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Tuesday, March 30

Resurrection Joe...

by Billy Goat on Tue 30 Mar 2010 13:37 BST

'I said hep cats, sinners, brats
Suck on this for sunshine
This is the resurrection
Yea, of the good times
I said hep cats, sinners, brats
Sunshine
This is the resurrection
Yea, yea, yea, of the good times...'

No time to play recently but some hastily grabbed time allowed my first love to be rebuilt from the pile of parts that has been thrown in my shed for the last 8 months. It's a shame to have such a nice bike all broke up so now its back up and running, alive an kicking....maybe one day I will get to take it out for a ride....

No more words....just lots of pictures.....enjoy

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Tuesday, March 16

EWR-less.....temporarily :-(

by Billy Goat on Tue 16 Mar 2010 13:33 GMT

For the first time in six months I have been separated from my EWR

It has gone to the paintshop for a few weeks while the new Answer Accutrax get colour matched to the frame. It's a task that needs doing but I'm gonna miss that legendary ride and will have to bring this old friend back from the dead as a stand in.

Sadly it does not currently look as nice as it does in the picture below, its been partially stripped and flung in the back of my shed since September 2009 when I started a wild love affair with my yellow EWR, turning my back on my first love......my Pace RC200

Never fear, it will be back but for starters this is how it DID look earlier last year:

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Thursday, March 11

Fork Gathering...

by Billy Goat on Thu 11 Mar 2010 21:06 GMT

'Stock Checking' tonight revealed a glut of forks stashed at Goat Central so why not dig them out for a little group shot....its nice seeing just over a decade of fork design layed out before your eyes too....Answer Accu Trax from 1988 and RC36 Pro Class Ltd Edition from 1999

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Wednesday, March 10

It's Tool Time...

by Billy Goat on Wed 10 Mar 2010 12:51 GMT

"Does everybody know what time it is?"
It's Tool Time but sadly I have no "Tool Time girl" to assist me with my duties....

Ok, so there's a mega 'Headset switchfest' due to take place here at Goat Central, here's the moves, try and keep up

EWR - Switch Chris King Devolution for Chris King Classic (now I have the correct forks..)
M100 'Dale - Remove 1 1/4" Chris King NoLogo (bike being sold)
Funk Pro Comp - Switch non period-correct Chris King Classic for Chris King NoLogo
M700 'Dale - Remove remains of WTB Greaseguard headset (bike being sold).

I like to use the correct tools instead of Caveman Techniques when I can so the following weapons will be deployed...Star Nut Tool, Headset removal tool, Headset Press.

Last nights job was the EWR, the current Accutrax have been sold to another collector and I need to convert back to 1 1/8" headset so I can use my new Accutrax

"More power!"

Brakes off

Magura mounts off

Bars and stem off

Just the pesky crown race to remove

No more riding my EWR for a while

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Tuesday, March 9

Incoming....

by Billy Goat on Tue 09 Mar 2010 13:39 GMT

I know I am not supposed to buying, I am supposed to be selling but............sometimes things come along that you just HAVE to have and some of these are just that, the rest are 'just in case' purchases (well, a man can't have too many items of M650 DX laying around can he?......

).

First things first, we have a NOS M650 DX Rear Mech in the most handy Long Cage version...just a 'spare' you know....

Secondly we have a used M650 DX Rear Mech, again in Long Cage flavour and great for spare parts or fitting to a beater.

Thirdly and getting cooler by the minute we have a set of Syncros Revolution cranks in Compact Drive......about bloody time too as I have spent embarrassingly large amounts of time trying to track one of these badboys down for my EWR and this will be among the final pieces of the jigsaw required to complete that project. They are missing a few items which is a bummer cos I'll have to rob them from some of other sets of Revolutions but maybe I can live with that......just

Ok, now these ARE special. Firstly they are Answer Accutrax in 1 1/8" flavour, something I have been hunting for since this time last year and only found these in California back in November. It took a while to piece the deal together but they have now arrived in the UK and I can set to work getting them ready for my EWR.

Maybe the cooler part of this story is these are technically NOS and.....wait for it.....hand made by Chris Herting only last year

.

The story goes that he found a bunch of Accu Trax legs laying around in some dusty storage facility and word got out, he figured there might not be much demand but rumour has it the demand was HUGE and he set about making them up in 'custom' variations. This set have passed thru a couple of collectors hands before arriving at Goat Central but believe me, you can still smell the 'new metal' smell and they are spotless.

Naturally I will be sending these to my trusty painter soon to get them matched to my yellow EWR before getting them decalled up and fitted on the bike.....these are so cool and I am so pleased I finally got a pair

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