hello,
my first one.
started out as a work bike this spring after my giant 92 team was stolen after 9 ! years of urban use......
posted this bike a while a go in its workbike form
then inspired by all the craze here i tore the thing apart over xmas .
concept was to build something, urban, contemporary, non period correct in its looks
albeit with period correct 90ies parts......
....soften the superharsh frame up some...
and keep it raw, with a lot of metal shades.....
i still wanted to use the thing and keep the cost in the range of a modern day badboy
so VGC was prefered over NOS wherever possible.
the bike was raw as i bought it , so i had the frame shotpeened for the macbook pro look , came out a lil rough, but i still like it
although it has only been a 6 week project the bike has gone thru various iterations already,
a 517 wheelset had to make place for a more period correct 217,
black syncros parts had to go for titanium stuff,
arround new years i realized i had to get another silver/black/metal colored frame
to make use of everything that i obtained for this bike to not use it in the end ; )
still a few modern parts to loose, but getting there....
new old grips are coming ,
suggestions for a front brake ( ´99 xt 750 atm)
a rear cable hanger ( anybody has a black machine tech?)
and a titanium bottom bracket
are very welcome!
still have to iron out a few kinks here and there
and have the bike store correct a few assembly mistakes caused by my limited bike knowledge
but i am pretty pleased with the result so far.
about 4 weeks into the project i started throwing money at it so i stopped buying stuff for now.....
parts ( to be continued)
frame :
sm 800 52012900962 welded by TC
fork : pepperoni also from 1990 forgot to jot down the serial when it was dissasembled.
wheels: 217 / hope titanium / titanium freewheel from a 91 klein attitude VGC
tires ritchey tom slicks ( from the same klein attitiude) VGC
crank ritchey/ sugino in black/ alu 175 (originally owned by the 1990ies german bontrager distributor ) VGC
chainrings Ritchey 46/34/24 VGC
crankscrews Ritchey titanium
pedals shogun complites NOS
BB shimano UN 55 for chainline check
Headset Cane creek 110 ( the only modern part to stay, sort of the "renovated in the year of " plaquette on an old building : )
stem: look 110 titanium from 1997 NOS ( could use something shorter, and itflexes like hell..)
handlebar: ibis ancotec TI VGC
seatpost Thomson Titanium VGC ( a lil long at 370mm , open for swaps to a shorter size)
Rear Brake MT cantiVGC
front brake XT 750 ( came with frame)
Levers: Paul 2,5 old with titanium screws GC
shifters 800 xrays VGC
new titanium canti posts
saddle 1994 flite titanium in grey perfo VGC /NOS
casette 737 NOS
rear xt 737 rear VGC
front NOS 739 coming LX ATM
locked sqewers, new and titanium, didn´t find 90ies antitheft stuff....
9.2 kg as is
thanks for all the inspiration!
thanks for all the parts!
rio
my first one.
started out as a work bike this spring after my giant 92 team was stolen after 9 ! years of urban use......
posted this bike a while a go in its workbike form
then inspired by all the craze here i tore the thing apart over xmas .
concept was to build something, urban, contemporary, non period correct in its looks
albeit with period correct 90ies parts......
....soften the superharsh frame up some...
and keep it raw, with a lot of metal shades.....
i still wanted to use the thing and keep the cost in the range of a modern day badboy
so VGC was prefered over NOS wherever possible.
the bike was raw as i bought it , so i had the frame shotpeened for the macbook pro look , came out a lil rough, but i still like it
although it has only been a 6 week project the bike has gone thru various iterations already,
a 517 wheelset had to make place for a more period correct 217,
black syncros parts had to go for titanium stuff,
arround new years i realized i had to get another silver/black/metal colored frame
to make use of everything that i obtained for this bike to not use it in the end ; )
still a few modern parts to loose, but getting there....
new old grips are coming ,
suggestions for a front brake ( ´99 xt 750 atm)
a rear cable hanger ( anybody has a black machine tech?)
and a titanium bottom bracket
are very welcome!
still have to iron out a few kinks here and there
and have the bike store correct a few assembly mistakes caused by my limited bike knowledge
but i am pretty pleased with the result so far.
about 4 weeks into the project i started throwing money at it so i stopped buying stuff for now.....
parts ( to be continued)
frame :
sm 800 52012900962 welded by TC
fork : pepperoni also from 1990 forgot to jot down the serial when it was dissasembled.
wheels: 217 / hope titanium / titanium freewheel from a 91 klein attitude VGC
tires ritchey tom slicks ( from the same klein attitiude) VGC
crank ritchey/ sugino in black/ alu 175 (originally owned by the 1990ies german bontrager distributor ) VGC
chainrings Ritchey 46/34/24 VGC
crankscrews Ritchey titanium
pedals shogun complites NOS
BB shimano UN 55 for chainline check
Headset Cane creek 110 ( the only modern part to stay, sort of the "renovated in the year of " plaquette on an old building : )
stem: look 110 titanium from 1997 NOS ( could use something shorter, and itflexes like hell..)
handlebar: ibis ancotec TI VGC
seatpost Thomson Titanium VGC ( a lil long at 370mm , open for swaps to a shorter size)
Rear Brake MT cantiVGC
front brake XT 750 ( came with frame)
Levers: Paul 2,5 old with titanium screws GC
shifters 800 xrays VGC
new titanium canti posts
saddle 1994 flite titanium in grey perfo VGC /NOS
casette 737 NOS
rear xt 737 rear VGC
front NOS 739 coming LX ATM
locked sqewers, new and titanium, didn´t find 90ies antitheft stuff....
9.2 kg as is
thanks for all the inspiration!
thanks for all the parts!
rio
