Post by sear on Mar 30, 2012 16:22:03 GMT 1
After what feels like a very long time (4 days...) the bike is back together,
Rebuilt the forks, had a lot of trouble with the left fork (as you face the bike) and it took a lot of brute force to get it apart, but it seems oil tight so far which is good news!
It was a daunting job but I feel quite confident with it if I were to do it again so if anyone ever needs a hand with their forks I'd be happy to help.
While I was waiting for bushes to arrive after discovering how knackered they were I stripped down the rear end to find an alarming amount of rust so I stripped it all back, wire brushed and wire wooled most of the rust away and painted a few layers of hammerite silver. Not pretty, but I am confident it will preserve the frame for a few years, maybe I'll strip it and have it powder coated sometime down the line but for now I just need to use it but keep the rust away.
I also replaced a very very broken front brake line with a gorgeous new HEL line. I can thoroughly recommend HEL lines on the NTV, it was cheap, arrived quickly, looks fantastic and has made no end of improvements to braking and feel already, and it needs another bleed after it settles down anyway.
Bike is now all back together with fork gaiters and also the great Renntec rack (thanks Groovylee! It's awesome!)
Starting to think it looks pretty presentable. It's a great bike, really enjoying it.
Rebuilt the forks, had a lot of trouble with the left fork (as you face the bike) and it took a lot of brute force to get it apart, but it seems oil tight so far which is good news!
It was a daunting job but I feel quite confident with it if I were to do it again so if anyone ever needs a hand with their forks I'd be happy to help.
While I was waiting for bushes to arrive after discovering how knackered they were I stripped down the rear end to find an alarming amount of rust so I stripped it all back, wire brushed and wire wooled most of the rust away and painted a few layers of hammerite silver. Not pretty, but I am confident it will preserve the frame for a few years, maybe I'll strip it and have it powder coated sometime down the line but for now I just need to use it but keep the rust away.
I also replaced a very very broken front brake line with a gorgeous new HEL line. I can thoroughly recommend HEL lines on the NTV, it was cheap, arrived quickly, looks fantastic and has made no end of improvements to braking and feel already, and it needs another bleed after it settles down anyway.
Bike is now all back together with fork gaiters and also the great Renntec rack (thanks Groovylee! It's awesome!)
Starting to think it looks pretty presentable. It's a great bike, really enjoying it.
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