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

*AJ*

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.....

sheepsteeth

is that a hole in the left seat stay?

*AJ*

Not in the tubing no, it was a hole in the left over metal from the canti bosses.

sheepsteeth

cool and the gang, what colours are you tempted by?

*AJ*

Yellow I think, Like Steve Peats old 4X/Play bike, Yellow with black/silver bits.....

But then theres white, or red. lol

ilovedirt

You've done a good job on those v-brake bosses. I was a little worried by that hole! But if it's not structural then that's alright, you seem to know what you're doing.

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.

*AJ*

Yeah they will but that's 150 plus postage etc... They can supply sticker sets too though with headtube badge etc, so I think i'l get a local powder coater to do it and then order some official graphics once it's done.

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.....

ilovedirt

Oh yeah sorry, the welds seem to stick out a bit more than some of your photos suggest, i thought you had cut into the tubing slightly and filled it or something. Good job anyway!

*AJ*

Yeah the pics don't really show it, but even i stopped breathing when it first appeared..... Was about ready to bin it before i realised the tubing was underneath and untouched.

EarlofBarnet

Be a nice companion for the Patriot. I always liked the MsIsle's. Look forward to seeing the rest of the build

CraigXXL

Any ideas of what colours you have in mind?

*AJ*

I've narrowed it down to yellow, orange or White.

Yellow being most favoured as Steve Peat used to race a yellow one with black & silver parts!

Though orange would match the patriot.

thel33ter

I'd go for Yellow, with all black bits.

I much prefer that to Full sus Oranges.

*AJ*

The patriot really does come into it's own on the dh trails I've ridden recently! I love the geometry of the frame.

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!

DR1V3R

White looks good

*AJ*

As does Yellow....



I think we have a winner....

ilovedirt

Nahhh, not a fan of yellow, myself.

allthegearnoidea

white for me!!
although good mate of mine through valeting trade who does wheel repairs has a Cracking Pinky Mauve colour that could look the nuts!!

*AJ*

Ive decided its deffo going yellow.

Not a faded gay yellow like the one above, but more of a vivid yellow.. JCB yellow even.

*AJ*

This is in at the powder coaters now, and should be picking it up Wednesday!
New mech hanger also been delivered from orange, and will be ordering a sticker set in the next couple of days.

*AJ*

Picked the frame up today, to say im chuffed is an understatement. It looks fantastic!











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.

thel33ter

Cool, very yellow indeed. Looking forward to how this turns out.

Nicely matching headset? Both colour, and build.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=30496

allthegearnoidea

yeah, now that Is nice! looks almost Candy orange coloured,
Gonna build up sweet i think!!!

EarlofBarnet

Looks cracking, job well done

ilovedirt

Not a fan of the colour really, but it looks like a good job, looking forward to seeing this built up though

shx8000

Interesting build. I do like Orange bikes, and kind of wished I'd bought a Blood last year.
I'd have had it in Green though.

*AJ*

ilovedirt wrote:

Not a fan of the colour really, but it looks like a good job, looking forward to seeing this built up 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!

*AJ*

New decals and metal headtube badge from Orange.....

sheepsteeth

looks mega

ilovedirt

Looks good with the decals

Your LBS should be able to sort the issue with the threads no problem.

*AJ*

ilovedirt wrote:

Looks good with the decals

Your LBS should be able to sort the issue with the threads no problem.

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!