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Thought I'd add this project starter here along with my chaos of various build options.
I was actually looking for something 1992 or before really but got excited and impulsive!
I was already thinking of doing my other one a factory looking purple powder coat and then this it's a metallic Pinky Purple Magenta? Like a plastic anodised look, usually used on tarty alloy wheels! It was only 15 miles away so went for it, but might well have done if it was getting posted out, maybe. I didn't quite have a plan for it! It won't feel proper retro in this style and the F7 forks are not standard but I quite like it, inbetween a Prestige and P7, so yet again its a 1994 and beyond build, building to ride and not obsess over nostalgia or correctness but will all stay in the 90's just about. i was gonna put my black LX stuff on but now I'm thinking of a mix and try keep the weight low, I have some nice grey LX M570 hubs and Mavic x517 wheels that are NOS so those might be nice, some m737/9 XT mechs and m737 XT Chainset 1x8 or 3x8 and maybe some longer grey flat bars, I've some Scott AT-3 in Grey but I want to go angular like the forks maybe... I did ponder low risers too...
Anyway that's the idea so far.
Heres splatuk's pics hope he doesn't mind.
and this is what it was like before the powder coat:
Edit, Sort of Magenta a bit purple but apparently Candy Pink!
I was actually looking for something 1992 or before really but got excited and impulsive!
I was already thinking of doing my other one a factory looking purple powder coat and then this it's a metallic Pinky Purple Magenta? Like a plastic anodised look, usually used on tarty alloy wheels! It was only 15 miles away so went for it, but might well have done if it was getting posted out, maybe. I didn't quite have a plan for it! It won't feel proper retro in this style and the F7 forks are not standard but I quite like it, inbetween a Prestige and P7, so yet again its a 1994 and beyond build, building to ride and not obsess over nostalgia or correctness but will all stay in the 90's just about. i was gonna put my black LX stuff on but now I'm thinking of a mix and try keep the weight low, I have some nice grey LX M570 hubs and Mavic x517 wheels that are NOS so those might be nice, some m737/9 XT mechs and m737 XT Chainset 1x8 or 3x8 and maybe some longer grey flat bars, I've some Scott AT-3 in Grey but I want to go angular like the forks maybe... I did ponder low risers too...
Anyway that's the idea so far.
Heres splatuk's pics hope he doesn't mind.
and this is what it was like before the powder coat:
Edit, Sort of Magenta a bit purple but apparently Candy Pink!
