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Popped open the CK hub bearings to find all four were dry... no wonder they were sounding a bit ominous. Prob jet washed into oblivion by a previous owner...
Greased the shit out of them, 5 minute job.
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Picked up the frame from Aurum after clear powdercoating.
The 'raw' finish is so good, can see every sanding/welding/brazing blemish. Gonna look like an ancient weathered mutant tree with shiny cherries dangling off it...
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Need a smaller chainring, the 36T is just a tad too big to fit into the yoke and maintain a decent chainline.
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Gonna look like an ancient weathered mutant tree with shiny cherries dangling off it...
My kinda build. Lovely!
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26”… another obsolete chariot.
The wheelset, and many other bits going on this, are from the ‘posh parts bin’ or cheap eBay/forum finds, so the frame was made around them and the barnacle fork.
It’s basically an old MTB but with rocker dropouts, split-stay for belt-drive, internal dropper post routing, short wheelbase, @Hulsroy yoke for big tyres and shitloads of mounting holes…
I’m so used to 26” wheels that 29” with squidgy tyres just feels gawky & cumbersome, so I’ve backed myself into yet another evolutionary dead end for the sake of ‘tangy handling’ #sfss
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Ebay wheelsets = suburban ayahuasca
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32T chainring is perfect, slots neatly into the yoke with a chainline slap bang in the middle of the cassette and a nice Q factor with a 113mm BB.
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Done for now.
It’s so frikkin good! Handles so much better than any of my other bikes, the tyres lap everything up and the short stays give it a lil ‘je m’appelle’.
Left the steerer uncut while I figure out bar height.
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Was meant to be taking it round the South Downs Way for my birthday this weekend, but am in A&E right now with a suspected tonsular abscess fml
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Thanks! Marin’s still about, it’s my ‘weenie road bike’.
Was discharged from hospital last night, about to load the Stayer and join my m8s near Shoreham…
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Fanx!
Rides so well loaded with Ukrainian bags from 7Roads.
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That wall’s fuk’d up
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This is great! I firmly believe that my 26" Kona Unit is the most nimble and "throwable" of my bikes.
Good reason for custom frame also!
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Marin Team Titanium, Stumpjumper Comp: obsolete 90’s toss and a Stayer
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@ectoplasmosis
I emailed Chris King on a whim about the lack of seals on the old scavenged 15mm axle, and after admitting that it’s a design flaw with the very first batch of ISO hubs they ended up sending me a newer model of axle for the cost of postage.
This is for a 20+yo hub from a trashed wheel off FB marketplace... incredible service imo.
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