukki and plasma welded by Tunturi.

https://www.tori.fi/etela-karjala/Kona_ ... 11&w=3 It seems that there isn't much interest in these. :D edit. Oh man, now I noticed this doesn't belong here, sorry. Could mods move this to correct place or remove this post.

I managed to polish the xcr into nice shine. Still need to get the decals and such :D

I think that suitable paint stripper would be much easier to work with compared to acetone. I used acetone on the linked frame mainly because I already had that stuff and it seemed to work. With acetone I was also able to clean some parts without damaging their stickers/decals:

I removed some spray paint with acetone from this frame with some success. Just do not inhale and do not touch with bare hands :)

Hotwheels' Pinarello-link reminded me of this thing: http://www.fillaritori.com/topic/101581-nos-olmo-mtb/ Not very cheap, but some may like?

Thank you guys for your kind words! And thank you for the SJS tip also, their postage to Finland for small parts is very reasonable. I just ordered an old axle from them and the delivery was fast. About the bike, I think I'll fix the fork next. Lowers need paint and decals, and fork boots...

Hello all! As I've been lately increasingly gotten directed to this fine site by my google-searches, I thought that this may be a good place to share this project. I bought this bike from a hobbyist bike mechanic who didn't have interest in restoring this bike. (Nice gentleman, hello to You!)...