1991 Gt Karakoram elite - finished
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So glad that my old frame went to such a good home. I shall be expecting great things from you Lee.
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drystonepaul":1u43rafz said:
I'll do me best Chap
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Rahbari":26tc08ka said:Nice frame!
Here you can find the original spec's:
Oh Rahbari,
I remember this bike as if it was the day I bought it, knew every single part on it as if it were family, I had made a few changes from the original spec tho so I'm trying to make it match what it was like the day it was stolen.
Really nice to see the catalogue scans tho, brings back memories of lusting over my brochure a whole week before deciding to buy one
RBG
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Ummin and arrin about putting these on, had some these on my stolen one so thinking I either go for em or ........ bog std DX U-brake and canti's.
also found some NOS tioga biogrips ..... love em
Ummin and arrin about putting these on, had some these on my stolen one so thinking I either go for em or ........ bog std DX U-brake and canti's.
also found some NOS tioga biogrips ..... love em
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Right................ Another Karakoram revival
I've finished the Elite
Firstly - Thank you drystonepaul for parting with this luvly frame The wanted ads really do work sometimes eh.
As you may have read above I wanted to rebuild my stolen GT from over 20 years ago using the same components, this hadnt gone to plan - Tried the magura's and it didn't work for me, dunno why but i just didn't like it. Luckily I happen to have a spare DX braking system so on they went.
Thumbies are the way to go here so had some that i'd traded some mags a while back int shed along with some bargain SLR levers off the bay
Thanks to Russel for the karma GT stem , gave this a smoothrite black finish as I dont have time to recreate the midnight sky colour and it looks quite good matching with the seatpost, I actually thought this may have been too long but I guess I've grown and it nicely fitted in with my 20 yrs of growth. bars are same as the originals and my BITD favorite grips are the Tioga Biogrips, black 400mm seatpin for £12 and a nice compfy turbo saddle .
Wheels are Wolber on DX, I dont thing and anodised Ritchey vantage rims are gonna pop up anytime soon :roll: so these will do for the foreseable future, theyre fitted up with a ritchey Z-max on the rear and megabyte up front.
Guards and lights will be fitted as This will be my daily ride back and forth to work so heres some piccis without em
I've finished the Elite
Firstly - Thank you drystonepaul for parting with this luvly frame
The wanted ads really do work sometimes eh.As you may have read above I wanted to rebuild my stolen GT from over 20 years ago using the same components, this hadnt gone to plan - Tried the magura's and it didn't work for me, dunno why but i just didn't like it. Luckily I happen to have a spare DX braking system so on they went.
Thumbies are the way to go here so had some that i'd traded some mags a while back int shed along with some bargain SLR levers off the bay
Thanks to Russel for the karma GT stem
, gave this a smoothrite black finish as I dont have time to recreate the midnight sky colour and it looks quite good matching with the seatpost, I actually thought this may have been too long but I guess I've grown and it nicely fitted in with my 20 yrs of growth. bars are same as the originals and my BITD favorite grips are the Tioga Biogrips, black 400mm seatpin for £12 and a nice compfy turbo saddle .Wheels are Wolber on DX, I dont thing and anodised Ritchey vantage rims are gonna pop up anytime soon :roll: so these will do for the foreseable future, theyre fitted up with a ritchey Z-max on the rear and megabyte up front.
Guards and lights will be fitted as This will be my daily ride back and forth to work so heres some piccis without em
