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Re: This GT Lightning is the only Ti in my garage, so tried to put extra effort on it back when I brought it to life. Nothing beats the look (and practicality) of brushed Ti in my eyes! Btw, very nice pictures you got there velofrog!

Hi, Again time to continue one of the projects I've held waiting in the garage. It's a 1997 Schwinn Straight 6 with the bassboat blue paint theme. Most of these that I've seen have the red/gold theme so I don't know if they made fewer of these blue ones, or if the blue ones have just cracked...

Thanks guys! Props goes to my daughter who wanted to take the camera with us on the ride. :) It's always safe to hide behind those old unbreakable steel rides! The PotM is a great comeback idea, maybe at some point there could be a themed month for workshop pics? There were already great ones...

Re: Thanks again! Tried to keep it close to original as I also have from earlier years its -91 brother Palisades Trail, which is still also pretty close to original setup. The rasta has always been one of my favorite color schemes of all time, but also a -91 Team Marin with the neon...

Re: Autumn ride with my daughter - Retro leading the way.

I appreciate the kind words fellas!

Re: Took the easy way out and decided not to do anything for the damaged paint surface as the worst places will stay anyways mostly hidden under the front derailleur and the chainrings. From the Araya rims I had to clean the braking surface as the worn black anodization looked awful there. Then...

Re: Good to see other Santa Cruz appreciaters here! I actually started out my restoring hobby with a -98 Santa Cruz Super 8 about 15+ years ago, but back then I had quite limited knowledge and I was still looking for my own style.. :roll: I regret selling it after the resto as these days I...

Thanks! Mine has a 26.8mm post. These seem to be really bombproof frames, you're lucky to have two of them!

Hello, This time I got to work on a project that was my friend's old DH competition frame from the late 90's. I always loved the early Santa Cruz frames back then, but just couldn't afford them at all. This project also gave me some responsibility as my friend had a huge nostalgic connection to...

Re: I have those exact same wolber tires that came stock on one of my 1995 model MTB, so maybe this model has been the same for a long time?

Thanks guys! Especially sunchasers comment makes me think I might have even done something right with this one :)

Re: Thanks for the kind words fellas! FYI, if anyone here is in the need for some custom foil decals, there’s a guy in Poland who did great job with these Spinergy Spox decals 8) Gil did a great job (as always) with the Pace decals, but AFAIK he doesn’t do foil based decals.

Re: That is a very good point yakboy! I already have new decals for the brakes that Gil made based on my drawings, but wanted to keep the original ones there at least for now. May change them later on!

Re: Hi, Dami's 1997 GT Lightning with brushed finish and anodized graphics. Short build thread found here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=403147

Re: It took me 1.5 years total, but now it's finally finished! Sorry for being lazy and not posting any progress during the journey, but didn't want to spoil anything. :) It was definitely a really fun project to do and I really enjoyed taking the time with it!

Re: This was an awesome tip back when it was brought up by regan_ev, thanks for that! :) As I live in Finland and here almost every other home has their own sauna, I tried a slightly more wife friendly approach to the subject. I warmed the sauna to about 80 degrees, put my skinwall Tioga...

Re: Re: Cheers!

Thanks mate!

Re: Re: DO IT! :D And thanks mate. I have some spares for the sachs brakes and also a spare Moto, so let me know if you’ll decide to tackle the challenge :)