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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: mikeym on November 18, 2008, 04:52:29 am

Title: proflex beats front mech help
Post by: mikeym on November 18, 2008, 04:52:29 am

Hi

i am building a beast  up i think its a 97 back/red paint girvin chubby forks can anyone help what type of front mech do i require, i know its a 31.8 but is it top bottom pull etc.

thanks alot

Mike

Title: Re: proflex beats front mech help
Post by: shovelon on November 18, 2008, 06:50:23 am

Quote from: mikeym on November 18, 2008, 04:52:29 am

Hi

i am building a beast  up i think its a 97 back/red paint girvin chubby forks can anyone help what type of front mech do i require, i know its a 31.8 but is it top bottom pull etc.

thanks alot

Mike

It is bottom pull. There should be a plastic cable guide on your bottom bracket. Look for the screw holes if the bracket is not there. You can pick up a generic one from your LBS also.

I had one of those 97 Beasts. Great bike.

Terry

Title: Re: proflex beats front mech help
Post by: Lysander on November 18, 2008, 10:54:50 am

Aye- bottom pulll, top swing- I got an xtr one from J E James

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/c1136p1/brShimano.html

About fifteen quid, IIRC- check though if ye can get one with the high and low adjuster screws at an angle- if they point straight up,the swingarm makes access a bit of a pain.

Title: Re: proflex beats front mech help
Post by: mikeym on November 21, 2008, 12:27:12 pm

THANKS ALOT.