I don’t want going into this half-assed but it seems it’s become more and more one impossible project by the minute:
Fork turns out to be irreparable because the crown is also bent! So now I'm hunting for a track fork, was excited when see luckyskulls track fork but unfortunately 2cm too short!
Been looking for SR pista hubs with Ti spindle without success, I think they're myth! Same thing with flutted 2-bolt SR post with globe logo, non-existent!
I've set the bar too high to do an exact replica without realising how difficult and expensive it is sourcing the exact parts. That doesn’t mean I’m giving up though, will keep an eye on the parts and upgrade to a right one along way. But in the meantime I just want to finish this as soon as possible.
There have been quite a lot of inconsistencies and I hope to minimize that. I have decided to do just near replica instead of exact. Plus with issues of 1st gen SR "commercially pure (CP)" Titanium axle cracking it’ll be a good excuse for me not to go Ti way ; ) (I know I know not all of them break, especially if you don't abuse them). So it’ll be a mix of, functionality, affordability and similarity.
I hope it won’t disappoint. This project not by any means going to be a museum project. I’m gonna ride the hell out of it so I need to make sure I buy some strong and durable parts!
Today's update:
I don’t want going into this half-assed but it seems it’s become more and more one impossible project by the minute:
I've set the bar too high to do an exact replica without realising how difficult and expensive it is sourcing the exact parts. That doesn’t mean I’m giving up though, will keep an eye on the parts and upgrade to a right one along way. But in the meantime I just want to finish this as soon as possible.
There have been quite a lot of inconsistencies and I hope to minimize that. I have decided to do just near replica instead of exact. Plus with issues of 1st gen SR "commercially pure (CP)" Titanium axle cracking it’ll be a good excuse for me not to go Ti way ; ) (I know I know not all of them break, especially if you don't abuse them). So it’ll be a mix of, functionality, affordability and similarity.
I hope it won’t disappoint. This project not by any means going to be a museum project. I’m gonna ride the hell out of it so I need to make sure I buy some strong and durable parts!
P.S: This is the $390 Cinelli 1R stem.