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Offline Alpinesurfer

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gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« on: May 14, 2017, 01:12 PM »
Getting to grips with my first project  i don't know anything about bottom brackets really  ..
Would i be right in thinking when shopping for a new bottom bracket its a USA size / fit ?
gt tour 2    1999 i think
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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2017, 01:17 PM »
Yup

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2017, 09:35 PM »

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2017, 10:03 PM »
Those Tour 2's are cool! Both of those are for a 3 piece crank, you need a 1 piece usa b/b  :daumenhoch:
Can't you clean & reuse the one you have?
Do you grovel to your master? Do you beg like a dog?

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2017, 10:14 PM »
Most of them parts look re-useable. There's plenty of restoration threads on here to point you in the right direction or just ask.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2017, 11:11 PM »
I am looking now to see how much to get the forks sand blasted and sprayed,as for bottom bracket it feels a bit wobbly,not had chance to take it apart yet.
I was assuming as it had sat for many years most of that half out doors it would have perished some how so just get new.

The teeth on look not in great nick at a glance ill have another look.its on boot of car keeping warm and dry need to make a nice bed for it in my shed while i get bits

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2017, 11:13 PM »
need a pair of double walled wheels that won't break the bank also

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2017, 05:40 PM »
looking forward to seeing this banana shaped bike come together again  :)      think i like a midget me ..eh i mean a mid gt :laugh:

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2017, 11:37 PM »
I will post pics of progress when any is made  ::)

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Re: gt tour 2 advice on bottom bracket
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2017, 12:28 PM »
the chrome on these gt's is usually not bad quality n the rust on yours looks to be mostly surface ,if you want to keep the chrome i would give them an oxallic acid bath before having them blasted , look in the tech section for posts on this , worth the few quid for the oxy just to see how bad the chrome is , you can put all the metal parts in too to clean them up .I had the Voelker Metal Issue version of this, was a real beast  :daumenhoch:

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