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Had a thread up a few days ago and pulled it as there is still a debate going on with whether it's a late 1997 or early 1998 frame which puts me in a dilemma with the correct Retrobike forum. Let's take it as late '97 for now.....
After making a plea on here Gil_m dropped me a line to say that he had a Metalhead and the deal was soon done. The purists on here won't like me as it really needed a new paint job, you don't see how bad the smurf blue paint was chipping away from the frame, I reckon the previous owners will back me up on this too.
It has been sat collecting a little dust for a while until I was able to pull in a favour from a friend who gave it a new powdercoat.... and now the build has commenced.
The Judy DH was initially for my Yeti build and I had the lowers painted at Spectrum alongside that frame, however the Yeti is sporting a more fitting Manitou 4 fork so the Judy has been sat surplus. Whether the forks change to Z2 Atom Bombs remains to be seen, as it stands they will be fine for the time being. The forks have been fitted with springs and aftermarket cartridges.
I have spoken at length with Frank, Chris C and Jimmy P (part of the original Spooky crew) about the frame. The dating issue arises from the lack of disk brake mount bolt holes on the rear drops and the BMX BB shell, it was Jimmy that brought in the BMX BB shells so that places it late 1997 to 1998 onwards. 1998 saw the introduction of the disk mount holes this then puts the frame to late 97/early 98....... and hence the predicament.
Speaking with Chris, their early Spooky team builds across the board were by and largely Ringle based so that's my starting point. My Ringle stuff's a bit of a mis-match colour wise however I aim to hone it all in over time. Other hardware will be Brooklyn Machine Works kit which is a perfect match for Spooky, as it was back then. As much as I would like to fit Profile three-piece cranks I'm going against this, and do realise it's a bit of a sacrilege... it's purely to save some weight. Metalheads can become portly buggers you see. Maybe further down the line I will see the error of my ways but until then a pair of nice square taper cranks will suffice!
This is going to be a bit of a slow build and I will update this thread it goes along........
After making a plea on here Gil_m dropped me a line to say that he had a Metalhead and the deal was soon done. The purists on here won't like me as it really needed a new paint job, you don't see how bad the smurf blue paint was chipping away from the frame, I reckon the previous owners will back me up on this too.
It has been sat collecting a little dust for a while until I was able to pull in a favour from a friend who gave it a new powdercoat.... and now the build has commenced.
The Judy DH was initially for my Yeti build and I had the lowers painted at Spectrum alongside that frame, however the Yeti is sporting a more fitting Manitou 4 fork so the Judy has been sat surplus. Whether the forks change to Z2 Atom Bombs remains to be seen, as it stands they will be fine for the time being. The forks have been fitted with springs and aftermarket cartridges.
I have spoken at length with Frank, Chris C and Jimmy P (part of the original Spooky crew) about the frame. The dating issue arises from the lack of disk brake mount bolt holes on the rear drops and the BMX BB shell, it was Jimmy that brought in the BMX BB shells so that places it late 1997 to 1998 onwards. 1998 saw the introduction of the disk mount holes this then puts the frame to late 97/early 98....... and hence the predicament.
Speaking with Chris, their early Spooky team builds across the board were by and largely Ringle based so that's my starting point. My Ringle stuff's a bit of a mis-match colour wise however I aim to hone it all in over time. Other hardware will be Brooklyn Machine Works kit which is a perfect match for Spooky, as it was back then. As much as I would like to fit Profile three-piece cranks I'm going against this, and do realise it's a bit of a sacrilege... it's purely to save some weight. Metalheads can become portly buggers you see. Maybe further down the line I will see the error of my ways but until then a pair of nice square taper cranks will suffice!
This is going to be a bit of a slow build and I will update this thread it goes along........
