Author Topic: King Liberty. (Read 4515 times)

Gordy · « **on:** July 15, 2015, 12:27 PM »

One of my all time grail bikes was the King Liberty, they were super hard to find in Australia back in the day as I don't think there was an Australian importer at the time. I would see riders like Jerry Galley, Stuart King and Joe Rich riding them,soot made me want one even more.

Olly was good enough to hook me up with this one last year which needed a bit of love. It came with frame, forks, decals, stem, chainwheel, pegs and axles.

This is how it arrived.

I had it powdercoated in a colour called Woodland Grey and then fitted the decals.

Gordy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:30 PM »

Probably a it hard to tell from this pic, but the forks use a regular 1" headset however the forks have an extended steerer tube which allows for a 1" threadless stem to clamp on the top.

Gordy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:33 PM »

Fitted the chainwheel, bottom bracket and cranks

Gordy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:36 PM »

Slam Bars, Odyssey grips, Tech 77 lever, DK seat clamp and playing around with a generic post and Odyssey Z77 seat.

Gordy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:39 PM »

How many people did this mod back in the day? A hose clamp used to prolong the lifespan bottom headset cups.

Gordy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:43 PM »

These wheel are only a temporary measure. I have a set of Peregrine Super Pro hubs, but I don't haves set of rims.
I built these Primo son of a bomb hubs up to Hoffman Generator rims and wrapped them in Primo V-Monster tyres. They'll do the job for now.

Gordy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:47 PM »

I wasn't feeling the Z77 seat and generic shitty post, so I went with a Primo seat and post combo.

Gordy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:52 PM »

Fitted a Dia Compe AD990 and ran the brake cable. I still might change the red brake pads? But they are growing on me strangly enough.
I've also got a pair of Peregrine pedals on there, but they get swapped out for a black pair.

Gordy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:56 PM »

Chain fitted, locked down the back wheel and dialed in the brakes. I only have 2 King Pegs, so I decided to run these Hoffman ones until I can find another 2 Kings.