I've been busy the past couple of days putting my Axis R back together, having stripped it after buying it back in October. It was collected and posted it to me by a retrobike member, for which I am extremely grateful to him.
When it arrived the elastomers had gone, the BB was ropey, large chainring was bent, the saddle had a couple of rips in it, it had plastic pedals and it had Gripshift on it. I didn't like the rear wheel much either. All were changed.
Money was tight, and I spent my time sourcing quality parts at best prices.
I couldn't get a 44 or 46 tooth Ritchey chainring, so got a 48 tooth one from ebay. Well, I like going fast down hill :lol:
I bought a red hoped rear wheel on Mavic X517 as a spare back in October, from a retrobike member. UN72 BB, and got the M739 shifter combo from retrobike members. Thanks to all of you.
190lb+ stiff springs from ebay, and some Porcipaws and M780 SPDs from ebay too. I managed to get the Flite Ti from ebay as well, by buying a bike! :lol: Thanks to another retrobike member for collecting and posting to me. This was the source of the rear tyre too, a Smoke Front I got as a reissue from bike-discount.de
To help fund this I sold the Gripshift and the original M739 levers.
I stripped her down to her bare bones
Thanks to a couple of retrobike members for their invaluable advise and help with the forks. I learned a lot. Here she is with the forks rebuilt and the BB in. It was a testing afternoon yesterday in the cold, with having to sell and fettle my wife's BSO at the same time.
It was then a case of work quickly this afternoon before the light ran out
For some reason it was a real b*tch to index the front mech, but sorted now
I had tried M737 pedals
but they were far too heavy, so this is the finished article, but it was pretty dark by now, so will probably get some better pics in the morning, on my test ride
Spec
Frame: DBR Axis R 19"
Fork: Rock Shox Judy SL
Mechs: M739 XT
Brakes: M739 XT
Chainset: M737 XT
Pedals: M780 XT
BB: UN72
Bars: Avenir
Stem: Tioga
Headset: Tioga
Seatpost: Zoom 26.8
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Ti
Tyres: Panaracer Smoke, reissue Dart. May change for Smoke and Dart backwall
Wheels: Hope red on Mavic X517
Cassette: M737 XT
Skewers: M739 XT
Grips: Onza Porcipaws
Comments and critiques welcome
When it arrived the elastomers had gone, the BB was ropey, large chainring was bent, the saddle had a couple of rips in it, it had plastic pedals and it had Gripshift on it. I didn't like the rear wheel much either. All were changed.
Money was tight, and I spent my time sourcing quality parts at best prices.
I couldn't get a 44 or 46 tooth Ritchey chainring, so got a 48 tooth one from ebay. Well, I like going fast down hill :lol:
I bought a red hoped rear wheel on Mavic X517 as a spare back in October, from a retrobike member. UN72 BB, and got the M739 shifter combo from retrobike members. Thanks to all of you.
190lb+ stiff springs from ebay, and some Porcipaws and M780 SPDs from ebay too. I managed to get the Flite Ti from ebay as well, by buying a bike! :lol: Thanks to another retrobike member for collecting and posting to me. This was the source of the rear tyre too, a Smoke Front I got as a reissue from bike-discount.de
To help fund this I sold the Gripshift and the original M739 levers.
I stripped her down to her bare bones
Thanks to a couple of retrobike members for their invaluable advise and help with the forks. I learned a lot. Here she is with the forks rebuilt and the BB in. It was a testing afternoon yesterday in the cold, with having to sell and fettle my wife's BSO at the same time.
It was then a case of work quickly this afternoon before the light ran out
For some reason it was a real b*tch to index the front mech, but sorted now
I had tried M737 pedals
but they were far too heavy, so this is the finished article, but it was pretty dark by now, so will probably get some better pics in the morning, on my test ride
Spec
Frame: DBR Axis R 19"
Fork: Rock Shox Judy SL
Mechs: M739 XT
Brakes: M739 XT
Chainset: M737 XT
Pedals: M780 XT
BB: UN72
Bars: Avenir
Stem: Tioga
Headset: Tioga
Seatpost: Zoom 26.8
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Ti
Tyres: Panaracer Smoke, reissue Dart. May change for Smoke and Dart backwall
Wheels: Hope red on Mavic X517
Cassette: M737 XT
Skewers: M739 XT
Grips: Onza Porcipaws
Comments and critiques welcome