Early Saracen Lovers Anonymous......

[coomber]

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Can't you use one of those saver things. Looks like a chain ring bolt with thread on inside that you first attach to the drop out then attach mech as normal? Awful description sorry!

 

[coomber]

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http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mobile/dropo ... prod26492/

 

[dw_uk2000]

Cheers, ordered the exact item yesterday.

Will see if it works.

 

[Muddy paw]

Cheers, ordered the exact item yesterday.

Will see if it works.

Theirs no reason why it shouldn't work as it's no different to using the old bolt on method of earlier rear mechs ...

 

[riddim-track]

here's some pics of the bare frame

looking amazing Adam...what did you use to clean it up?

Hey thanks Rod, just white spirits followed by t-cut and when that run out finished off with brasso and a lot of elbow grease.

Slowly reassembling it now bit by bit, just ordered some new cables online, need to get a chain and maybe a rear tyre too.

It's slowly taking shape and I'm into it more and more. I put some almost new Ritchy grips on it from the spares and like the contrast of new parts on the old well used bars, so much so I'm considering using some almost new Avid brakes and SRAM x4 flat bar shifters and rear mech I have from a old hybrid I used to use for work. Will see how the old deore stuff turns out first but find it hard to believe these brakes are going to feel safe compared to modern standards and I'm not that positive about the shifters ever working again either, we'll see. So far the current total spend is £5.88 for new straddle cables, cable inners and outers - bargain!

 

[bigshape]

picked this up off eBay this week. not sure what model it is as all of the stickers were removed aside from the tange one near the bb.

possibly a tufftrax?

I built it up today as a singlespeed using parts I had knocking around.

 

[thefunkymunki]

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Nice

 

[bigshape]

cheers. definitely needs a black seat post to finish it off but I've only got a 27.2 in my parts bin.

 

[Rodrigues]

Good score. Looks like a 1993 Tufftrax. If it is be careful with the seat post - this would normally take a 26.2 and something like 27.2 is at risk of getting stuck after a while.

Looks like you found the magic ratio - what size chainring & cog did you use?

Really like it as single speed.

 

[bigshape]

it's a 27.0 i think.
the photo is a bit deceptive (i.e. crap) as there is a tensioner fitted.
running 42 16 which is pretty much ok for a town hack.

is there anywhere to source decals for these?