Saturday, May 26, 2007

Bike Project: The Judge

Yes now preparing to send the bike to be setup. Praying hard that it will be done by next wed. Also hope that the colour scheme will be nice and have an equal spread of white and black.

Initially had some ideas of respraying the frame and fork, giving them a brand new set of decals, changing the fork to a Manitou Black Elite air fork to add on the street look.

BUT, pocket was already torched to a big hole which requires patching up for the next few months. Well GST offset package really came in at the right time.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

DEAN aluminium



Frame DEAN Aluminium
Fork Kona P2
Rear Shock N/A
Rims Mavic x517
Hubs XTR M952
Spokes N/A
Tires Panaracer T-serve 1.7
Pedals Da Bomb
Crank XTR M952
Chain XTR M952
Rear Cogs XTR M952
Bottom Bracket XTR M952
Front Derailleur XTR M952
Rear Derailleur XTR M952
Shifters XTR M952
Handlebars Answer
Stem DEAN
Headset Chris King
Brakeset XTR M952
Brakelevers XTR M952
Saddle WeThePeople
Seat Post Kalloy
Sizes 16inche
Extras N/A

Got this bike from togoparts 2nd hand. Simple yet got the casual and high end feel to me. Love the rigid fork! Usage of this bike will be mainly wet weather, long distance casual ride and lend for races (including some conditions la)..

However bike's rear hub seems to be dried off, steering seems to be abit loose and rough.. but a good full bike overhaul should do the job. Some IA (Immediate Action) drills which i will do for this bike are:
  1. Change the fork & pedal, using them for my Identiti
  2. Switch the silver spacer to black.
  3. Remove the brake booster at the rear.
  4. Change the front de to XTR!! wahaha

Some of the freebies the previous owner kindly gave me.. 1pc Maxxis ignitor, 1pc Schwalbe skinny jimmy, 1pc tube, 1 set of xtr brake pads and suntour stock fork