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Probably should have done this before, but better late than never.
I bought the frame around 1993/4 from Bromley Bike shop (Cycleland, I think, back in the day).
It was discounted as it was one of the Cycle land race bikes. My friends and I had seen them around ridden in Shirley Hills when they were originally in white, but when they came up for sale they had all been re-sprayed orange and grey.
Being in my early teens at the time, I couldn’t afford my dream build so a set of Accu Trax forks, XT groupset and a few Syncros parts were as good as it got, although I managed to push the boat out on the rear wheel with a blue Ringle hub.
The bike took about 6-9 months to build and was eventually ready for the cyclocross events at Shirley Hills. I was a member of Addiscombe CC at the time so there was a lot of support there.
I also remember riding it on the National points series and got some reasonably good results (top 10) beating some sponsored riders.
Anyway, school finished university beckoned and the booze and clubs took over.
Once I started working, cycling took a back seat for a number of years until I was invited to take part in the London Triathlon as part of a team entry. With no training and no other bike, the Yeti was used with the only concession being road tyres.
This re-ignited the spark of cycling for me and I decided to refresh the bike (and also get a road bike).
The frame was re-sprayed back to the original colour following repairs to the seattube, Manitou forks were sourced (I always wanted these), and some NOS Ringle hubs came up for sale and so the wheels were re-built.
The Maguras actually were bought in the late 90s whilst at university and replaced the original XT.
Syncros handlebars, USE seatpost and Flite seat were all the original, however the Syncros stem and King devolution headset were acquired when the forks were fitted in around 2007.
For a short while it had a Tioga disc drive but it was damaged so it was disposed of.
Next items on the agenda are to replace the stem with something more original, possibly a Ringle in black or purple, and replace the skewers. The front is a Fast Feather Ti and the rear is a Ritchey which replaced the Fast Feather one which snapped, along with some of the eyelets on the original Ringle hub.
At the moment it doesn’t get any use but that is expected to change as it is a strong and useable bike and I plan to use it for racing again once i’ve got my fitness back.
I bought the frame around 1993/4 from Bromley Bike shop (Cycleland, I think, back in the day).
It was discounted as it was one of the Cycle land race bikes. My friends and I had seen them around ridden in Shirley Hills when they were originally in white, but when they came up for sale they had all been re-sprayed orange and grey.
Being in my early teens at the time, I couldn’t afford my dream build so a set of Accu Trax forks, XT groupset and a few Syncros parts were as good as it got, although I managed to push the boat out on the rear wheel with a blue Ringle hub.
The bike took about 6-9 months to build and was eventually ready for the cyclocross events at Shirley Hills. I was a member of Addiscombe CC at the time so there was a lot of support there.
I also remember riding it on the National points series and got some reasonably good results (top 10) beating some sponsored riders.
Anyway, school finished university beckoned and the booze and clubs took over.
Once I started working, cycling took a back seat for a number of years until I was invited to take part in the London Triathlon as part of a team entry. With no training and no other bike, the Yeti was used with the only concession being road tyres.
This re-ignited the spark of cycling for me and I decided to refresh the bike (and also get a road bike).
The frame was re-sprayed back to the original colour following repairs to the seattube, Manitou forks were sourced (I always wanted these), and some NOS Ringle hubs came up for sale and so the wheels were re-built.
The Maguras actually were bought in the late 90s whilst at university and replaced the original XT.
Syncros handlebars, USE seatpost and Flite seat were all the original, however the Syncros stem and King devolution headset were acquired when the forks were fitted in around 2007.
For a short while it had a Tioga disc drive but it was damaged so it was disposed of.
Next items on the agenda are to replace the stem with something more original, possibly a Ringle in black or purple, and replace the skewers. The front is a Fast Feather Ti and the rear is a Ritchey which replaced the Fast Feather one which snapped, along with some of the eyelets on the original Ringle hub.
At the moment it doesn’t get any use but that is expected to change as it is a strong and useable bike and I plan to use it for racing again once i’ve got my fitness back.
? It´s just you hear not often enough that such a gem will again be used for what it was build for.
