Luke_Coupe Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Ross McArthur said: Is there nostalgic reasons for wanting to run the quick release on the mounts? Why not chuck that and just run a bolt like on the non drive side. Would look so much cleaner and takes away the silver from the lovely lumi on black look. I have never really thought about not running them to be honest mate. I always ran my mounts like this when I was younger and the only reason I can think of up to now, is so I can get the rear wheel out easier without letting the tyre down . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 A few jobs done today. Got the other set of leavers fully built up with the up rated metal pistons, springs, home made tpa’s and all new bolts and fixings. Started plumbing all the lines up, but got stuck as I have no vice so couldn’t fit the barbed fixings into the hose for the cross overs. Also test fitted an xlite phatso to see if there’s any clearance, looks like I have 1 or 2mm to play with and that’s with the slaves pushes up to the clamps. May not be able to run a phatso on this build now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLIW Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Turn the mounts around. So right side goes to the left and left goes to the right. They will allow some movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 18 hours ago, PLIW said: Turn the mounts around. So right side goes to the left and left goes to the right. They will allow some movement. He’s running the mounts at their widest already. It does look like you might have a teeny bit more give in the mounts. Once the brakes bled, loosen the bolts and pull the lever which will push your pistons all the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEHB Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 You could also skim a few mm off the pads easy enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted December 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/28/2021 at 5:39 PM, PLIW said: Turn the mounts around. So right side goes to the left and left goes to the right. They will allow some movement. Already done that Pete. I think I need to do what Ross has suggested and go from there. If all else fails, I’ll shave a few mm off the pads or use cd grey d521’s. 7 hours ago, Ross McArthur said: He’s running the mounts at their widest already. It does look like you might have a teeny bit more give in the mounts. Once the brakes bled, loosen the bolts and pull the lever which will push your pistons all the way out. I will definitely try this. I need to build a phatso for the Ashton signature. I’ll try that wheel on the orange build and use your suggestion. That way it might save me a few coin if it doesn’t work lol. 7 hours ago, DJEHB said: You could also skim a few mm off the pads easy enough That is definitely an option too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 As it’s the holidays, the post is a little slower so I have been waiting for parts to turn up. First up, another set of rims. I now have 14 rims, but I couldn’t resist these. These look NOS to me and the only cost me £30 posted. Alex DH32’s. A new park tool mat. Then mid week I was going though boxes and getting everything bubble wrapped and bagged ready for future builds. Some pretty cool stuff collected this year. Another shimano sora rear mech. That’s 3 now in the collection. Some metal elbows for the magura mounts from my friend Wayne. These were needed to finally mount the front brakes. And my ready made crossovers from Ben @ trials addict, absolutely amazing service. If you need magura parts, he’s the biggest stock holder of magura parts in the uk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Then New Year’s Eve it was time to finally fit all the hoses and bleed the brakes up. Also fitted the magura cable guides for the rear brake. And put up out the way until I get the wheels built, once I decide what I’m going to use. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted January 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 UPDATE PT1 Wow! It’s been nearly a month without an update. There’s a good reason for this though. In the last month i have been networking with a few people about a couple of frames I have wanted since getting back into bikes. With my username it’s no surprise what’s going to happen next. So first up, a pashley 26mhz frame and forks, bars, stem and headset. I was contacted about this earlier this month and I had to have it. A nice chap called Dave helped me out massively and collected the frame from where he lived and met me halfway. Legend. Whilst the deal was done with the blue one, another one popped up. So a deal was done and now we have 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted January 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 UPDATE PT2 Then a huge journey to Brighton today saw me in possession of this bit of trials history right here. I can’t believe this had been for sale for over 7 months and never got snapped up. £200, what a bargain! Then a couple of weeks ago me and a guy from another forum found a job lot of frames for sale and he collected them last weekend (thanks brain). So from Brighton I headed my way over to Andover to collect them. 2 11” orange zeros! Unfortunately the silver one is cracked, but it’s repairable. Undecided what I’ll do with the silver one yet. The white one has bad oxidation on the paint work, but I was always going to get it re painted and re stickered. So that’s 366 miles driven in 2 days, but well worth it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza1414 Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 12/20/2021 at 11:21 PM, Luke_Coupe said: Some more upgrades have arrived for the maguras. Uprated metal leaver pistons and uprated springs. What size are the pistons for the Raceline style lever? I've never actually stripped one down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Bourde Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 12:27 PM, Luke_Coupe said: UPDATE PT2 Then a huge journey to Brighton today saw me in possession of this bit of trials history right here. I can’t believe this had been for sale for over 7 months and never got snapped up. £200, what a bargain! Then a couple of weeks ago me and a guy from another forum found a job lot of frames for sale and he collected them last weekend (thanks brain). So from Brighton I headed my way over to Andover to collect them. 2 11” orange zeros! Unfortunately the silver one is cracked, but it’s repairable. Undecided what I’ll do with the silver one yet. The white one has bad oxidation on the paint work, but I was always going to get it re painted and re stickered. So that’s 366 miles driven in 2 days, but well worth it. Cracked at the chainstay? I had really a lot of fun on mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted February 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 11:58 PM, La Bourde said: Cracked at the chainstay? I had really a lot of fun on mine! It was indeed. Being repaired as we speak though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted February 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 A few updates over the last couple of weeks or so. NOS yellow fsa orbit head set. NOS mk1 DCD. NOS gold world force bars. NOS Planet X seat. Lovely condition azonic shorty stem. Some lovely condition azonic double walls in silver. Middleburn pro trials bash guard. Another set of hs33 racelines to be fully restored. I’m thinking white this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted February 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Yesterdays update. I just can’t help myself! But when a giant trials team mk1 Martin hawyes frame with Ashton justice forks is 10 minutes from where you live at a good price, it was obvious I was going to buy it. I need help! It was stripped of its flagship colours about 15 years ago, but she’s in great shape still. Unfortunately, I won’t be restoring this back to original colour ways. also some nice hope ti skewers arrived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Bourde Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Nice! Never understood why Giant designed the rear disc brake mount this way... Can't imagine it lasts long. The Ashton fork looks massive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maintenance Justice Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 Lovely job this, the attention to detail with decals, paint and finish is really something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Coupe Posted March 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 12:05 AM, La Bourde said: Nice! Never understood why Giant designed the rear disc brake mount this way... Can't imagine it lasts long. The Ashton fork looks massive! Yeah it wasn’t a strong disc mount at all, a lot were snapped in the mk1. They re designed the disc mount on the mk2 frame. The forks look big probably because of the zoomed in photo. On 3/10/2022 at 10:00 AM, Maintenance Justice said: Lovely job this, the attention to detail with decals, paint and finish is really something! Thanks so much man. The orange has taken a back seat recently. I need to finish it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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