Nice job,
I bought that bike new (yes, that actual same one) from Rick at Bike UK near Kings Cross Station. I think he's still in the bike business. I got it replace an under the chanstay braked Fisher Montare, that was a nice bike too but at 18" a bit small for me.
The grey paint is very similar to the original which was a touch nearer neutral grey, yeah, sorry it was me who stripped to to bare alloy! Saddle is very close to original which had a soft cloth cover and those foam grips look like the originals.
I think I might have the original rigid fork around somewhere from that bike, it was a curved blade black painted one, of course that meant that the stem had a tube for the front brake cable in it. If not I might have an Accutrax 1 1/4 fork set-up for a very early "mountain Cycle" disc brake, new in the bag [not the brake tho, although I think I know where that is!]
I think I probably have that original steel stem in a box somewhere, it was matte black and maybe a touch shorter. One upgrade a lot of owners did was to fit an Answer 150mm stem (the one designed ion collaboration with Frank The Welder "FTW" from Yeti. I also have a new black one of those!
And some new XT thumb-shifters, I am a bit of a hoarder.
That Manitou fork has to be a bit of a collectors piece, though, as it was one of the very first batch Doug Bradbury made, I believe in his garage, I got that on a trip to visit Cambria bicycle outfitters in their original location, Cambria - the original owner Steve Wexler was a pal of Doug (and most other bike luminaries beck then in the late 80's..
Think the original rims were Araya, on my 2nd ride I hit a rock and was deflected to one side bending the front rim badly, breaking my collarbone. I sold the bike to Jez not a long time after that as I bought a Yeti FRO whilst still in a sling - but that's another story.
Well, done, good job Yasu
I bought that bike new (yes, that actual same one) from Rick at Bike UK near Kings Cross Station. I think he's still in the bike business. I got it replace an under the chanstay braked Fisher Montare, that was a nice bike too but at 18" a bit small for me.
The grey paint is very similar to the original which was a touch nearer neutral grey, yeah, sorry it was me who stripped to to bare alloy! Saddle is very close to original which had a soft cloth cover and those foam grips look like the originals.
I think I might have the original rigid fork around somewhere from that bike, it was a curved blade black painted one, of course that meant that the stem had a tube for the front brake cable in it. If not I might have an Accutrax 1 1/4 fork set-up for a very early "mountain Cycle" disc brake, new in the bag [not the brake tho, although I think I know where that is!]
I think I probably have that original steel stem in a box somewhere, it was matte black and maybe a touch shorter. One upgrade a lot of owners did was to fit an Answer 150mm stem (the one designed ion collaboration with Frank The Welder "FTW" from Yeti. I also have a new black one of those!
And some new XT thumb-shifters, I am a bit of a hoarder.
That Manitou fork has to be a bit of a collectors piece, though, as it was one of the very first batch Doug Bradbury made, I believe in his garage, I got that on a trip to visit Cambria bicycle outfitters in their original location, Cambria - the original owner Steve Wexler was a pal of Doug (and most other bike luminaries beck then in the late 80's..
Think the original rims were Araya, on my 2nd ride I hit a rock and was deflected to one side bending the front rim badly, breaking my collarbone. I sold the bike to Jez not a long time after that as I bought a Yeti FRO whilst still in a sling - but that's another story.
Well, done, good job Yasu
