Author Topic: 957 build (Read 11710 times)

Spokes · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2014, 01:33:17 pm »

Quote from: w2zero on October 30, 2014, 01:20:53 pm

<<Yes I understand, perhaps it would ride even better with 29" wheels>> quote

Maybe with super low profile tires and a boom box?

Yeh maybe I should fit hydraulics so I can cruise and get the front end bouncing..

Chris

BikerTrash · « **Reply #16 on:** October 31, 2014, 03:44:18 pm »

Progress! Bought a Mothers PowerCone and went to work, does a good job! There are some tight areas that I will have to hand polish, but I can do that later, had to start building!

Only problem, besides not having cable housing, was the pedals are 1/2", didn't find out until I put one in the crank. At least they were free! Ordered some silver Wellgo MG-1s, I already have a pair and love them.

Willie_B · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2014, 04:42:35 pm »

Looking real nice.

AHanulec · « **Reply #18 on:** October 31, 2014, 06:58:15 pm »

That is a very good looking bike you have!

Spokes · « **Reply #19 on:** November 01, 2014, 12:56:32 am »

That looks fantastic, well done.

Chris

purple gerbil · « **Reply #20 on:** November 01, 2014, 02:24:16 am »

Very nice indeed young man.

superstar1 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 01, 2014, 01:18:55 pm »

I like that.

w2zero · « **Reply #22 on:** November 01, 2014, 03:39:30 pm »

Very nice

BikerTrash · « **Reply #23 on:** November 01, 2014, 06:35:06 pm »

Thanks for the nice comments! The frame was really scratched up before I polished it, looks almost like a new frame now, and better than I was expecting.

Got some cable housing today, started routing it and realized I don't have the ferrules!

After some searching here, found that Jagwire 5mm Alloy Housing Stops are what I need, so another order to wait on its arrival!

Spokes · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2014, 01:08:32 am »

I've not seen Mothers Power cone before it but looks very handy. I usually use Autosolve and a cloth. Did your frame still have the clear coat on it and did you just polish through it, or had this been polished off before?
Did you polish around the stickers or fit new?

Chris

purple gerbil · « **Reply #25 on:** November 02, 2014, 01:47:20 am »

I've been using the autosol polishing paste on my project,does a good job too. Just can't decide whether to polish or paint the forks.

BikerTrash · « **Reply #26 on:** November 02, 2014, 08:36:45 am »

I must have polished right through the clear coat, it was quite thin, and the stickers are in good shape, so I just polished around them.

beeeerock · « **Reply #27 on:** November 03, 2014, 12:05:33 pm »

Wow, super-shiny! Mine is bare metal too, with some sort of coating... but it's never been polished, at least not like that. Mine just looks like dull gray aluminum, which I'm OK with... but that shine is pretty amazing!

On the plus side, like driving a beater, I don't really worry too much about a crash scuffing the bike (it's just me getting scuffed that I worry about...!).

BikerTrash · « **Reply #28 on:** November 08, 2014, 06:28:26 pm »

FYI, for those that need ferrules, I got the Jagwire 5mm Alloy Housing Stops, and they don't fit. They have a .285 od, and the cable guides on the frame are .245, so I had to do some grinding on them (not the frame), and now they fit.

My dad has a 856 (in desperate need of some tlc), and gave me his two banners from when he bought his bike new! I'll either hang them in the Man Cave or garage.

Speaking of Man Cave, this build has made mine a mess! Figured I would take a pic before I clean up.

PF flyer · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2014, 06:39:49 am »

That is the way mine looks after the cleanup!!

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