Author Topic: mongoose cheapy midschool banger - new pics on p3 (Read 4181 times)

griff · « **Reply #25 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:23 PM »

Quote from: 58delray on February 05, 2011, 09:19 PM

it will be locked agaist the bearing cone, so you will need to hold that with a thin spanner the undo the lock nut

what about putting the crank arm back on the spindle on the other side? my spanner's not that thin and the crank arm might give a bit more leverage?

58 delray · « **Reply #26 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:28 PM »

yep ypu can do that but make sure you put it on as if you were puting it on for real i.e. bolt it up properly or you could damage it

andy

ED209 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:31 PM »

Griff

to be honest, I'd just build it to the point that you can ride it and see what you think of it... before you spend all the time and hassle stripping it all down and painting it just get out there and try it out.

once its built you can strip bits off and clean them up bit by bit...

griff · « **Reply #28 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:35 PM »

Quote from: ED209º on February 05, 2011, 09:31 PM

Griff

to be honest, I'd just build it to the point that you can ride it and see what you think of it... before you spend all the time and hassle stripping it all down and painting it just get out there and try it out.

once its built you can strip bits off and clean them up bit by bit...

I blame you eduardo - was gonna just leave it looking manky and then you got me thinking about painting

ED209 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:51 PM »

griff · « **Reply #30 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:24 PM »

just wait until you see the titanium seat post I'm putting on it - will be worth more than the rest of the bike put together

griff · « **Reply #31 on:** March 06, 2011, 03:54 PM »

here's a few pics of this just before it's first roll about - before we went off to creation
still too lazy to put new rear cable on but will sort it for next outing

it's heavy as fook but surprisingly felt quite nice to roll around the half pipe on (cheers pickle for giving the tyres a good pumping while my back was turned

)

before

after

thanks again Ed for your help with this

Jaymz · « **Reply #32 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:38 PM »

Just read your thread from the beginning, great job of the semi resto, and well done for keeping an overlooked goose on its wheels, Ive got a early 00's villian that i cant seem to part with, its just too clean to get rid of, even the foam filled seat is mint!!

And just in case you ever split, I'd love those cranks!!!

griff · « **Reply #33 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:59 PM »

Quote from: Jaymz on March 06, 2011, 07:38 PM

Just read your thread from the beginning, great job of the semi resto, and well done for keeping an overlooked goose on its wheels, Ive got a early 00's villian that i cant seem to part with, its just too clean to get rid of, even the foam filled seat is mint!!

And just in case you ever split, I'd love those cranks!!!

thanks mate - dunno about resto all I did was pull it to bits and clean (some of) the rust off - am happy with how the cranks turned out though (followed bendycats advice using a v.sharp blade + metal polish in the rusty spots)
am going to keep it at least for a bit as I'm hoping to start getting braver at some point....

was a shame about the original wheels, but since I think the ones I ended up with will probably last until I'm drawing a pension doesn't matter that they cost nearly as much as the rest of the bike