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Decided to make a project thread for my two Neils. I bought the triple triangle of AMAC about 4 months ago and at the same time my mate (Miitch) bought the yellow one off him as well. Mine has been great fun, absolutely love everything about it. Fits me perfectly and has stupid crazy tight clearances.
It has never really had a complete build, always just a bit of a mish mash of parts, adding bits here and there. It has slowly getting closer and closer to a finished build. Here are some of the different stages:
I've been using this bike as my daily commuter/do everything bike. However I have decided that I want to give it a nicer life, and when my mate decided he wanted to sell his Neil it opened up the perfect opportunity to create a more practical commuter.
So this has shifted the focus of my triple triangle. It will now become my fair weather/fast/fun bike. My aim is to slave it up a bit. I have a few things I want to change:
1) Wheelset, this is the main change I want to make and probably won't happen for a while. I want a pair of DA or similar hubs laced to either a set of dark grey TB14's or ceramic open pros. Also I'd kind of like to try it with a front trispoke for maximum fun.
2) Cranks, I have already bought a nicer set of sugino 75's to replace the ratty pair on there currently. That pair will go onto the Yellow Neil.
3) Cockpit, I have a nicer set of easton risers to use on this, however I left them at my parents place so they will go on when I next go back. I have also ordered a pair of bubblegum pink Oury grips to add a bit of colour and excitement to the bike!
Once I have these parts sorted I think it will be near to being complete. The only other thing I'd like to try is a pair of compact drops with road brake levers. I will have to make an effort to keep it clean as well, as you can see it is a bit of a state..
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So next up for discussion is the Yellow Neil. Because of how much I spent on the frame and new cranks, the parts for this build had to be very budget. I am using parts from my spares box and parts I got from here. I think I've managed to get all the parts I need for probably just over £100 extra (thanks to the great people on this forum!). I pretty much have everything now, I am just waiting on the cranks to arrive as well as a chain which was ordered today. This is where I am up to today:
I'm quite pleased how it turned out on such tight budget, tidier then I thought it would be. I do want to have some mudguards on this. I currently have a set of race blades which will work fine for the time being. However, in the future I'd like to get a pair of PDW full mudguards. I'll have to do some bodging on the rear brake bridge but I'll make it work. There are lots of things on this bike that I'd like to upgrade over time as and when funds become available. I also may consider getting this repainted with something cool in the future. The current paint isn't original and has lots of retouches so new paint would be nice, but that won't be for a while.
I'm going to leave it here for now. Any suggestions and criticism are welcome!