WIP - The Walrus Of Love Updated again 18/11/11

spongtastic

Well, so far it's out of the box and I've fitted a gold Superstar Components bottom bracket





Tonight I'll be fitting a Gold Superstar Components GTO Headset, Deore HT2 chainet and Tora 318 forks and XM719/XT wheels with Gold QRs

If I manage to sell all the bits I've got then the forks will be replaced with Rebas customised with Gold graphics.

jay12

is the frame custom painted?

looks very 8)

spongtastic

Nope, not custom, it's the 'Barry White' colour scheme.

Kiblams

That has such bling potential it is unreal!

I have ordered a set of frame bolts in assorted colours, I think there should be a gold pair in there. Let me know if you are interested and I will mail them free of charge.

allthegearnoidea

i looked long and hard at that frame, So very nearly bought one,
as said, So much Bling potential!!!

ilovedirt

haha that looks great, "barry white" gives me a good chuckle should turn out really nice

teacherman

That looks really nice Not seen one in that colour before.

Go easy on the gold - you'll end up looking like a packet of JPS

spongtastic

Yep, I've decided to go easy on the gold. It's pretty much finished and I'll post some pics soon.

The gold parts are going to be headset, bottom bracket, chainring bolts, cables and yellow grips. Decided against the gold bars from on one.

Eventually I'll fit a set of gold pro 2's on 717's and the XT/719s will go back on the FSR.

Kiblams, I'll send you a PM with my work address in case there are any gold frame bolts.

spongtastic

Finished and out in the snow. Not a very good trip out though, 3 punctures in 2 miles.

xtreem

Hard to see, post better pictures from one side.

Paul 8v

teacherman wrote:

That looks really nice Not seen one in that colour before.

Go easy on the gold - you'll end up looking like a packet of JPS

that'd actually be quite cool, could be like one of these bad boys...
http://atspeedimages.com/image.php/8de7 ... rew_36.jpg
flying fag packets

Kiblams

Could really do with much better pics Spong!

Let me know if/when you have recieved the bolts.

spongtastic

will post more/better pictures and bolts came in the post this morning.

both inner tubes were like swiss cheese when I got home, rear had about 12 holes and 5 thorns, front had at least 6 holes that I could find!

Kiblams

spongtastic wrote:

and bolts came in the post this morning.

My pleasure

How on earth did you manage to get so many punctures? Council been out cutting all of the hedges in your area? or are you using cling film sprayed black instead of tyres?

spongtastic

well, I had the choice of cycling where everybody and their dogs had been walking meaning I'd have to tackle 7 miles of sheet ice and dog sh*t :evil: or go through snow a foot deep for 7 miles . I chose the snow, but I think there must have been an awful lot of brambles and other stuff under the snow that I couldn't see :roll: The conti tube will make a nice logo'd black and yellow chainstay protector!

spongtastic

and I've now ordered gold token grips to match the other gold bits.

spongtastic

More pics, showing the gold bits and the terrible wear to the finish on Deore chainset after 1 ride. KCNC chainring bolts haven't failed yet either, and I'm sticking with the 1x9.

Thanks to the Enviroment Agency clearing undergrowth and showering my local route with thorns and brambles as from this morning I've put a pair of old XM317/Conti Vapour wheels back on. Not as good in the mud as the XM719/Storms but I'm getting fed up of punctures.













The XM719's will eventually go on this

davewalsh

Any chance of a decent pic of the whole bike instead of close-up's of the gold bits ?

spongtastic

It's quite difficult getting a decent picture of this one, colour isn't really showing up and inside it's too dark at the moment. The storms went back on because I didn't fancy the contis in the mud on Sunday morning.

spongtastic

As it stands now, works quite well. Lunch time stats were 28.2km, 1hr 21m, average speed 21.05 km/h.



The spec is as follows

Frame - on one inbred phase 1, Barry White, 20 inch
Bottom Bracket - Superstar HT2 in gold
Headset - Superstar GTO in Gold
Seatclamp - Brand x
Fork - Reba SL

Seatpost - Raceface Deus, 400mm
Stem - Raceface Deus, 100mm with Ti bolts
Bars - Raceface Deus low rise
Grips - Token with gold lock ons
Saddle - Fizik Gobi XM

Brakes - Avid Elixir CR front and rear with superstar kevlar pads. Deore XT 180/160 CL rotors
Wheels - Fulcrum Red Metal 5
Tyres - Front Schwalbe Racing Ralph Dual Defence Evo 2.25, Rear Maxxis High Roller 1.9 Exception Silkworm
Skewers - Superstar Ti Black.

Chainset - Deore M590
Cassette - Deore M61 11-28
Shifters - Sram X5
Rear Mech - Sram X9
Front Mech - Deore XT
Cables - Deore XT and Flying Snake mix.

spongtastic

As it stands now



Kcnc bars, stem, post, bolts, valve caps. Grips to go on
Gobi saddle
Elixir CR Carbon brakes with XT cl rotors
Red Metal 5 wheels with Rons
Salsa liplock clamp - heavy but totally awesome
520 spds
Deore chainset, pc991 chain, blackspire 34t ring, superstar chain device, x7 rear mech, x5 shifter, slx cassette.
Lights are airbike and blackburn with 2 XML 501s

10.5kg