CurtisRider Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) Since getting back into mountainbiking again after my back operation, I have been gradually wanting to have a play bike again but lack of funds wasn't allowing it. One day I popped onto TF and saw a thread for a free Pashley frame and forks that needed some love, a few PMs later and it was mine Now this will never be a super slick awesome build due to minimal funds, just a simple reliable street bike that is built from cheap but reliable parts. I am fortunate to have a few parts leftover from my old GHZ (from a few years back) as well as parts removed from both mine and my girlfriends mountainbikes as they have been upgraded, giving me plenty of parts to get started with. So this is the frame and the parts I have so far: Whacked togther with what I have kicking about here at uni: Plan is to strip the frame and forks back, repair the frames broken V boss, replace the vertical dropouts with horizontal and give them a nice fresh coat of paint (either black, silver, maroon or red as thats all I have in the shed) Components I have so far (keeping an eye on weight, I find it interesting): Pashley 26 MHZ 2041g (£10 for courier) Pashley forks 994g (came with frame) Xt rear brake 221g (came with some forks I bought for my girlfriends bike) Btwin QR skewers 124g (came off my MTB) Tektro front brake 200g (came off girlfriends bike) Specialized front wheel 1041g (came off girlfriends bike) Hope Bulb ti rear 372g (£10) FSA Maximum bars 350g (came free with a frame I bought ages ago) Fly Reuben grips 128g (spares from my last MTB) Proper linear slick cable 78g (£5 in CRC sale) FSA Orbit Extreme headset 117g (came with frame) 2xstandard tubes 440g (from last MTB) Parts I have at home (Getting them mid Feb): Panaracer Fire XC 2.1 Schwalbe Big Betty 2.5 Premium lite 3 piece cranks with 5 arm spider and bash Wellgo B38 flat pedals Spanish fly pads Heatsink pads Superstar singlespeed kit Pauls V booster Sun Big Mammoth Fat rim Parts in the post: XTR levers (£15) Eclat padded seat/post combo (£10) FSA 120mm stem (free from Mark) Need to get: KMC Kool chain Spokes for rear wheel build Cost so far is £50, I am hoping to keep it under £100 in total. Thread will be work in progress. A MASSIVE thanks to Mark (eMAyaRKay) for his generosity and getting the frameset wrapped up, what an awesome fella! Edited February 9, 2013 by CurtisRider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny00135 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Looks, freakin', sweet!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Bike good, name change bad (and also not correct now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 yeah,beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Cheers lads can't wait to get it all built up Luke, that's a forum name I used to have on others so it was easy to remember! I had to change it for school teacher reasons (I did once have a Curtis, although it was a nasty thing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 I've an old wheel with a big fat mammoth 32h rim you can have for postage costs if it'll help? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 PM'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) will you repair the canti boss or have you thought of going for 4bolt mounts instead? as it is steel your literally free to do what you ike... Edited February 9, 2013 by FamilyBiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Sticking with V brakes as I dislike Maguras rather alot and I already have Vs. I wondered about mounting them under the stays like I did on the 24 frame I made, as well as reverse mounts on the forks, although that will prevent me from doing any footjams if I wanted to do them again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 how could someone dislike maggies??? nah,just joking,dont want to start a religious debate here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 How can somebody not like Vs? I have had plenty of Maguras in my time, and always gone back to V brakes and wondered why I ever changed! Personal preference and all that I whacked some spare Stylos and my MTB wheels onto the Pashley , the idea of dual disc is quite tempting now.... :$ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) i think dual disc will take away a lot of the oldskool flavour... Edited February 10, 2013 by FamilyBiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banashapan Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 ...that would depend on disc's you'd run eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) yeah, 2005 4-piston xt would be matching that thing though. Edited February 10, 2013 by FamilyBiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 I may just add disc mounts whilst i'm at it, at least the option is there... Massive thanks to Isitafox and Banashapan for donating me a front wheel and a 5 arm chainring Not much else left to get now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Some parts arrived today Eclat seat, XTR levers, Bendy noodles from HK, FSA stem (might be a touch too long but at least I can play around) and a new KMC Kool Fitted up along with some other bits. Not sure I like the seat, may look better when the frame is sprayed and there is a bigger rear tyre on there. Got a front wheel and chainring in the post (thanks to Isitafox and Banashapan!) and some spokes ready for me to build the proper rear wheel. Three piece cranks, SS kit and some proper tyres are waiting for me at home, I am hoping to get on the lathe and make a 1 piece bash instead of bash+spider setup that I have right now. It's nearly there now though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 That stem! Needs to be about 100mm shorter! You need to get some IRC Missiles or El Gato's on there too, ooh and a DCD. Looking good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yeah I know its a little bit long! I'm hoping that I still have some old stems at home, they will be pretty tatty but will do the job. Something around 90mm should be just right going by my last Pashleys. I have a DCD at home but seeing as its having horizontal dropouts fitted, it shant be needed I hated my old El Gatos, not going to waste money on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 My back actually hurt just from looking at the last pic with the stem! Tidy build though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Are they WTB Velociraptors in a couple of the pics? That's what my '98 GT Backwoods (very first 'trials' bike) came with! Yeah I ran El Gato's for a while because they were 'trials specific' apparently but they were indeed a bit pants! Red sidewalls though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) FINE, HERE'S A SHORT STEM... Nah tyes on there are some Kona Enter (from my old 98 Hahanna) and a Maxxis High roller right now. Got a redwall Panaracer Fire XC and a Schwalbe Big Betty sitting at home, and a few others that I can't quite remember. Annoyingly I don't have my Schwalbe Big Apple anymore, would have been perfect on the front Edited February 12, 2013 by CurtisRider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Aaaaaaahwjoooi! Yeah man, loving this! Im currently building one up too, In the classic blue. Looks like a nice set-up. Iv'e found that 120x5, slammed with big risers is actually a pretty sweet spot. I'm tempted to try 130x5. But i am 6ft5.. so it may be a tad too much for others. Running 7 speed with DCD too Gona get a 6 speed hub and make a 'manual' gear arrangement with wide cogs. Can't stand pedaling to spots in 22-17 these days! One of the best looking trials frame ever made. Good luck with it bro. Interested in what you were sayin about putting horzontals on there.. Keep it posted! And i do agree.. needs a slightly longer seat and a decent rear booster. Gotta be the flexiest seatstays around?! Tentpoles! Ride on. Edited February 13, 2013 by sharn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swill Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 i used to run an xtr vee with homemade carbon booster on mine felt better than maggy but that was years ago before you had the array of choice of boosters now. sweet to see some people still using these legendary frames, just be carefully not to fall or drop them sideways on the downtubes as bats how i killed mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I have a few boosters to try Completely stripped the frame and forks today, fixed the v brake mount and resprayed them. Didn't whack on the horizontal mounts as I really couldn't be bothered, i'll do it next time i'm back if I fancy it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Is that spray or primer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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