Thursday, December 8
Out Door 2011
by
Billy Goat
on Thu 08 Dec 2011 17:23 GMT
I already should have sold a bunch of stuff this year but I am super lame with such tasks normally, preferring to indulge in other more exciting projects and hobbies and just 'talking the talk' when it comes to ACTUALLY photographing bike parts and selling them  This guy was a REAL super lazy deal. I had stripped my little M1000 Cannondale maybe a year ago and sold off the Manitou III's and probably a few other bits too and Mr Frame was just hanging up in the Man Cave alongside a bunch of other frames that I keep telling myself I will build and ride one day when out of the blue I got an email via the Goatsurfer website asking about the M1000 and would I consider selling. He was a new member of RetroBike from Germany.
I said "yeah maybe, but I have to remove the stuck M900 brake bushes first" and dithered around for a few weeks before taking some pix and sending them him, along with serial numbers and frame measurements. Time passed and negotiations were about complete then I had to leave the country for a while but guess what, I pulled my finger out my ass and shipped the frame this week and today he landed in Germany...his new home, so look out for a project build on RetroBike sometime in the new year.Now to get rid of some more crap.....
Tuesday, February 8
eBay Stock Dumping...contd
by
Billy Goat
on Tue 08 Feb 2011 13:37 GMT
Clearing more 'stock' on eBay...this lot flew off the shelves and into new homes around the planet last week... Answer Manitou 2's, XT Thumbies and some very rare Pace RC36 Evo Pro Class Limited....gone!!!
Tuesday, November 2
Local Rideout - Rowney Warren
by
Billy Goat
on Tue 02 Nov 2010 13:38 GMT
Local RetroBike mini-meet @ Rowney Warren (Chicksands)Kudos to the Overbury's Pioneer with Rollercams...
Monday, August 9
EWR Project - Phase Thirteen
by
Billy Goat
on Mon 09 Aug 2010 13:43 BST
After several months 'off' building bikes I finally completed one of the last tasks on this project, switching the 'test' stem for the proper Syncros CattleHead and cutting the steerer down on the new AccuTrax forks. In reality it didn't take too long, most time was spent employing the '2p trick' to separate the Syncros stem from the Race Face Air Alloy bars that had been sitting on my CD shelf at home for the last six months  .Measured twice just to make sure, knocked the old Star Nut through and out the bottom then got the Saw Guide out and sliced off just over an inch from the steerer, quick rub down with emery paper and on with the spacers and stem....dialled in perfectly at my magic 590mm dropout to bottom of bars measurement I have on all my bikes  . A few more minutes faffing with preload and here we are....a nice pair of Period Correct Answer Alumilite DH bars from 1994 fitted to the NOS Syncros CattleHead stem.
Wednesday, July 7
Salcey Forest Sunday Mini-Meet (July)
by
Billy Goat
on Wed 07 Jul 2010 10:50 BST
Apologies for the lack of bike content here recently, been concentrating on 'other hobbies' that are very much Off Topic for this Blog. Bike builds have all but stalled but am getting out and about now and again on some rides and need to do more riding !!Last Sunday was a little jaunt over at Salcey Forest where we have a couple of non-technical, scenic loops we do on a Sunday morning sometimes. On the ride was my EWR, a Klein and a Park Pre.
Loop One - Ride detailsLoop Two - Ride details
Wednesday, June 2
Vintage Pins...
by
Billy Goat
on Wed 02 Jun 2010 09:56 BST
As well as hoarding vintage Mountain Bikes I also hoard Mountain Bike memorabilia/collectibles so I was quick to pounce on these neat Rocky Mountain pins featuring the original 'Whistler' logo from back in the day. I scored these from a fellow RetroBiker in Canada, neat huh?  
Tuesday, May 25
Sunday Ride @ Salcey Forest
by
Billy Goat
on Tue 25 May 2010 10:43 BST
Due to previously reported 'issues' bike riding hasn't featured on my agenda for some time but now things have changed I intend to get out and 'do a bit' again. I figured the best way for this was to start gentle so I hooked up with fellow RetroBiker GT-Steve for a few laps of Salcey Forest ) which was probably the last time I rode a bike back at the start of March). It was the start of a VERY hot day for the UK so we started the ride at 10am and did 17.674 miles of hot dusty trails. GT-Steve tore a valve off his front tube about 5 minutes out but after he switched tubes we had no more 'mechanicals'  I did a lap of the woods on his Alpinestars Cro-Mega and I must say it rides brilliantly, much better than what I was riding on this day... 
Tuesday, April 6
It's Tool Time...(Contd)
by
Billy Goat
on Tue 06 Apr 2010 09:15 BST
There's a bunch of 'heavy' stuff going on at Goat Central, hence the lack of Blog posts but here's a quick update on the continuing 'Tool Time' post from a few weeks back . The second task on that list (M100 'Dale - Remove 1 1/4" Chris King
NoLogo (bike being sold)) is now complete and I have this beautiful 3DV King No-Logo headset back in the spares box. Harsh economic times says sell this badboy but my heart says I should keep it stashed as locating another one of these would cost $$$ if I ever have another 3DV project 
Thursday, February 18
Frank, it's a Revolution...
by
Billy Goat
on Thu 18 Feb 2010 09:31 GMT
Todays post is just for my 'virtual Buddy' Frank who lives in Canada and is a lover of vintage Canadian bike components, as is yours truly!! I owe him some information and am famously slow at performing tasks like this so I figured, surprise Frank and also do a little piece on these, my most favourite of vintage MTB cranks. The Revolution Crank first showed it's face in the 1991 Pro-Series Component Group (as far as I can remember) and it stayed around for several years with Syncros eventually making Road and Compact Drive versions. Material wise the early Revs were made from tubular Columbus Nivacrom and weighed 400g, which at the time was pretty damn light. Later on they were constructed from Tru Temper OX4 and tipped the scales at 410g. The cranks were cold forged at 125 ton pressure which was supposed to make the metal even harder and stronger.Syncros Cranks are either loved or hated, after all they are rather bland and boring looking when compared to something bright and garish like Kooka trash or Grafton etc, but they do the business and are very strong. They don't look good on every bike but are a good match for any early Rocky Mountain, Brodie, Offroad Toad etc and they also look kind a neat on my EWR  For some unknown reason the value of these has gone sky high in the last year or so and its not uncommon for these to change hands on eBay for insane money, in fact a NOS set sold in Germany with the elusive Crank 'o' Matic crank bolts for nearly £400 just after Christmas 2009.I am lucky to have three pairs of these, well in fact when I started typing this post I only had two pairs but I've just received news on closing a deal for a third pair so I now have two pairs in Standard Drive (110bcd) and one pair in Compact Drive (94bcd) So, Frank....to get back to you, here are some pix for you, take note of the inner chainring bolt pix. The bolt is 14mm long by the way, let me know via RetroBike if you need any more info     
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