the mysterious leemur Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Right so I'm getting my old YaaBaa frame back! And thanks to my awesome tech/design & manufacture teacher at my school , I will be taking it in to do some work on at a lunch sometime. Basically I'm going to try and shave down as much weight as possible from the frame as it is a bit heavy ( 1.8kg iirc) , anybody have any suggestions of areas to save some weight? I have some plans at the moment but would be interested to see what ideas people can think off. Afterwards I will be spraying the frame black , build it with silver/black parts and put blue koxx trades on. Pics will be up when the project is complete (not for a while). Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Dont spray it. No point. Anodize it and save more weight! Looks what Tartybikes Adam did to his Czar, search for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Guess you were referring to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Guess you were referring to this? http://www.trials-fo...hl__ czar adam Thats the one sir. Im just lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Thanks for posting about that thread, I had no idea Adam had done that all those years ago Internal cable routing is a sign of commitment for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 spraying it will counter any weight saving efforts, so raw that bad boy, drill the headtube, seat tube and maybe the wierd extra bit of tub that meets the toptube and stays... i presume it's this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 I got a 2003 echo team down to 1.1kg with a file and drill. Internal cable routing is a piece of cake, looks a lot harder than it is. Cut vertical slots in seattube, a lot of the headtube, get rid of any bash mounts, shorten and file dropouts, cut out the 'tail', chop off disc mount, get rid of any brake lugs etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 no problem bud. You could also include a hole in the BB, being lazy again but i remember someone drilling the TT with 4 or 5 big holes, not 100% sure on it though! (i think it was an Ashton) Anodising is lighter than raw somehow. £80 well spent i'd say . Where the hole on the frame is (TT meeting ST/ Brace) you could 'shave' around it so it sits flush and looks nice! I love seeing builds so make sure you slap some pictures of your progress on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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