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Glynnyboy:
Bought this Mongoose Pro Class a few weeks back. No original finish left. What I thought might have been remnants of it were where the nickel itself had actually perished and come off leaving the bear metal showing through. So the frame is going for restoration. Not sure on what route I'm going down yet but I think it's going to be having the frame re nickel plated then have some nickel bar testers done with option of finishes to choose from.
I?d had an mx900/mx1000 + tech 3 brake set chromed and the earlier pads made as a change option for my Cali but they are now going on this. This is getting stripped , the rims are off for chrome then the wheels are getting rebuilt on black suzue sealed hubs. The bars, stem, grips and pro class power disc /chainring from my Cali will be used.

Glynnyboy:
I want to use fork decals like those on the mock up in the early catalogue as I think they'll look pretty awesome on the finish.

Glynnyboy:
Decals arrived and I think those fork decals could be a nice addition, if not they can always come off but looking at them I think they will look pretty smart the prismatic edge needs trimming off but looking forward to seeing them on the frame when refinished. Basically the intention for this build is nice rider and it will replace my Cali in my rider line up.

Glynnyboy:
Seat needed decals, thanks to the decal master del.

Glynnyboy:
Love the headset on that catalogue pic. Mongoose chrome headset with black cups. I've got some og 80's black cups that were left in an old kuwi frame I had and I have the mongoose stamped headset. I'm using the ESP copy stem I have on my Cali because although there's one on this pic the bike actually came with a pro class stem, I've found when running pc bars you need a xxl stem so you can pull the bars back enough otherwise they feel shite as they have a negligible rake. The flex fighter I'm going to use will be a chromed jam buttie, my little hat tip to the Ruffell pc 😁 as he sported one on his.

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