Airborne 2000 Lucky Strike DB Rebuild
- Thread starter WD Pro
- Start date
Thank you 
* Striped the shifter door off - hinge pin was a little tricky.
* Degreased and flatted them back :
* Waited for the spray booth (the path at the back of the house) to be at the right temp and wind direction.
* Made some XTR lollipops and plastic primed them :
More coming soon
WD
* Striped the shifter door off - hinge pin was a little tricky.
* Degreased and flatted them back :
* Waited for the spray booth (the path at the back of the house) to be at the right temp and wind direction.
* Made some XTR lollipops and plastic primed them :
More coming soon
WD
* Conditions in the paint booth (back of the house) were perfect :
* Conditions in the drying oven (two weeks in the sun on a windowsill with the blind closed behind) were perfect :
* Got the pin back in OK with no damage :
* Got the front mech fitted, alignment will just about do ... ;-) :
* Got all the cabling done.
* The finish / match of the paint is good, pretty much slap bang in the middle of the variance of the Shimano OE stuff :
* Pretty much got everything else fitted / torqued up OK.
* Found a problem with the seat (USE carbon pro) :
If you compare the angle of the rails to the top of the seat to that of a flite (or flite 1990) :
You can see a considerable difference. My combination of post and frame puts the post on the limit of its adjust-ability and it just doesn't look right / strong, the flight angles fit almost perfect
* Swapped the seat (temporarily) with the flite destined for the Yo.
* Couple of test rides - all good
* Weighed it (completed / as it will get ridden i.e. no pub bullsh1t) :
* Sourced a flite 1990
Not so much to do now then
* Swap out the seat with the new one.
* Glue on the cable ends.
* Swap out two bolts with Ti versions (currently being modified by rampage).
* Adjust free play in the hubs and BB.
More coming soon
WD
* Conditions in the drying oven (two weeks in the sun on a windowsill with the blind closed behind) were perfect :
* Got the pin back in OK with no damage :
* Got the front mech fitted, alignment will just about do ... ;-) :
* Got all the cabling done.
* The finish / match of the paint is good, pretty much slap bang in the middle of the variance of the Shimano OE stuff :
* Pretty much got everything else fitted / torqued up OK.
* Found a problem with the seat (USE carbon pro) :
If you compare the angle of the rails to the top of the seat to that of a flite (or flite 1990) :
You can see a considerable difference. My combination of post and frame puts the post on the limit of its adjust-ability and it just doesn't look right / strong, the flight angles fit almost perfect
* Swapped the seat (temporarily) with the flite destined for the Yo.
* Couple of test rides - all good
* Weighed it (completed / as it will get ridden i.e. no pub bullsh1t) :
* Sourced a flite 1990
Not so much to do now then
* Swap out the seat with the new one.
* Glue on the cable ends.
* Swap out two bolts with Ti versions (currently being modified by rampage
).* Adjust free play in the hubs and BB.
More coming soon
WD
Re: Re:
pretty sure we've concieved and had our second within this threads lifetime
thread actually goes back to almost the time we had our first.....
may try get a third in. if i do, can my prize be this bike please?
Kitmech":3uugin33 said:Any news on this one? The suspense is killing me! Just the mrs has nearly finished baking our second child while I've been watching this build! :shock: :facepalm:
pretty sure we've concieved and had our second within this threads lifetime
thread actually goes back to almost the time we had our first.....
may try get a third in. if i do, can my prize be this bike please?
Re: Re:
This thread covers both of our kids LOL
twain":lj5aei9y said:Kitmech":lj5aei9y said:Any news on this one? The suspense is killing me! Just the mrs has nearly finished baking our second child while I've been watching this build! :shock: :facepalm:
pretty sure we've concieved and had our second within this threads lifetime
thread actually goes back to almost the time we had our first.....
may try get a third in. if i do, can my prize be this bike please?
This thread covers both of our kids LOL
