Tedgey
GT Fan
Ok so I thought I'd have a go at doing a build thread for my Bonti Race which I believe is around a 97/98 (wasen't sure which section to put this thread in )
I got it all stripped to a bare frame today which was pretty hassle free with no stuck parts to deal with.
Did realise that although the crankset is a bonti race lite one it it's obviously a later replacement part.....no bother tho as it now means I can replace it with an m739 XT one when it gets built back up and have the complete groupset which is great as literally everything else is XT even down to hubs and headset.
First on the agenda will be getting some new graphics sorted and the frame sorted.
I've decided I'm going to have a go at stripping and respraying the frame myself with this one so if anyone has and recommendations on paint strippers and paints to use that will give a really nice and hopefully hard wearing finish then please let me know .
I'm pretty confident that most of the parts will clean up nicely although the forks are shot so will need a rebuild with with some new elastometers or some spring replacements.
The only other thing id like to source is some new rims to build up on the existing hubs as the bonti Mustang ones on there have pretty worn braking surfaces I can find a replacement pair of Mustangs or maverick rims.
Anyway here's some pictures to hopefully keep you guys interested
I got it all stripped to a bare frame today which was pretty hassle free with no stuck parts to deal with.
Did realise that although the crankset is a bonti race lite one it it's obviously a later replacement part.....no bother tho as it now means I can replace it with an m739 XT one when it gets built back up and have the complete groupset which is great as literally everything else is XT even down to hubs and headset.
First on the agenda will be getting some new graphics sorted and the frame sorted.
I've decided I'm going to have a go at stripping and respraying the frame myself with this one so if anyone has and recommendations on paint strippers and paints to use that will give a really nice and hopefully hard wearing finish then please let me know .
I'm pretty confident that most of the parts will clean up nicely although the forks are shot so will need a rebuild with with some new elastometers or some spring replacements.
The only other thing id like to source is some new rims to build up on the existing hubs as the bonti Mustang ones on there have pretty worn braking surfaces I can find a replacement pair of Mustangs or maverick rims.
Anyway here's some pictures to hopefully keep you guys interested
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