Just picked this up today. Believe it's a 1997 model(?), as it's an early version with steel chainstays before DeKerf went to ti stays. Poor pic is from the seller. Will start "addressing" issues with "nasty" components tomorrow and provide better pics.
The good: DeKerf 853 Team ST frame with working soft tail suspension, Marzocchi Z2 atom bomb, Avid Ultimate brake levers, Spinergy SPOX wheelset, matching grey RF headset and cranks w/DeKerf chainrings, XTR m950 v-brakes and shifters (but missing indicators), Thomson Elite seatpost.
The (obvious) bad: cheap BMX style bars, silly axiom stem, crappy "comfort" saddle, garbage pedals, meh tyres.
So far what I've got planned are stealing the Avid Arch Supreme brakes off my Generation and sub in some canti on that. Also changing the silver w/blue decal 97 atom bombs to a set of 98 black w/blue decal atom bombs that use to be on the 96 Blizzard build I once had.
The good: DeKerf 853 Team ST frame with working soft tail suspension, Marzocchi Z2 atom bomb, Avid Ultimate brake levers, Spinergy SPOX wheelset, matching grey RF headset and cranks w/DeKerf chainrings, XTR m950 v-brakes and shifters (but missing indicators), Thomson Elite seatpost.
The (obvious) bad: cheap BMX style bars, silly axiom stem, crappy "comfort" saddle, garbage pedals, meh tyres.
So far what I've got planned are stealing the Avid Arch Supreme brakes off my Generation and sub in some canti on that. Also changing the silver w/blue decal 97 atom bombs to a set of 98 black w/blue decal atom bombs that use to be on the 96 Blizzard build I once had.