TANGO TURBO with custom MXT WHEELS

Ben6899

Serious question. Is your fork steerer long enough? The first pic seems to show very little clearance. Unless you're removing the cone spacer?

timmyturbo

Ben6899 wrote:

Serious question. Is your fork steerer long enough? The first pic seems to show very little clearance. Unless you're removing the cone spacer?

The pictures where a mock up with no headset on . The forks are perfect length with 2mm to spare . And they are from a basso zero 9 . And when measured the lower part of the steerer tube is 1 1/4 but the new giant headset lower bearing race was to big . Totally baffled and them bought cro mo steel giant forks for £20 from ebay but they weigh almost as much as the frame , all the carbon ones on ebay are £120 shop soiled . Cheers tim

Ben6899

timmyturbo wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Serious question. Is your fork steerer long enough? The first pic seems to show very little clearance. Unless you're removing the cone spacer?

The pictures where a mock up with no headset on . The forks are perfect length with 2mm to spare . And they are from a basso zero 9 . And when measured the lower part of the steerer tube is 1 1/4 but the new giant headset lower bearing race was to big . Totally baffled and them bought cro mo steel giant forks for £20 from ebay but they weigh almost as much as the frame , all the carbon ones on ebay are £120 shop soiled . Cheers tim

Sounds like you have it all sorted. Nice one.

napoleond

Hurry Up!!

PhilPub

Hang on, this isn't black, white and red!

That's slightly bonkers. But you've started now so it has to be more orange than an orangey thing. Good work fella!

tim_wand

Great Finish. Great Bike.

I m looking to set up a home spray booth, by battening off one end of an outbuilding with Plastic sheet, putting in an extractor and some halogen lamps and getting a compressor and spray gun .

(Just a bit worried with Halogens that the police helicopter will think its a grow room)

Did you shot blast it yourself? and how did you spray it, looks far too good for a rattle can job.

Also stripping frames anyone tried Nitro Morphs and wet and dry grit?

Any one got any ideas on achieving a home Re-spray/ Recondition as Good as Timmy Turbos

Yeoer

billysan wrote:

Were you taking inspiration from this?

God i hope not..!!!! looks like a bike Mr Tumble would ride on the kids shows.! Orange is one of those marmite colours, you either love it or hate it... and sorry its not for me, always looks cheap and a bit of a joke! IMO you've really got your work cut out. Make it easier for yourself, you can obviously paint well and have the skills to mask well... your finishing kit should include a can of matt and a can of gloss black black paint.

small_bloke

"What the....????"

Do you work in a circus?

timmyturbo

getting there slowly , got chainset from classifieds at bike radar for £50 , TRP calipers for £73 from ebay . the Microtech forks i originally was going to use were labeled as 1.1/8th to 1.1/4th but the headset would not fir . So i have these awfull steel giant forks on at the moment which weigh nearly as much as the frame . I found some full carbon ones from china for £45 new at 350 grams , so happy days when they turn up in 4 weeks LOL .


P.S if anyone has a nice front and rear mech , please PM me details . i think i may be limited to a 9 speed set up because of the 21 year old wheels etc . If anyone knows different please let me know . cheers Tim . NEXT bike is a GIANT MCR with topolinos wheels . (-:

timmyturbo

its near final completion , arsis microshift carbon components are in the spray shop getting orange accents , cassette ceramic coated in orange , and anodized sram callipers , finished Friday next week . pictures of it then , and then its off to an art gallery in Bristol . x

drkawaszelong

gonna have to see it when it's in bris! when and where?

mididoctors

about bl00dy time