Elevated

[GTHOtrod]

Starting with this NOS elevated chain stay frame. Time to bring it to life, to be used for what it was designed. DIRT.
With a bit of scrounging through the parts pile, let's see if I can do this frame justice.

 

[GeePig]

...., that is a lot of nice-looking goodies, and all I have is a frame so far...

 

[GTHOtrod]

...., that is a lot of nice-looking goodies, and all I have is a frame so far...

All the bits need a lot of cleaning and polishing to bring em upto standard.
Still missing a bunch odds and sods.
Plenty of time left to find what's needed

 

[GeePig]

And plenty of time to figure what else you can do to it

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Nice, looking forward to see where this goes.

 

[kingfish254]

Very cool frame. I like how it almost has a gender bender flipped frame vibe to it.

 

[metalchewy]

This will be a fun one.to watch. The mountain is calling...

 

[Funkme]

A nice little collector there... Will be keeping a eye on this one.
You have given me inspiration to restore mine.

 

[OddJob]

MTB! MTB! MTB!

RaT oN~!

 

[Pondo]

Very cool. Love the vintage parts group!

 

[GTHOtrod]

Very cool frame. I like how it almost has a gender bender flipped frame vibe to it.

I've got another frame here that looks like it must be it's cousin lol

 

[GTHOtrod]

Thought this stem was cool, from a donor I picked up.

Stripped down, cleaned up and painted the stem and fork.

I was thinking Yeti teal for the frame. I'm not fully sold on that idea yet, But it definitely needs a cool retro paint job. Open to ideas

 

[LukeTheJoker]

it definitely needs a cool retro paint job. Open to ideas

Nothing more 90's than this:

 

[Pondo]

cool retro paint

Definitely! I like the colors so far. That stem is pretty sweet!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

With a bit of scrounging through the parts pile, let's see if I can do this frame justice.

STX RC and thumbs on that sweet e stay? Off to a strong start. Any idea what the frame is?

Thought this stem was cool,

Wow that looks great! I have one of those stashed under the bench, but the finish on the air spring is wrecked. How did you clean yours up?

 

[GTHOtrod]

STX RC and thumbs on that sweet e stay? Off to a strong start. Any idea what the frame is?

Wow that looks great! I have one of those stashed under the bench, but the finish on the air spring is wrecked. How did you clean yours up?

I've found out it's a Vortex frame. Made for an Australian bike shop.
I think thumbies is the only way to go. Not a fan of indexed shifters.
I disassembled the spring, sanded up the plastic body and shot it with some satin black. Keeping it simple. It's a weird stem to use, but think it suits such a weird frame.

 

[GTHOtrod]

Think these Dura ace hubs will be a nice fit for the E stay, I'll strip the wheel set down and put the hubs aside

Got some ideas for paint, hopefully I get a chance to make a start on that over the weekend.

 

[GTHOtrod]

I've had my orbo bike from last year on the work stand. Robbed a few parts from it for the Elevated build, it's Going from bmx to klunker.

Now I can get back to the estay

 

[GeePig]

Hah, many of mine go from a build back to the parts bins.

 

[Pondo]

That made for a great looking Klunk!