RickTheUncivil
Old School Grand Master
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I picked up a bike last year, it was nice. So I set about taking it apart and making it mine....
It came loaded with nice grey XTR and modern ancillaries, so I picked the bits I wanted to keep, and reallocated those parts I wanted to swap out.
It arrived sporting some orange Bomber Z1 forks, looked nice but fancied something lighter. I had a set of black Z5 fly lights lying about so went for them. Trouble is I can't get the air right in them, so traded in these RST's. Not sure about the colour but they work well and are fairly weeny on the weight.
Middleburn cranks and rings
KCNC cassette is featherweight and there are matching jockey wheels.
XTR 95x brakes, shifters, chain and rear mech, slightly newer front mech.
Avid levers are a compromise at the mo.
Wheels are ex of my RC200, NOS XT hubs and Swami rims that match the Ti colour nicely.
Syncros carbon bars, and syncros carbon-look post
Hope headset, stem and seat clamp, nice Ti/ kevlar saddle. Lovely.
Plans.
Well, I need to settle on the fork:
RST XMO, Vgc, light, work excellent, but blue? Steerer tube a teeny bit short too.
Orange Bomber Z1 BAM, vgc inside and out, and match decals well, but heavy
BLACK Bomber Z5 Fly Light Air, gc and match black parts nicely, but can't get air in them so not much use. And rather heavy which was disappointing given the name!
Need to fettle a bit, gears and brakes need fine tuning. Chain needs a few links removed too.
That's it I think!
So there we go a light but not daft build on a decent Ti frame.
Oh yeah, it says King Kahuna on the frame, but there is no further evidence of this, like the fancy tubes and gussets, or a K serial number, so I guess this was the previous owner either trying it on or using up the stickers!
Cheers!
Update April 2018 - new title for rebooted build!
It came loaded with nice grey XTR and modern ancillaries, so I picked the bits I wanted to keep, and reallocated those parts I wanted to swap out.
It arrived sporting some orange Bomber Z1 forks, looked nice but fancied something lighter. I had a set of black Z5 fly lights lying about so went for them. Trouble is I can't get the air right in them, so traded in these RST's. Not sure about the colour but they work well and are fairly weeny on the weight.
Middleburn cranks and rings
KCNC cassette is featherweight and there are matching jockey wheels.
XTR 95x brakes, shifters, chain and rear mech, slightly newer front mech.
Avid levers are a compromise at the mo.
Wheels are ex of my RC200, NOS XT hubs and Swami rims that match the Ti colour nicely.
Syncros carbon bars, and syncros carbon-look post
Hope headset, stem and seat clamp, nice Ti/ kevlar saddle. Lovely.
Plans.
Well, I need to settle on the fork:
RST XMO, Vgc, light, work excellent, but blue? Steerer tube a teeny bit short too.
Orange Bomber Z1 BAM, vgc inside and out, and match decals well, but heavy
BLACK Bomber Z5 Fly Light Air, gc and match black parts nicely, but can't get air in them so not much use. And rather heavy which was disappointing given the name!
Need to fettle a bit, gears and brakes need fine tuning. Chain needs a few links removed too.
That's it I think!
So there we go a light but not daft build on a decent Ti frame.
Oh yeah, it says King Kahuna on the frame, but there is no further evidence of this, like the fancy tubes and gussets, or a K serial number, so I guess this was the previous owner either trying it on or using up the stickers!
Cheers!
Update April 2018 - new title for rebooted build!
to my face. And according to my strava app thing I was faster this morning on the Kona than I was last night on the same route on the B17, which is good to know.
