mike425 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) I bought this frame used from Julius Czar on here last year with the intention of building it with a load of parts I have left in the garage from years ago. However, my other half had a baby 4 months ago and I just have never found time until recently. I bought a new clear 660 about 16 years ago from Clive and I completely regret ever selling it so this goes some ways to filling that gap. It is not a "normal" clear 660 frame, I think it is longer and it has no seat. to be honest, I am well passed using magura rim brakes so I am adding a rear disc mount and I might just remove the magura mounts completely. Also I am not a fan of seat less bikes so whilst I am at it I am going to add a small seat mount and run it with one. The frame also has some dents in the rear stays I am going to fill these with braze and then sand them back so the frame will look good as new. The build is pretty old school as I am reusing parts from donkeys years ago. So far: Hope XC rear hub on a Sun singletrack rim Hope proII front on a singletrack rim Middleburn cranks. Slightly newer but I have a set of Hope Mono Ti discs for it. Stem and handlebars to be confirmed Forks to be confirmed (I am tempted to go with something more modern from inspired here.) I have made and filed the disc mount to fit, I have a small home made jig I have used before for centre and locating it. The seat post is mitred and a slot cut. So I am hoping to braze these on and finish it this week, I will also be adding some cable guides for the rear brake hose.... Frame as it currently is: Seat post made: Dents to be cleaned up: Disc mount cut to size and mitred: Edited January 27, 2019 by mike425 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike425 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 The only bit I need to do now is make a small brace bar for between the rear chain and seat stay on the disc side. I was a little worried all the force just going into seat stay from the brake might damage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Looks like a fun project, definitely an unusual-looking Leeson - a custom build for someone back in the day? Good idea adding the seat - I always thought the Ashton and Pashley 26GHz looked more 'complete' than seatless low frames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike425 Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Yep, I am not quite sure about how the frame came about, its not like any other leeson I have seen, must have been completely bespoke. I have everything ready now, just need a couple of hours in the garage to get it all brazed up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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