Bontrager Race '91 - Build Thread

[Carge]

Something arrived in the post this morning.....
Always a good start to the day

 

[slackboy]

Ooh, that means my forks will be here soon!

 

[Carge]

Ooh, that means my forks will be here soon!

Funny thing is - my bolts came with a free set of RS Judy - odd that

 

[Carge]

If I go with the gold SRP bolts on the cranks - I can use this......

Or find some black bolts - nudge, nudge, wink, wink

 

[2manyoranges]

Carge - looking good. And the component(s) I like most so far - the onZa chillpills...EXACTLY the right colourway and not one I ever have seen before....

 

[Carge]

And the component(s) I like most so far - the onZa chillpills...

That's not exactly a round of applause for the rest of them.....

 

[2manyoranges]

Ah not at all … the build is wonderful.....really good choices re cranks, stem...and I mean REALLY good. But I like the care on the LITTLE things too...which is where builds can go so wrong. You are attending to the seemingly little things as well as the big ticket items.

 

[pw_pw_la]

Couldn't agree with 2many more!

This is going to be really, really lovely.

 

[Carge]

Having second thoughts on whether to use the Mavic 217s - as I feel they may be a little too modern.
So I've spent an hour lacing something else up onto the M900 rear hub that might be more appropriate - something perhaps a little Rocky Mountain

Anyone got a stash of plain black chainring bolts - or SRP if I have to

 

[2manyoranges]

One of the things with an early Bontrager build is that you have a blank canvass. They were sold as frames....and people did SO many different things with them. It’s not a question of chasing the catalogue parts to reproduce a set of decisions made on price points and bulk buying - they could, at the time, be ‘what I have in the workshop’ builds, or eclectic mixes of performance items, or full groupset (XTR mainly) builds. This is a Good Thing in my book...allows for a lot of creativity and nice surprises....