the abominable snowman and his favourite diner

[Elev12k]

Took delivery of this American legend yesterday. The for this frame only right fork (AccuTrax) is there too.

I can already imagine the build: ATAC, white gear, plain hard core kit. The frame requires stepped ferules and the funny routing front mech, but fortunately I have them.

 

[Bensherman]

Wow, gonna be checking this build out. Nice buy.

 

[sinnett177]

Wow Melvin, very nice.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

nice!
is the gusset at the seatclamp original?

 

[Elev12k]

Nope. Repair. The repair looks properly performed. This seatclamp area was a relatively notorious spot on the early Patco Yetis I believe. The frame as been refinished and is never moved after that I have been told. It looks pretty much spotless. The AccuTrax that came with it has a 1-1/8 steerer. I have a 1-1/8 Onza Mongo, so with cups it should make a nice ensemble me thinks.

@all
Much appreciation for the kind words. Yetis have emotions too.

 

[stumpjumper1990]

Very cool!

Love your eye for detail! Those oranges are nice!

 

[driven]

very cool should i give my adress so you can drop it off

 

[JustKev]

Nice. Whats the frame number?

Certainly not a factory colour but I like it.

 

[kaiser]

Superb!! Dutch special colour

 

[24pouces]

Melvin… it's abominable !!!!!!

So, abominable accutrax and abominable A-TAC !
No anodised parts : they are not acceptable on such a frame !

Yeti usually fits 1"1/4 headset. I couldn't find a devolution ChrisKing headset for mine (CK doesn't buit them any more), and the only elegant solution was to find an 1" 1/4 Thread Accu-trax.
Yes, you could put shims on the frame but I'm not sure of the aesthetic…
Look at that http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250759039751#ht_500wt_1156 for your frame , but need an abominable orange respray !