DaiP
Dirt Disciple
A bit more progress on this.
Received the my Ibis Titanium stem today, so that’s been fitted along with the X Lite titanium bars.
I’ve fitted an IRD 7 speed block to the rear wheel. Front DX callipers cleaned up and fitted. I had a bit of trouble freeing off the grub screw to adjust the spring tension but after a soaking of penetrating fluid and some heat from a map gas torch it unwound. The rear cantilevers have been taken apart and waiting to be cleaned up. New old stock DX brake levers fitted along with some well used DX thumb shifters. Got a DX front mech that’s in need of a good clean up. I’ve put in some brand new Hope skewers. Obviously they’re probably not really in keeping with the age of the bike but they were cheaper than I’ve seen tatty old ones being advertised on eBay. My gamble on the £10 DX rear mech hasn’t quite paid off. I was well aware the threads were knackered for one of the stop adjustment screws and thought I could repair it with a thread insert. Although the thread insert went in ok, it wasn’t successful in fixing the problem. Unfortunately, whoever drilled it in the past got the hole in the wrong place so the screw missed the actual stop. Not the end of the world as I’ve managed to get a reasonably cheap XT rear mech which has worn jockey wheels and the wrong cable pinch nut. So I’ll cannibalise the DX mech for its unused jockey wheels and nut. I also got a nice pair of SPD 525 pedals, now fitted.
Received the my Ibis Titanium stem today, so that’s been fitted along with the X Lite titanium bars.
I’ve fitted an IRD 7 speed block to the rear wheel. Front DX callipers cleaned up and fitted. I had a bit of trouble freeing off the grub screw to adjust the spring tension but after a soaking of penetrating fluid and some heat from a map gas torch it unwound. The rear cantilevers have been taken apart and waiting to be cleaned up. New old stock DX brake levers fitted along with some well used DX thumb shifters. Got a DX front mech that’s in need of a good clean up. I’ve put in some brand new Hope skewers. Obviously they’re probably not really in keeping with the age of the bike but they were cheaper than I’ve seen tatty old ones being advertised on eBay. My gamble on the £10 DX rear mech hasn’t quite paid off. I was well aware the threads were knackered for one of the stop adjustment screws and thought I could repair it with a thread insert. Although the thread insert went in ok, it wasn’t successful in fixing the problem. Unfortunately, whoever drilled it in the past got the hole in the wrong place so the screw missed the actual stop. Not the end of the world as I’ve managed to get a reasonably cheap XT rear mech which has worn jockey wheels and the wrong cable pinch nut. So I’ll cannibalise the DX mech for its unused jockey wheels and nut. I also got a nice pair of SPD 525 pedals, now fitted.
