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oska:
This is cool, I wish I had the space and money to get a decent old school bike. I love my Ti but it's not the lightest or sought after but adding bits slowly to my own taste. I thought as it's a cheap bike I could do my own thing.

Can't wait to see this finished! Great idea for the decals too.

Midschoolfool:
Thanks fella. I sold some more PC stuff and bought some more parts. Cheapo set of levers



A seat*



And some tyres**



* I know it's not old and I don't care. I don't want farmer giles.

** These are not old either, but they are nice and plain, retro style and hold 40 PSI. Which I can dare up to 45 meaning they will be rideable.

Midschoolfool:
Del smashed it.



Plus the wheels, cranks and grips came in.



Now to see if a spider fits a modern set of crank arms...

Midschoolfool:
Quick catch up. Ordered some more parts.



Pink.



Two sets.



A guy on Facebook sold me these for a tenner.



They will be pink. I have the hardware to completely rebuild them all like new. Black one is fake, other one is 80s I think. Will check when they arrive.

Today I modified the spider.



So that fits. Good thing I didn't sell these bearing cups tbh !



Will clean it down with alcohol later and put a couple of Hutch decals over the Salt ones, job's a goodun. I am totally doing a womble job with this. At some point I bought loads of parts that were either mis-sold to me (the spider was "Oldschool BMX Spider" no mention of BCD then when it turns up it's f*****g 130 BCD. And the bearings and cups came out of my 2016 Quad 24. I harvested all of the brake parts from lousy front brakes that come with modern bikes and so on.

I have this in my sights ATM.



Which will work great. Will most likely paint it pink, or, do a custom job on it. We shall see :)

Midschoolfool:
Changed my mind on the chainring. Got this Shimano one instead. 39T, cheaper, gearing won't matter (given it's a FS bike) and almost no prep in order to paint it.



And some bolts.



And that should literally be the drive system sorted.

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