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Thrasher
Acliff
House clearance, drove to Oxford to collect it, bit of a drive for a speculative bargain!
49cm.
Removing the seatpost has stumped me so far today, made tricker as there are 2 seatpost clamp bolts, and the front half can't be removed due to the stuck seatpost
Front half is cosmetically very nice, a couple of paint chips, front headset is junk, stiff and rusty, so will scrub and replace bearings, maybe new headset with cups.
Also, octalink BB is nice and smooth, but the internals of the join on the downtube were quite rusty, mostly surface rust, easily removed with some wire wool.
Planning to remove the BB to clean up the inside, as I expect it to have caked on rust.
The clamp has stretched, so theres quite a lot of play in that junction, so need to buy a replacement clamp.
Rear half has more paint issues, and some rusty wear and tear, will probably just scrub and touch up as the Ritchey decal is largely clean.
No idea what to build it up with (came with full ultegra 9 speed and Ritchey cranks)
Could put the ultegra on, but the shifters look shit, was thinking full DA7800, but would be rad with Sram Red 10 speed.