ProFlex 1996 856 Rebuild - ON HOLD !!!

[legrandefromage]

good gravey - just read the whole thread.

Makes my cobbled together shite look like, erm, cobbled together shite...

 

[detomaso]

Loving reading this thread, I've had my 757 Expert frame sitting in the garage for the past 5 months - you've really given me some inspiration to pull my finger out and get it done for the summer (not to mention finishing the gf's Beast as well...)

Top, top work

 

[oldave]

Having an hour ago aquired a Proflex (Beast, I think - altho' decals and paint not original so difficult to tell knowing nowt about them other than they always quite intrigued me!) I have just read thro' this.

Depressing, seeing what COULD be done with it and KNOWING that I have nothing like the patience to do so!

Fantastic job.

I think I'll just ride mine while the off-tarmac ground is hard and then split and sell (the Profile Ti bars are quite nice!).

 

[skinnyboy]

Any updates?? Loving this thread, nice attention to detail squire!

 

[WD Pro]

Thanks for the comments

As per normal I haven’t got very much to report, other commitments have ment build time has been limited, but I have been keeping my eye out for quality parts when the price is right

M970 rear (with Ti bolt kit) :

M971 front (with Ti bolt kit) :

I also picked up a Dura ace / XTR chain. So far I have managed to acquire (all new / boxed and all 970 or 971) brake / shifter combo levers, V brakes (f&r), both mechs and the chain cheaper than the rrp of just the combo levers :shock:

Crank and cassette seem to be the hard items to pick up cheap but I will keep looking … :?

Father Christmas delivered a nice USE carbon post courtesy of ‘Corduroyboy’ :

If he says something is like new, it really is like new

I also sourced a spare set of vectors (off ‘mackem’) so I now have a full spare front end in case of any future ‘mishaps’ :

Just how flat have those elastomers gone ? :shock: :

I did manage to prep the swing arm which really just consisted of flatting the scratches out and cleaning up the casting / forging ready for powder :

Note the chamfer on the front pivot. This was apparently a factory mod to allow more front mech clearance when on the granny ring. Hopefully it will work with the XTR mech – if not the granny ring will be coming off because the mech wont be !

WD

 

[sinnett177]

Inspiring stuff as always WD-Pro.

 

[orange71]

never noticed that chamfer before :shock:

 

[Ally]

If you're running compact rings, the clearence should be fine, if chainset is standard size, I modified my front mech to avoid the frame clash.

Looking forward to updates.

 

[Corduroyboy]

Father Christmas delivered a nice USE carbon post courtesy of ‘Corduroyboy’ :

If he says something is like new, it really is like new

Though I get the feeling that you could even improve the finish of the USE 'post!

 

[sammydog]

Loving this thread. I had been following your posts on the proflex forum, but you have a lot more on here.

Great to see the way this has evolved. I ended up getting around the mech/swingarm clearance issue by going 1x9 with my setup.

I'll be checking back here though to see how it continues to evolve.