Rocky Mountain Edge 1995 'shelf queen'

[zonoskar]

I painted the Magura's. They came out very nice. Now to build them back up. I have a service set, so that should be relatively easy. I was looking for the decals, but I cannot find them anywhere. At least not the ones that are supposed to go on the levers. Any ideas?

 

[zonoskar]

Finally finished refurbishing the Magura brakes. I disassembled them, spray painted tem red, assembled and bled them. I initially wanted to get a new hose, but I just reused the old one. It was still good enough. I'm just missing the decals and one of the quick release bolts.

I'm using modern shifters, but they don't work well with the old school XTR derailleur. I'm only getting 7 gears. So I'll be on the lookout for some XT or XTR 9spd shifters.

Before I take it out for a spin, I'll have to spend some time to really adjust the brakes so they work tip top. Now they sometimes rub on the rim.

Found an XT front derailleur (FD-M737 I think). I have some issues getting it to shift to the biggest chainring. I can't seem to adjust the high limiter screw far enough out.

And an XTR rear derailleur (RD-M952 I think).

 

[zonoskar]

Anyone know how to put some air into this Risse Genesis shock? I don't see any schraeder valve, just a small screw with a hole? Do you fill it using a needle, like mag 21s?

/edit: Found some documentation, but it appears my air valve has broken off. I'll post pictures this evening. Would be a bummer though.

 

[zonoskar]

Got some XTR shifters with the display. They shift like a dream. I need to get better pictures though.

 

[zonoskar]

Image dump.

I polished the rear and got some XTR shifters. Apart from the ring around the headtube to stop the crack and servicing the shock, she's finished.

 

[zonoskar]

I measured the bottom headtube and ordered a stainless steel ring to go around it. Apparently, pcbway.com is also able to CNC machine parts for you, I always thought they only did printed circuit boards (PCB). I chose the R430 stainless type as it appeared to have the highest tensile strength. It should arrive within the next 2 weeks. Including shipping it was 30 euro, which is kinda steep for a simple ring, but this way I don't need to find time to go to a local machine shop.

 

[zonoskar]

I got the ring and to my shock it was too big. Damned. It was exactly 2mm to wide. So my first thought was to bin it and send another 30 euro on a new one. Then I thought to fill the space with some material I had lying around, a 1.1mm thick door latch plate. The idea was to heat the ring and crimp it on the headset, so a filler material would also be squeezed. So after some sawing and filing and a lot of trying to get the ring to heat up and fit around the headtube, I got it done.

As you can see, I also got a Chris King headset for the bike, so I installed that as well.

So now what's left is to get a shrader valve for the shock and the bike would be ridable.

 

[vtwinvince]

Nice work, coming together nicely and looks cool with the Rev-X's.

 

[zonoskar]

Thanks. Very pleased with it myself. Is it me, or has the crack even shrunk a little?

Before:

After:

 

[vtwinvince]

LOL, amazing what a little squishing will accomplish.