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@ioreka
i inherited an MBK frame and am not keen on the standard 80s double fluro fade they have. i stripped it and nanocoated it:
and i basically want it to look a bit like this.
i've got the mavic wheelset it came with, plus forks as shown above, chainset and quill stem.
i want to replace the forks & stem with straight carbon 1" a head setup, get some bars and sort the brakes and gears - laner mentioned getting bosses that sit where the current shifters are (downtube) to guide them up to be with the brake levers as normal. then just a black wheelset (anyone selling? talk ta me). i'm keeping the original seatpost because the MBK frames have a frankly awful mechanism where the bolt screws straight into the seatpost and leaves notches and as it's my old ratbike i'm not too bothered about putting anything too fancy on it and potentially ruining it.
i'm supposed to be going away on this bike in a couple of weeks so fingers crossed i get things together!