dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
We should do a full rigid/ canti brake deggers
Carnageš
Carnageš
90's Diamond Back Ascent Refurbishment
- Thread starter fossyant
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
I've got a Zaskar wants building up....
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
In fact I've got an original P7 in storage.
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
In the garden where the pics were taken, then whizzed it back in the garage to dry.
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Shakedown done. Got muddy. Back to commuter bike.
Ratchet Cat
Veteran
Very nice.
Where did you get the new frame stickers from?
Where did you get the new frame stickers from?
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
GeekDadZoid
Ćber Member
Stunning job and I love that colour. Your making me hanker after a project now.
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Slight adjustment for the majority of the commutes. Sourced some very nice XT M737 hubs and built them on some Ryde Zac rims.
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Headset was also replaced for a Tange Passage, new chain and cheap 12x25 Sunrace cassette, reduced to 7 speeds, dropped the 12 and 13, and fitted a 'bottom' spare 13. The shifters are 3 x 7.
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Hubs š, wheels - infact: whole bikeā¦.. looks really well !
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Pleased with how it's come out as it's a much used and abused bike. Built out of girders ! The hubs were Ā£50, front never built up, rear had very little use, and the grease was clean (re-packed with marine grease). They came without skewers, but had spare shimano ones anyway. Wheels built up really well with Jtek plain gauge spokes. Spokes, rims, cassette, chain and rim tape came to Ā£130. Bare wheel build with no cassette/chain was about Ā£150. Needed an additional 1mm spacer to the 3mm spacer for the 7 speeds to fit.
The older wheels (only 6 months) are cheap Decathlon jobs, but have been good - they have winter tyres on now. I wanted a set of wheels more in line with the date of the bike and other components.
The STX headset was a little tired and not locking off well as the stack height has always been a bit tight, so the Tange Passage is similar to the original headset it came with (another Tange), and it's a low stack headset, so I had plenty of fork steerer thread. Most of the bits came from SJS.
