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Finally found a frame and now I’m going to have it painted before putting it together. I was looking at the available decals and it looks like the early bikes have different decals. Oh well, guess I’ll upgrade.
I’ll update this thread with progress photos as I work through the project. -Andrew
Oh boy those decals from the earlier homegrowns are tough to find. In the interest of preservation you might just consider a silicon based polish—you might be surprised how the finish can turn out with some modern chemicals. But nothing abrasive, and be careful you don’t lift the edges. Those decals look like they’re in great shape.
The stencil logo was always my favorite, and I don’t think they used them after that intro year.
Upside to the fullies with the smaller pivot is you can rebuild it with pretty off-the-shelf stuff, if I recall correctly.
Well that’s a few recommendations to just clean it up and don’t repaint. I think that’s enough to convince me to do just that. I’ll get it polished up and see what it looks like. Photos to follow.
And you’re right moby the pivot is easy to find parts for and easy to rebuild. Amazon even carried the bearings. 6903RS for reference in case anyone needs the bearing number.
I’ve brought to life scratched up dull paint with Meguiars Scratch X 2.0 (clear coat scratch remover), staying away from the decals altogether. Try a small area and you will be surprised how well it does. Use just a very small amount of Scratch X at a time, and rub it hard. Followed by wax.
BTW, There may be some of those decals out there, but I’ve never seen them for sale anywhere. Definitely cool to preserve them on your frame. My favorite T shirt has that logo.
Well now I need to find a matching T-shirt! 🙂 Polished it up with Meguiars cutting paste, followed by a few coats of Zaino car polish. Looks pretty good. After I get the new bearnings on Tuesday I’ll get it assembled and then I’ll post a few pictures.
Few photos of the cleaned up frame and test fitting the rear disc brake and wheel with STX hubs, my budget made this an easy choice ;-). Went with Avid BB7’s with Avid speed dial 7 levers. The rest of the components are Shimano XT 3×10.
If all goes to plan I should be able to take it out this weekend.
Taking the fork in tomorrow to get the tube cut down a bit at 10” it’s way too long. Just one fo those tools I just never got around to buying.
Looks good. I like the skewers. Did you have to drill into the frame at all for the rear disc mount? Is the rear triangle paint or powder coat?
Skewers were an Ebay purchase. Yes I had to drill one hole but I reduced the requested size and used grade 5 hardware and a steel nut insert (for clearence) in place of the supplied screw. Still far more metal on this side than what’s on the derailler side so I wasn’t too worried about it.
Rear tirangle is original paint as far as I can tell. It’s rougher than the pictures make it out to be, but it looks good from about 5 feet away.
Having disc brakes is worth drilling the hole. What is the rear disc set up called? Makes me want to try this on one of my hard tails.
Got it from an auction site (not sure if we can post links), but it’s supplied by Chasertech. There are several companies either reselling or making a version of this setup though. They all looked about the same. This one seems well made and the price was reasonable. Happy to offer my thoughts once I’ve got the bike going before you commit.
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