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Re: Captain Kirk’s Mg Revolution.
thanks for the comments hopefully this tickets a few boxes......
Parts bin raided, and what a trip…..
Finally found a home for some of those retro parts I’ve been hoarding that didn’t work on previous builds but couldn’t bring myself to sell on.
Top of the list is the NOS Girvin flex stem, finally out of the box after being left on the shelf for 20+ years, what a lump ! but the reach and height is spot on for me, daft as it sounds I’m actually quite thrilled to be able to try this as I never had one B.I.T.D and it seems to fit the tone of the build perfectly.
Up front its now sporting XT thumb shifters and M733 Levers along with a new set of Mike Muz’s all-time favourite grips on some nice black bars, after a strip and a clean of the thumbies I found a new top cap which makes at least one look like new,
The jury’s out on the Silver bar ends, but I fitted them all the same as they’re great for climbing and I do want to ride this.
Next one out was the XT M732 rear wheel and the pseudo Disc (cover) I bought as it seemed like a good idea at the time but couldn’t find a permanent home for it as it just doesn’t work on other builds but with the white forks up front it’s balanced, and the highly reflective logo are cool as hell.
The rear is joined up front with a nice m730 mated to a spare set of RM20’s
Apart from the tyres being budget black walled items and largely shagged, the smell from them was unbelievable so it never was in doubt that they would be going. Step forward a reproduction Smoke for the rear and since I really don’t like Darts nor a Smoke on the front I found this Panaracer for the front.
The XT theme continues with the brakes and topped off with a bit of Anno to pick up purple accent in the graphics and a subtle nod to the early 90’s, the brakes and lever combo gave me a good excuse to use some more 6mm SLR cable with 2mm inner for that industrial look, The old SLR stuff looks like rope when sat side by side with modern (cheese wire) brake cable.
The frame even helped me in that score as it was designed to run the stuff, Thankfully I also had a supply of 5mm gear outer to sit alongside it and topped off with 3DV end caps. After a good clean with Peeks metal polish the front mech is back to looking nice again
Being cheap tat from the far east the seat post was a beyond saving, and being silver it no longer worked for me anyway so a donar 27.0mm post has been borrowed from my Endorphin for the time being, if this all works I’ll look for an XT replacement,
The saddle’s not a problem as I’ve got more of them than I have projects and this Red label from 1991 so fits perfectly,
So here’s to a perfectly pointless build, hopefully a lap of Mountain Mayhem in June but in the meantime a few rides out on it ……. Oh a few links out of that chain !
minor_LEGEND":nr58vz6a said:
thanks for the comments hopefully this tickets a few boxes......
Parts bin raided, and what a trip…..
Finally found a home for some of those retro parts I’ve been hoarding that didn’t work on previous builds but couldn’t bring myself to sell on.
Top of the list is the NOS Girvin flex stem, finally out of the box after being left on the shelf for 20+ years, what a lump ! but the reach and height is spot on for me, daft as it sounds I’m actually quite thrilled to be able to try this as I never had one B.I.T.D and it seems to fit the tone of the build perfectly.
Up front its now sporting XT thumb shifters and M733 Levers along with a new set of Mike Muz’s all-time favourite grips on some nice black bars, after a strip and a clean of the thumbies I found a new top cap which makes at least one look like new,
The jury’s out on the Silver bar ends, but I fitted them all the same as they’re great for climbing and I do want to ride this.
Next one out was the XT M732 rear wheel and the pseudo Disc (cover) I bought as it seemed like a good idea at the time but couldn’t find a permanent home for it as it just doesn’t work on other builds but with the white forks up front it’s balanced, and the highly reflective logo are cool as hell.
The rear is joined up front with a nice m730 mated to a spare set of RM20’s
Apart from the tyres being budget black walled items and largely shagged, the smell from them was unbelievable so it never was in doubt that they would be going. Step forward a reproduction Smoke for the rear and since I really don’t like Darts nor a Smoke on the front I found this Panaracer for the front.
The XT theme continues with the brakes and topped off with a bit of Anno to pick up purple accent in the graphics and a subtle nod to the early 90’s, the brakes and lever combo gave me a good excuse to use some more 6mm SLR cable with 2mm inner for that industrial look, The old SLR stuff looks like rope when sat side by side with modern (cheese wire) brake cable.
The frame even helped me in that score as it was designed to run the stuff, Thankfully I also had a supply of 5mm gear outer to sit alongside it and topped off with 3DV end caps. After a good clean with Peeks metal polish the front mech is back to looking nice again
Being cheap tat from the far east the seat post was a beyond saving, and being silver it no longer worked for me anyway so a donar 27.0mm post has been borrowed from my Endorphin for the time being, if this all works I’ll look for an XT replacement,
The saddle’s not a problem as I’ve got more of them than I have projects and this Red label from 1991 so fits perfectly,
So here’s to a perfectly pointless build, hopefully a lap of Mountain Mayhem in June but in the meantime a few rides out on it ……. Oh a few links out of that chain !
