Well surprise surprise it wasn't finished and what was done was shit quality and no apology either. 5 weeks and what I got had overspray from bad masking and drips. Worst service ever, no wonder I'm building my own powdercoating oven.
Alright guys I have a bit of a challenge for you. I bought this bike in 1996 or 97 in Cairns. It had been stolen and repainted and was bought at a police auction. The bike has Ritchey vertical dropouts, slotted cable guides and a welded head tube junction with the head tube taking a 1" steerer tube (the forks in the picture are not the original forks). I think the seat tube / top tube / seat stay junction is lugged. The serial number is 5H 042 and at the time the bike had a shimano XT group set.
So what do you think it is?
I'm pretty sure this is not a Ritchey frame as no other Ritchey has this rear brake cable routing. From what i can tell it's a fairly decent frame for the time due to the components it came with, The ovalised top and down tube and the Ritchey dropouts.
I have 2 d321's mate 1 is pretty crap thou a few dings in it but one is fine just has a few marks and tatty stickers. I found NOS 36h D321's for my Giant cost an arm and a leg thou.Slow progress on my STS-DH, I picked up a set of NOS GT/Hadley 'Super High End CNC' hubs, although sadly they are 4-bolt Formula pattern and what I do not possess is a set of Formula Evoluzione brakes to match. I also found a NOS RockShox DHO fork, however it is missing its axle (should be easy to get one machined up though). NOS Azonic World Force Doublewall bar, NOS Azonic Shorty stem. Chris King headset, original Kore post and I picked up a really neat cow print SDG Bel Air locally.
Thermoplastic 'tubes' aren't polished yet as I want to redo the downtube stickers, I fudged up fitting the driveside one and the angle is a bit off, so I'll do that then carnauba wax the plastic to bring the shine back.
Three big holdups are rims, brakes, tyres. I can't seem to find 121CD, 321CD or 521CD rims in 32h, the correct red Formula Evoluzione brakeset is rare as hens teeth (could use Hope Mini as an alternative), and I want either Hutchinson On-The-Rocks, Hutchinson Coyote or Michelin Comp 16/24/32/Hot/Hot S rubber.
Yeah fair call, ill try get some pics for ya. I have my Manitou X-Vert Carbons for sale too so ill be in touch about the forks.
:shocked: Amazing!!!!If anyone wanted supernova's, a mate has a set sitting in his shed I doubt he'll ever use and would probably part with. Here's a pic from when he pulled them off the bike a couple of years ago. Unridden since AFAIF
Interested PM me late if thats cool. Patriot was my first ever bike bought with my own hard earn't money and here she isAnother pic I trawled up
