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funkwit

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My credit crunch build...
« on: October 12, 2008, 06:16 PM »
Money's tight but bikes still need building so i thought I'd try a budget build. No individual bit was allowed to cost more than 30 quid, except for the frameset (1984 DB Formula 1) which cost me £45 and another £40 to powder. I also wanted to use genuine parts rather than knock-offs, so it has Araya 7X rims, Suzue hubs, Dia-Compe Mx-1000 brakes, Shimano 600 cranks, Sugino DB stem etc. It was quite fun restoring all these parts into some kind of decent shape - the wheels were pretty fcuked when I got them so I had to strip the old, faded red anno and polish the rims and hubs and re-lace them. After all this, I never want to see another piece of Wet & Dry again! The seat went 5 quid over budget but I thought it would be a nice touch to have a genuine black Kashi Aero (although it was a Raleigh branded one so I had to lightly sand off the Raleigh branding and apply new decals). I always wanted to build a black Diamond Back, but Formula One decals look rubbish so I decided to cut up some DB Turbo decals and use them - I think it looks pretty cool. The bars, which I'll get rechromed one day, do appear to actually be HL Turbo bars as they have the little hole at the one end. The tyres are cheap rubbish but my plan is to ride this bike a bit so that didn't matter too much. See what you think...

Cheers
Marc







 
« Last Edit: October 12, 2008, 06:29 PM by funkwit »

Offline kdw712

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 06:25 PM »
looks pretty good to me too  :daumenhoch:

nice build
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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 06:30 PM »
looking good, though i would move the seat back a bit  :daumenhoch:

funkwit

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 06:33 PM »
looking good, though i would move the seat back a bit  :daumenhoch:

Good idea  :daumenhoch: Probably give me a bit more space too, it's not a particularly long frame.

Cheers mate
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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2008, 06:36 PM »
looks every bit as good as a HL TURBO, very nice...  :daumenhoch:  looks i said everyone. ;)
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munners

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 06:46 PM »
 8) 8)

Different ride mate. Liking it. Straight seatpost would make it soooooooo much better. :angel:

funkwit

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2008, 06:57 PM »
8) 8)

Different ride mate. Liking it. Straight seatpost would make it soooooooo much better. :angel:

You're probably right it but would have made it trickier to ride as I'm a bit too tall. I'll stick a straight post on and see what it looks like, although it was never my intention to make it look like a Turbo - I just really wanted a black Diamond Back and those were the only decals that would have worked, although I cut out all the Turbo bits...

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.  :daumenhoch:

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2008, 07:12 PM »
very nice indeed !!  8)
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snav69

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 07:15 PM »
Thats a Beauty  :smitten:
I wish i could build my bikes on that type of budget  :-[

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2008, 07:16 PM »
That is a fantastic looking piece of machinery. I'm especially loving the size of those bars.  :4_17_5:

One build a year, the only way to get it right. No rushing involved.

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2008, 07:59 PM »
Looks good that  8)

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2008, 08:12 PM »
looks bloody good that buddy :daumenhoch: turn the seat guts the right way around tho ;)

ps...I'll give you what you paid for it cos of the credit crunch :daumenhoch:

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2008, 08:41 PM »
That looks great, now flip the seat guts and slide the seat back  ;)  well done :daumenhoch:
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C47ERS

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2008, 08:01 AM »
Nice build , great bars where did you get them from bargin bay? ;)

tdoublejj

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2008, 11:06 AM »


sweet ride, i do like Diamond Backs of any flavour or budget

tjj

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2008, 07:04 PM »
Fantastic job Marc...living proof that this love affair we have with these bikes needent break the bank .. cool job indeed
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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2008, 06:57 AM »

That looks sweet as, specially for the cash :4_17_5:

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Re: My credit crunch build...
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2008, 09:43 AM »
A great budget build , as before ref seat back a bit & what size is the freewheel ? . It looks as though for riding the gearing will be too easy .

A straight post would look much better & you won't be sitting down anyhow  ;)

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