Small update on this one.
Firstly the forks. My main aim is to get the Rock Shox up and running so that the bike can remain true to how I bought it, so I was on the look out for 1” Mag 20/21 crown, and with the help of
@boy"O"boy I was able to purchase a suitable solution. I say help - as I only needed a crown, but in the end bought a complete pair fitted with a Bontrager crown - but I bought them on a “try before you buy” basis as the steerer length was marginal - turns out it was just long enough, so I kept them.
All was not straight forward however as it transpired that under compression, the back of the brace would foul the crown face, as was evidenced by a rubbed decal on the crown face.
Luckily as a bike part hoarder, I had a couple of other Mag 20 braces and it turns out that some of them have different profiles, so was able to fit a different one that cleared the crown comfortably.
The next challenge to overcome was the bottom bracket bearings.
I managed to extract the existing 6903 bearings which were well past their best…
But the more pressing problem (pun intended) was that I had no way of pressing in a new set of bearings with various sockets or other tools I had to hand. So I turned to the ever talented
@danson67 who was able to fabricate me a pair of drifts specific to my size requirements.
Given that the fork is now complete, I had to hunt down a stem that suited, which meant I wanted something with minimal rise, and without a cable guide. Finally scored a Syncros Cattleprod on eBay for a competitive price.
So today I finally got to do a mock-up with the bike back on its wheels, including a fully intact fork.
I’ve still got to source a decal set, and I’m not sure which way to go seatpost wise as my USE Ti post just seems a tight fit with the ‘correct’ shim, and a loose fit with the next size down.
I’ve got a complete XT or XTR groupset to hand, with a little bit of cleaning to do, then just got to decide what to attach.
