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Must admit I have now swapped the Ardent for a Holly roller. Though there's not much between the two the ardent is a huge 2.4 whereas the roller is 2.3 but much much smaller. Thinking I may have to take some tread off of it but seems a shame to waste it...
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Well I've now got hold of my bars and stem and had a few hops in the garden on it. Feels quite surprisingly ok with the bars at the same angle they were on my previous frame which I expected to need to move. However after a few hops in the garden riding it feels much better than I expected given that I've gone backwards in terms of geo progression.
Anyway here is how it looks untill I get a new Isis BB and my other cranks on it so these can go back on the mod. The cranks on it ATM are square taper 165mms (from my mod) an
d have stood the test of time and though I don't ride much any more have had years of abuse and still stiff and awesome.
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If you can lace it up yourself why not just replace the rim?
Though if you have to pay to have it built up it may work out cheaper to grab a second hand wheel maybe off here or ebay.
Don't forget you'll need a smaller tyre too. Though you never know a wheel with tyre may pop up on here as it does often happen.
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Cheers fella will have a look at those.
My boys from previous lifetime both learned on old school hard geared short cranks and horseshoe brakes and the bikes today are amazing compared to then so I'm sure whe will end up continuing and hopefully have something smaller before she can fit on this one as it's aged 3-5.
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To anyone who saw my rant the other night Incan now happily say mum and Thea came home last night and both are thankfully all good all round.
Think some of you will relate as nanny has won a gold star and got her first bike albeit a lot title early but still adorable
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Bit of a subject change here but need to rant my Mrs gave birth to our first together this morning and 0730 and due to some issues which need to be monitored she's having to stay overnight till some point tomorrow.
I got to see her born and bond etc and be there for my Mrs in labour suite but I left at lunchtime as my Mrs was taken into the ward, however was put in her own room with baby and now due to a couple worrying things have to stay at least overnight. Don't want to go into details but I can't take food in for my Mrs or see either of them despite being there to bring her into the world etc.
Maybe I'm being a nob but it's worrying not being able to be there to hear what's going on and be there for my Mrs as she's just been through a horrendous day and lost nearly two litres of blood and urghhh.
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Got this in the last few days and set about building it up. Need to shim the front brake and fit the bars and stem when I pick them up from my parents house as well as get a new Isis bottom bracket.
Anyone got any idea which koxx level boss frame this is? Looking quickly with my Mrs sewing box tape the wheelbase looks to be 1060 with fatty forks on, and BB rise approximately +5mm.
The rear tyre is a squeeze but the 2.4 Ardent seems to fit ok so far
Will add more pics as it becomes more built up/finished...
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Is it definitely 26"?
Any idea on geo
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Did you ever build this frame up?
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Pretty sure I have a middle burn trials bash, 5 bolt sat in my spares if you still need one
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Where ever did you find a brand new elgato
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On 17/06/2018 at 11:11 PM, Ben Davies said:
twas the rage in 1999/2000 my pash had one similar but changed to an azoic O.R.C
I'm collecting parts on the slow burner to build an epic 'period correct' pashley
insta: @trials_bikes_with_saddles
I have a mono ti front hub and matching Mavic d521cd sitting spare! All depends if you want a disk upfront I guess. Not built up so would need to get that sorted out but give me a pm if your interested at all.
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here's the planet X zebdi I recently finished that my nephew is having now.
He's a short arse hence the stem.
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That looks a bit better, still need to decide on either single speeding it or sort a suitable cassette and chain out with the xtr gear.
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Yeah but impossible to find one
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17 hours ago, JohnyMilton said:
Love it, a couple retro bikes popping up on the page. I saw one of these for sale the other day, and just missed out on getting it.
Love seeing these old bikes, makes a change from Inspired and Marinos.
Look forward to seeing the finished result.
There's one set up very similar to how mines is now (changed it about yesterday) on eBay ATM and you just missed a frameset that went fairly cheap this week.
Yeah a whole lot different to modern, though nasty to ride in comparison.
The stem is pretty similar to how I had one set up years ago and this wasn't built to ride to be honest as much as hang on the wall otherwise I'd have gone for pro2s not old hope xc hubs.
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Well it's taken me forever to get anywhere the last year or so but I've now sold the planet X to my nephew so another bit of young blood in the sport.
It took forever to decide on parts and just after buying some a better thing* turned up so also have a box full of retro bits left sitting around waiting if anyone else if uoto a retro build.
However the pashley has taken a back burn for too long, and it's not going to end looking like this as I decided the triple up front looks stupid and gears, well who needs those. So the mech, shifters and cranks are going and I'm now rightly putting a pair of burns on it.
May also put a Maggy on the rear too but then I'd have an xtr-v with no use and for what I paid for it.....
Anyway I will add some more pics as I get on doing the final bits.
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Not likely unless it was already off square or theyre countersunk bolts that forced the mount to deform. Though I suspect they were flat faced bolts. Which if the shims caused the caliper to sit out of alignment as said above could cause internal stresses which after loading further through riding, could have caused strain and lead tofailure.
Though theoretically if you tightened it enough the alloy (whatever it is), the caliper is made out of, is obviously going to be lower in terms of mechanical properties than the presumably ms bolt.
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In theory a sandblasted surface has a larger surface area in terms of heat loss etc for an engine for example, however this isn't of too much relivance here as the peaks and troughs will actually make less contact area so I'm thinking your force from the the brakes will have less contact area hence higher pressure between the rim and pads.
Saying that though I'm sure pads will last a fair bit less time.
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1 hour ago, LEON said:
Nice! That must be cramped as f**k though with that stem!
Must admit I haven't ridden it yet as need to get the rear wheel re laced up.
But I have a longer Thompson Stem sitting around spare if need be.
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Here's a pic of her now complete.
Other than getting the rear wheel relaced and the front trued up she's finished.
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On 2017-3-25 at 11:06 PM, Herbertlemon102 said:
Here is one the above frames almost finished, just waiting on a few bits to arrive like seat post, peddles, stem, and front brake so can then finally take it for a ride. Also have a matching planet x saddle to replace the out of place mini seat.
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On 23/04/2017 at 1:23 AM, LEON said:
Yeah they are pretty sweepy, but unlike most I use my upsweep to sweep upwards, so I want to know what they're like in a normal position. The only pics I can find is on pogo sticks and they're virtually upside down, but 260g for a bar that big gives me doubts. I just want something to match Azonic double walls.
Is it for the zebdi?
I'm having a similar dilema but thinking of trying a trialtech stem with the pair of old tryall bars i got with the frame first, well before shelling out on more anyway.
HS33 years/levers
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I have had to fix this many times on many bikes and brakes over the years and have found an M4 bolt to work well ok it looks a bit naf but you could allways cut it down so not too much sticks out but most importantly you will still be able to use the tpi