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Could I take the shimano BB, tioga bottle cage and the oury grips if still available please? I’m in E8 so can collect at your convenience

Could be interested in the all city depending what it is 🙂

PMd you some Qs on the stem

Saw this and thought of those of you in here:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254916359585

@someday may be interested??

Damn where’s this exact bar with 25.4 clamp

Sorry yeah this has now gone. Thanks all for comments and interest. No doubt more to come, slowly. PM me if you want to buy something like it

Got a bike box in E8. I don’t think I’ll keep it that long though.

2nds on deore cranks please :)
Also potentially Ritchey grips pending pics, are they lock-ons?

I just bought one of these and would recommend. Only owned it a few weeks though, let's see how it holds up.

Got some nice 90s STX RC callipers (best paired with different levers anyway) in chrome, great condition. No fixing bolts, pads or noodles. PM if interested.

Posted this in someone’s project thread but could be more useful here if it’s not been done already: neat little cable tie trick for cable routing, just add a washer. Learned from ex psyclewerx mechanic Parry in Bristol.

OK thanks, looking for some similar bars but in 25.4

they look like it, but are the Mike bars 31.8?

Finished it and went to drop off a tarp. The rims didn’t see the trails the way they should have. Stem bag by @benana

I think it would be better with some laid back cruiser bars on it, but cba to do it for a bike I'm getting rid of.

I'm 5'9" and that's how it is set up in the photo and is kind of spot on for my height. there's lots of seat post in the frame but I guess beyond 5'11 it might be uncomfortable. Likewise lower than 5'7" and it might begin to feel too big.

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Sold.

Alright here's a bike then. I'm going to donate £50 from this sale to our DIY skatepark project because we're constantly in need of funds. Whole bike for £140. It's in E8 and I won't post. The price to me reflects the BB situation below.

Bit of a mish mash of recent leftovers and new bits where you want them. It rides like a new bike (to me anyway... it's been a while since I've owned a new bike).

Run down:

• 1992 (I think?!) Giant Escaper, 17.5" CTC, 19" CTT. 1 1/8th. Original matching stem. Rad forks.
  
• New generic threaded headset, unsealed bearings
  
• All black wheels, bearings and freehub good. Deore hubs on standard rims, plenty wear left on braking surface. Schwalbe City Jets that could do with a wipe. It won’t come with these skewers as they belong with another wheelset.
  
• Might come with a different saddle, a retro WTB one which in my opinion is much nicer than the one shown, but my gf prefers it.
  
• The following has had about 100 miles use: cables, brake pads, chain, cassette, S&M Hoder grips (that don't match the decals as well as I thought they might)
  
• 1 x 7 drivetrain. Trigger shifter, XT mech, shimano cassette
  
• Retro shimano deore DX canti brakes, some unbranded levers, which are actually pretty nice.
  
• Retro Orange riser bars with the cross bar so you can fit a pad later ;)
  
  

The bad:

• No rust to write home about, but the paint is quite scratched in places. Hopefully the photos show that.
  
• The BB is siezed in the frame and the driveside teeth have gone. It's a shimano one I think, and it spins nicely and with no play. I imagine there's plenty of life in it but beyond that I can't say for sure. Winston Vaz might be able to burn it out - his website says prices from £20 for that service. It's a bit far for me to travel for a bike that's just taking up room now my 950 is finished.
  
• The cranks don't match. They're the same length (175), and they look like a pair, but they're not.
  
• The shifter is 8sp, and there's a 7sp cassette on it. It shifts really well considering (maybe 90% of perfect. 8speed shimano shifters pull 2.8mm of cable per shift, 7speed ones pull 2.7mm so there's not a lot in it). It would benefit from an 8sp cassette if you're fussy, and a retune of the mech to get it running perfectly, but it didn't bother me enough to do it.
  

Totally! It was those for DH, then the atomlab industries ones which I had for a while in 24" :D

They feel so good! I do far too many skids on them - they've got the perfect amount of grip when you need it, and they roll real quick.

They're not quite new rims, but almost. Likewise my rim of choice for the same reason! I had a set on this, my dad’s bike from around 2000 which I started upgrading once he’d got bored of it.

Wheels are D521s on LX.

I've finished the frame: linseed oil the inside, and done the "paint restoration". I really don't know if it was worth the effort. The paint is very chipped anyway, and if anything it just looks worse as I think I was a bit heavy handed with the waxing step as it's left lots of blotches of red wax all over the place. No before/after photos really show any difference. Perhaps because the frame is white, it doesn't make as much difference as if it were a bright colour that fades with time?

Cheers, I’m out then as I need a shimano freehub

what colour is the hub? And it's 135mm, could be converted to QR easily right?

Looks really fun. Great job on the build!

Your cable routing reminded me of a trick I learned years ago from Parry, my pal and ex Psyclewerx mechanic in Bristol. I didn’t bother to do up the tie, but you get the idea, just add a washer...