Private Repress Posted March 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Back brake added but waiting on some decent mounts to arrive (the newer type with the back brace). The decals also arrived so have put them on! Pretty much the finished article now 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoofty Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 That is a beauty! Silver and black with red trim is hard to beat. The paint was worthwhile over leaving it raw aluminum. If only all spare parts builds turned out this well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Repress Posted March 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Swoofty said: That is a beauty! Silver and black with red trim is hard to beat. The paint was worthwhile over leaving it raw aluminum. If only all spare parts builds turned out this well! Thanks @Swoofty, I’m glad I ended up with paint now, it gives it a bit more of a premium look I think - the stickers certainly help too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt24. Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 This looks awesome. I remember being very tempted by one of these frames back in the day - the silver looks a lot better than the blue / black they came in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrum Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 wow, looks great! Thanks for sharing the process also, love that :)! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Repress Posted March 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) On 05/03/2021 at 7:10 AM, Matt24. said: This looks awesome. I remember being very tempted by one of these frames back in the day - the silver looks a lot better than the blue / black they came in. Thanks @Matt24. I always liked them, although I preferred the cleaner look of the original Ashton ET, which I also have the paint job on the diamond back always put me off, and I often wondered how it would look in a simple colour way. Glad I finally got to do it and I agree it looks better than the original. I get so excited when going to pick up bike bits from the powder coaters haha Edited March 7, 2021 by Private Repress Typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Repress Posted March 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 40 minutes ago, Petrum said: wow, looks great! Thanks for sharing the process also, love that :)! No problem @Petrum, I enjoy a good build thread too, furthermore thoroughly enjoy building so thought it made sense to share for the like minded community Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Repress Posted March 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Brake mounts arrived today, a bit of a faff setting up, as it’s a wide rim and there is no off set on evo 2 mounts I had to sand the pads down to fit haha the bike is now complete, having ridden it properly now it’s clear it’s definitely a park bike! Keeping the rear rim smooth and rocking black pads 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Should have stuck a V on the back then it would have been perfect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoofty Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Yeah I was gonna say V brakes as well. Better than dealing with Evo adapters. TNN blue V pads are fantastic on smooth rims too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Repress Posted March 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Swoofty said: Yeah I was gonna say V brakes as well. Better than dealing with Evo adapters. TNN blue V pads are fantastic on smooth rims too. Are they noisy @Swoofty? That’s something I’m really not into anymore. I did try running an XT v on an earlier build but had similar problems getting the arms to sit properly. As it happens I would have ran a rear disc, but the frame was built to run a Hope mini mono which I couldn’t get my hands on. the stars must have aligned as I have a friend with a spare set. I’ll see what I can do Edited March 7, 2021 by Private Repress Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoofty Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 15 hours ago, Private Repress said: Are they noisy @Swoofty? That’s something I’m really not into anymore. They bark when you lock them, but pretty quiet when you drag them. Definitely not disc brake quiet, but they would give the bike that period correct sound ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardweb Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Awesome bike! I am jealous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza1414 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 @Private Repress this was a great read. Not sure if I missed it or not but what paint stripper did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Repress Posted March 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Dazza1414 said: @Private Repress this was a great read. Not sure if I missed it or not but what paint stripper did you use? Thanks dude, it was a fun project. I used something called nemesis paint stripper from screwfix. They don’t appear to sell it anymore but I’ve heard good things about wickes own brand stuff. To be honest though nothing is fantastic these days as the active ingredients have been reduced massively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsMan Dan Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Looks really cool! Great job sir! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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