Orange Ms Isle project....(Rebuilt September 2013)

Just purchased myself a new project 4X bike.....
I love the way my patriot DH/FR bike rides and always fancied a Ms Isle so it was a no brainer really.
Here it is when it was delivered Saturday morning....


Twins...

The frame was in good shape, but I decided the colour was not what i was after, I also hated the rim brake bosses that the later frames do not have, so I set to work with the hacksaw.....



The offending bosses....

After that I spend some time with the file tidying up the bosses....





by this time, my fingers were numb... so I gave up and returned today, file in hand to finish the job....



Added a layer of guide coat to ensure id still got a square edge on the frame, then repeated the process on the other seat stay..





Finished and ready to go to the powder coaters for a fresh look, once ive decided on colour.....


I love the way my patriot DH/FR bike rides and always fancied a Ms Isle so it was a no brainer really.
Here it is when it was delivered Saturday morning....


Twins...

The frame was in good shape, but I decided the colour was not what i was after, I also hated the rim brake bosses that the later frames do not have, so I set to work with the hacksaw.....



The offending bosses....

After that I spend some time with the file tidying up the bosses....





by this time, my fingers were numb... so I gave up and returned today, file in hand to finish the job....



Added a layer of guide coat to ensure id still got a square edge on the frame, then repeated the process on the other seat stay..





Finished and ready to go to the powder coaters for a fresh look, once ive decided on colour.....



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But then theres white, or red. lol
I've always wanted a ms isle, since i had a patriot, i just love the look of the monocoque downtube! Sadly, I have no real use for one, as i don't dirt jump or race 4x. Oh well.
Also, I think they look great in white! If you send it to orange, they'll do a new paint job and replace all the stickers to official orange ones for you.
B'Twin Triban 5
I can assure you that the hole is just a hole on the weld/metal where the boss was, you can see the untouched tubing underneath on an earlier pic. And obviously there's no hole on the finished pic. I didn't really know what I was doing but they were bloody ugly and I had patience! Lol.....
B'Twin Triban 5
Evil Sovereign
Yellow being most favoured as Steve Peat used to race a yellow one with black & silver parts!
Though orange would match the patriot.
I much prefer that to Full sus Oranges.
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Speedily Singular Thingy
I always will keep a hardtail though, it seems to keep my riding tuned! If I always rode the patriot I'd get away with far too much! So I like to keep my riding smooth by using a hardtail!
I think we have a winner....
B'Twin Triban 5
although good mate of mine through valeting trade who does wheel repairs has a Cracking Pinky Mauve colour that could look the nuts!!
After all, I am Cornish!
http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
Not a faded gay yellow like the one above, but more of a vivid yellow.. JCB yellow even.
New mech hanger also been delivered from orange, and will be ordering a sticker set in the next couple of days.
New dropout/hanger
also got some new cranks for this build, set of Hollowtech 2 XT's..... soon to be modified with single ring/chain device.
Nicely matching headset? Both colour, and build.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=30496
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Speedily Singular Thingy
Gonna build up sweet i think!!!
After all, I am Cornish!
http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
B'Twin Triban 5
I'd have had it in Green though.
I'm looking forward to it too! Gonna take a little while though, hit a stumbling block already..... Whilst the powder coaters have masked off the bottom bracket they've only masked 99% of the threads, the first thread or so has a bit of powder in it and the BB won't bite. The rest of the threads are clear though.
Gonna take it in to my LBS and get them to face the BB, and chase the thread, hopefully that'll sort it!
Your LBS should be able to sort the issue with the threads no problem.
B'Twin Triban 5
Yeah went into Freewheel and spoke to the mechanic, they're pretty sure they can sort it and it's going in tomorrow, so fingers crossed!