ovlov440":36kl9c6m said:
Very nice, however unless I am very much mistaken that is a B2 with a F2 fork. Couple of pointers - the B3 had rear mech cable routing through the chainstay and the top tube/seat tube strengthening gusset was a plate on the B3 (ie: you can see through it). Also the rear shock mount on the end of the seatstays was CNC'd rather than a welded tube.
The F3 forks had allen key end caps rather than circlips and the spring was angled in the other direction (the adjuster was on the top of the main fork crown rather than underneath).
Still a nice kit nonetheless
Nope it's a B3, what makes it a B3 and not a B2 is the shock. B3's have the mac-strut clamp around the main shock body, B2's the mac-strut clamps on the end cap.
Later B3's (97ish) used the B5 cable routing and had the CNC shock clamp, part of standardisation across the range, this one is a '95 B3 built a long time before the B4 and B5.
F2 forks used chrome plated alloy pivots with circlips, F3's used stainless pivots with the allen bolts, however replacement pivot kits are to fit all forks so were the later stainless pivot versions.