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MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Pure class with the tan walls
Picked up this weird Huffy at the dump along with a generic bmx.
I thought the frame shape would make for a good muscle bike build down the track.
Replaced the rear tube, deleted the horrid suspension fork with a rigid off the shelf, plus threw the bars and stem from the bmx onto it
Looks better, but the seat post is near vertical, and it is Horrible to ride. Something a banana seat and ape hangars will rectify.
I thought the frame shape would make for a good muscle bike build down the track.
Replaced the rear tube, deleted the horrid suspension fork with a rigid off the shelf, plus threw the bars and stem from the bmx onto it
Looks better, but the seat post is near vertical, and it is Horrible to ride. Something a banana seat and ape hangars will rectify.
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Freebie score today
Lots of cool little pieces on this one.
Dia compe canti's and leavers.
Joytech sealed hubs and weinman rims.
Coolest rack I've seen for a while.
Plus a biopace shimano crankset.
Lots of cool little pieces on this one.
Dia compe canti's and leavers.
Joytech sealed hubs and weinman rims.
Coolest rack I've seen for a while.
Plus a biopace shimano crankset.
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Score from the recycling centre. Alloy frame,
700c, nice welds, has a nice shape with that sloping downhill top tube.
I had visions of using this as a base for a 'fast ripper' style build. But having such a long steer tube means my landing gear forks won't fit.
I changed out the seat, post, stem and bars to have a 'feel'. But the bars are up too high, and the forks won't allow for a proper width 29" tyre.
But it will make for a perfect 1x gravel build.
So I stripped it back, and put into storage for later.
700c, nice welds, has a nice shape with that sloping downhill top tube.
I had visions of using this as a base for a 'fast ripper' style build. But having such a long steer tube means my landing gear forks won't fit.
I changed out the seat, post, stem and bars to have a 'feel'. But the bars are up too high, and the forks won't allow for a proper width 29" tyre.
But it will make for a perfect 1x gravel build.
So I stripped it back, and put into storage for later.
Yes. Finally scored an 8 speed shimano nexus for a good price.
It was attached to this white Orbea thing. Which actually looks to be a pretty good bike itself.
I may do something with it later on, but I only picked it up for that rear hub.
It was attached to this white Orbea thing. Which actually looks to be a pretty good bike itself.
I may do something with it later on, but I only picked it up for that rear hub.
Picked up my first SE bike today, advertised as 'old single speed, by the way the hub doesn't work, so it's a single speed'.
It was cheap, and Has a cool stem and cranks, so i took a chance on it.
Pulled the hub apart, their fix was to just grease the jibblets out of it. Some how the pawls had come adrift and jammed up. Clean, and reassembly. A very fiddly time consuming reassembly. And we have three gears.
winner
It was cheap, and Has a cool stem and cranks, so i took a chance on it.
Pulled the hub apart, their fix was to just grease the jibblets out of it. Some how the pawls had come adrift and jammed up. Clean, and reassembly. A very fiddly time consuming reassembly. And we have three gears.
winner
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Nice!!!!
Today's freebie scores
Shogun Trail Breaker. Looks like a cool peice to resto/ survivor build. Has some nice components and cromo frame.
Also grabbed this Apollo from the same place.
Had a nice Tange fork, canti's and araya rims.
It wasn't until I had it half stripped, I noticed the tri stay rear end and cromo decal. Interesting bike
Might look good as a frame flip gender bender?
Shogun Trail Breaker. Looks like a cool peice to resto/ survivor build. Has some nice components and cromo frame.
Also grabbed this Apollo from the same place.
Had a nice Tange fork, canti's and araya rims.
It wasn't until I had it half stripped, I noticed the tri stay rear end and cromo decal. Interesting bike
Might look good as a frame flip gender bender?
Freed up the brakes, gears, chain etc.
Added a pair of old, but far less perished tyres, and we have a riding survivor. Needs a lot of work from here, but good to get a feel before jumping in on a rebuild.
Added a pair of old, but far less perished tyres, and we have a riding survivor. Needs a lot of work from here, but good to get a feel before jumping in on a rebuild.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Shogun is a really good Japanese brand with a cult following. That one will be a solid rider. Don't know anything about the Apollo, but would like to see the Tange fork. It could be made using their steel, or it could actually be manufactured by Tange, which would be more valuable by a bunch.
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The Shoguns of that era are a great bike. Yours looks to be in great condition. That is the same year and model I have and has the early, beautifully made Taiwanese cr-mo frame. This is the first bike I ever bought new back in 89 while I was studying at uni. I replaced the Tioga farmer John’s nephew dirt tires on mine shortly after I bought it with fat road tyres and it transformed it.
I stupidly sold it in the early 2000’s and replaced it with an alloy Merida suspension fork bike which was horrible to ride and slow compared to the Shogun. I got it back as a wreck about 10 years later, swapping my barely used Merida for it.
It took a few years to find the period correct nos parts (when they were still relatively cheap) so I took the liberty to upgrade most of them. The original decals weren’t available so I used a set available for an earlier Japanese made road bike. The worse part of the restoration was the stuck alloy seat post which I eventually removed by dissolving it with drain cleaner. Everything on the bike was trashed with the exception of the frame. I’ve ridden it a few times but the aggressive riding position aggravates my crook neck and I also find it small compared to most of my other rides.
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That's a sweet looking beast.
I too am suffering a stuck seat post on this one
Want to preserve the paint as best I can, and retain the original decals. It is scratched and knocked around, But I think some citric acid cleaning and polishing should bring it back.
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I used caustic soda to sort out the stuck post after watching a video on youtube. You need to cut the post down leaving about an inch protruding from the frame. Fill the seat mast with a mix of CS and water. The solution slowly eats away at the alloy post and after 5 or so fills it will be the thickness of a coke can. Pull whatever is left of it out with pliers. The CS does not affect steel. Make sure you use gloves and a mask.
