I’ve gotten a little bit carried away here (kind of out of necessity which I’ll keep telling myself).. the WTB headset on the bike was completely shot. It either rattled, or the steering was near locked. So I searched for a headset and ended up striking a deal on eBay for a red CK. I’ve seen countless bikes on here with really cool anodised components and I want in.
I also didn’t like the fact that the Bomber fork on the bike was too new for it, so in RB spirit I looked around for a 90s bomber rather than the ‘Atom Z2 Bomber’ one that was on it. I’ve ended up with an insane ‘Superfly’ which is a few hundred grams lighter!
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I’m kind of at the point now where I need everyone’s recommendation and advice on the following:
- A more suitable stem as this one is ugly and low quality. I thought one to match the post would be cool.
- Where can I find a red seat clamp which will fit this frame
- Where can I find a red coil for the rear shock
- And the most important thing (which I’ve been avoiding clearly), the bike creaks like no tomorrow when riding. I assume it’s the bushes(ings?) which are making noise? Where can I find and how do I replace these?
I did open up the chainstay from the dropouts and it was super dirty. I gave it a clean and fresh grease in what I presume was the ‘friction’ area and actually made the problem worse.
Help!
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