GSB's Whyte PRST-4 build
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Awesome thread, glad I found this trove of information.
Got two of these bikes; a PRST-4 I bought new back in 2005 (Ben Hayward Cycles), and a JW-4 I bought for secondhand for spares a few years later. Unfortunately they spend most of 2005-2015 unused due to health reasons, but I fully rebuilt both a couple of years ago. Curiously its the JW-4 that gets most of the riding these days. I'm in Colorado now, and get plenty of comments about these bikes.
If anyone's interested I can find my rebuild notes; one of the biggest items that I remember is carefully shimming all the front bearings - eliminating almost all of the front-end noise.
Biggest issue are still the shocks. suggestions on (i) the best (Fox?) shocks to pick and (ii) setup appreciated.
Got two of these bikes; a PRST-4 I bought new back in 2005 (Ben Hayward Cycles), and a JW-4 I bought for secondhand for spares a few years later. Unfortunately they spend most of 2005-2015 unused due to health reasons, but I fully rebuilt both a couple of years ago. Curiously its the JW-4 that gets most of the riding these days. I'm in Colorado now, and get plenty of comments about these bikes.
If anyone's interested I can find my rebuild notes; one of the biggest items that I remember is carefully shimming all the front bearings - eliminating almost all of the front-end noise.
Biggest issue are still the shocks. suggestions on (i) the best (Fox?) shocks to pick and (ii) setup appreciated.
As a business associate of mine once said, everything is for sale. At the right price... He’s a little more mercenary than I am though, I’d only asked him how his wife was...
Anyway, the bike is a thing of wonder, and I’ve poured a great deal into it. It’s bloody lovely to ride and to look at. It’s the bike I always promised myself and since I completed it I have a) not wanted any other bike at all, and b) not ridden it... It’s hanging in a bike bag in my cupboard, hooked up alongside my similarly unused wheelsets, spare tyres, and my wifes bike. It gets an annual shakedown, shocks and tyres aired up and a ride round the block to make sure everything is still in good order and then it goes back in the cupboard. the last time I rode it in anger must be 3 years ago....
Make me an offer, what’s the worst that can happen?
Hi GSB, I have another 3 PRSTs that I am interested in so if you are seriously considering selling your bike could you please contact me ASAP (or let me know if you have changed your mind). Thanks.
