Merlin Rebuild

[hossegor]

This is the base for my new winter project

It Arrived in late summer from the US but i did not have time to start building until now.



First i needed to replace the Bottom bracket bearings...




Tange Forks :



XT Steerer






The Good old Flite :




Other goodies



I would like a Salsa or Cook Stem, bit for now the Syncros will do





Pauls :



XTM732 :

 

[hossegor]

First Check :

 

[john]

Looks great :xmas-cool:

Not sure if the risers suit though.

 

[hossegor]

hi John,

thanx, you mean the handlebars ?

they just happened to be in my partsbox with the Syncros stem.

I will replace them with a Syncros hardcore bar as soon as i find one

Marc

 

[john]

hi John,

thanx, you mean the handlebars ?

they just happened to be in my partsbox with the Syncros stem.

I will replace them with a Syncros hardcore bar as soon as i find one

Marc

Excellent :xmas-big-grin:

What year is the frame ?

 

[hossegor]

It is supposed to be a 1989 frame in XL.

It came with a Manitou fork but i prefer a rigid one

I don´t know if the original Decals have been replaced because the old frames usually have black ones.

 

[hossegor]

I got these in the mail two days ago


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[theboy]

Marc,

she is shaping up nicely, the black bits will look amazing - and I would go for a Salsa stem personally, will suit better than the Syncros

good luck!

 

[Shamus]

Nice...we have similar projects going on.

 

[ededwards]

Looking very tidy indeed. As I was scrolling down I thought "hmm, not sure about the bars" and "wonder what cranks are going on that?" and both are now answered.

For what it is worth I like the look of the Syncros stem as it matches nicely with the seatpost but with your other two thoughts you won't exactly go wrong