Leading on from the thread I created about the brakes been encouraged to start a build thread.
I'll be clear from the start and say this is up at my parents and it's for a Landmark Birthday for my Partner. So my involvement is probably going to mostly be helping sources the relevant parts and showing you the progress while my Dad and Partner are mostly involved in the build.
The Bike was mostly used for Couriering/ Messengering in Canada and a little in London, but has seen some off road use and also was used in the Toronto Ice Races!
The theme, if there is one will be 'period correctness'. As anyone who's used a bike for work or maybe for long term travelling will know sometimes when a part breaks you just find the best replacement you can. So there'll be a few mismatched, but compatible parts being thrown in along the way! But since the bike is from '93 (thanks @FluffyChicken ) , trying to keep it around the early 90s where we can.
Currently we've got a rolling Chasis. Out of this, frame & fork, headset, bottom bracket, seatpost and stem, wheels and shifters... seem useable
Hoping my Dad still has the Suntour Crankset and XT mechs that were lurking. Magura's are shot and we only have the front caliper. So will be on the look out for some decent Calipers. Bar's were cut down to 47, saddle will no doubt need replacing too!
One of the weirder things is the forks. The bike was a prize from a Hamburg shop, the forks are Tange, but that's as much as we know!?
Hoping to have this at least rideable in exactly a month from now, but may go through a few versions of the rebuild? Any advice is welcome obviously!
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