Fat Chance 1992 Yo Eddy Rebuild

[WD Pro]

Oh I see what you mean now, the use posts don’t have a hole in the hidden end. I always thought that the posts that did were so they could be locked with a u lock to the bike to stop seat / post theft ?

Anyhow, what was that old saying ? Something along the lines of “You wait ages for a bus and then two come along at once” …































































New one should clean up great and very easily – just a quick buff needed You can see the difference in hole size required to remove the damage from the first post :



I now have four of these things … :facepalm: Five if I include a short NOS purple one … :facepalm: :facepalm:

Three of the Ti ones are in use though (Marin / Airborne / Yo) and the purple one is earmarked for the GF’s bike

WD

 

[Rampage]

There ones for sale on here at the moment too!
Is the purple one anodised titanium?

 

[WD Pro]

Yeah I have seen that one There's a couple of things up with it though (if I were buying it) - it's to expensive for my taste and it doesn't need anything messing with ...

Unless I am chasing NOS, I prefer to buy cheap and recondition - wait till you see my sub £8 Ti Ringle skewer If I had paid good money for the yo or bought a mint / original one, I wouldn't be having all this fun now ... ;-)

Yeah the post is definitely ally, definitely NOS, definitely very short (220mm) and definitely very purple !

Your comment on Ti anodising is playing on my mind now though ...

• Frame = Purple / Lilac / Violet
• Anodising = Purple
• Decals = Purple
• Grips = Purple / Pink
• Ti forks, bars, bars ends and post = Ti anodised purple ... ?

Hhhhmmmm ...

WD

 

[brocklanders023]

Keep it coming WD. Once again you are running the best thread on RB.

 

[WD Pro]

Just got back from an extended vacation I am hoping to get a few more bits done over the Christmas break, but we will see ...

Ref this comment and the price of original forks ... :?

Thanks for the comments If you have a spare Yo fork (at sensible money ), please let me know ... ;-)

The last two pairs I watched on eBay went for £308.60 and £363.01 (including postage to the UK) ... :shock:

The advert for the second set mentioned some import charges of £100.35 actually making the true cost £463.36 ... :shock: :shock:

I guess I won't be getting a pair of original forks any time soon then ... :-(

I am in need of a OE / DKG seat post clamp if anyone has one ?

I did buy one off 'sbrian' (he's on fat cogs and Retrobike), but didn't hear anything after I had paid and then needed paypal to get me my money back ... :evil:

It's this type I am after, this was a generic picture I found :



These are the pictures I got off sbrian for the one I thought I was buying :





Perhaps it was just a simple misunderstanding and he thought I was paying $42 for a couple of pictures ... :roll:

WD

 

[kingroon]

Whilst not a "period" part, DKG still make clamps.. http://dkg-cnc.com/seatpost295.html

They sit nice.. Here's one on my IF Ti..

 

[heathcliff]

very nice, nothing like a new project !

 

[mauricer]

DKG do sit nice, but not with the Yo Eddy frame clamp hole (or whatever you would call it). Tried it and it didn't work out.

Best

Moritz

 

[WD Pro]

Thanks for the comments and the info

I think I am going to hold out for an original clamp - I am not exactly in a rush ...

WD

 

[WD Pro]

I have decided to fit the obligatory Ringle holeys (they will go well with the stem) but the cost of these things for a good set seems to have gone a bit silly lately ... :shock: :-(

I already had a spare set of hard anodised black levers for the bear valley and I wasn't prepared to use / reanodise those so the hunt began

These have been picked up over a period of time and all at good prices ranging from very cheap to reasonable. I will systematically strip, refurb, reanodise and rebuild these.



I will keep this thread I did updated with the full instructions and photos : viewtopic.php?f=1&t=198359&hilit=ringle and add the extra 'refurb' bits as I go along

This was the first one I bought off here :



It was described as :

"Ringle, faded & used but in ok condition. Nice skewer for a workhorse, but not good enough for an exhibition bike"

This is it now :



The blue one came from eBay, but also from a user on here. It's battered but it was less than £8 delivered and has donated a lever, barrel and nut so I can't complain - I actually suspect the lever will be one of the ones that ends up on the Yo ... ;-)

All of them stripped down well, other than the stainless axle (blue) one which I had to trash the axle - no problem though as the stainless axles are cheap and easy to make / replace

These are bits I had (in addition to the above, other than the purple one). The hard anodised levers in the bags, there is a NOS set of Ti axles there to :



More coming soon ...

WD