{"id":78,"date":"2010-05-21T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=77"},"modified":"2013-08-19T10:13:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T10:13:08","slug":"ewr-project-phase-twelve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"EWR Project – Phase Twelve"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK so the NOS Accutrax forks went back in ok, first time this bike has had the correct sized forks in it since I bought it!! <\/span>

The steerer is still uncut so short term I have switched the stem and bars so I can use normal stem spacers until I am 100% happy with the length, then I will cut it down. I couldn’t use my current stem as it’s a Syncros Cattlehead with one of those pesky angled tops on it, preventing me from using stem spacers above the stem <\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

I’m thinking about modifying a stem spacer but that involves diagonally and accurately cutting a stem spacer to work with the angled top of the Cattlehead stem and I only really need to do this if I’m not 100% happy with the bar height.

So for now we have this ugly silver Specialized stem paired up with some VERY cool and scarce Answer Alumilite DH bars (still with the original gold shim <\/span>\"\"). I actually really love these bars and might stick with them, the only thing I’m not sold on is their colour as the rest of the bike has a black and yellow thing going on…<\/span>\"\"

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Here’s another neat trick to use with Oury Grips on a hot<\/span> day…roll them off ‘condom\/prophylactic’ style and roll them back on the new bars…..yep, you guessed it……’condom\/prophylactic’ style<\/span> \"\"<\/p>\n

Rolling rubber…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rolling it back on…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Continuing with the ‘body parts’ theme, what comes off the bike just looks sick….in fact do I need to spell it out or shall I just say “Pass the Butt Plugs”<\/span> \"\"<\/p>\n

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So here we are with the temporary stem and bars and a mile of steerer tube…just while I convince myself the bar height is 500% correct…then the hacksaw comes out<\/span> \"\"<\/p>\n

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So, for the first time ever maybe (<\/span>\"\") I have two bikes in working order (just need to get the other five done now….)<\/span><\/p>\n

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OK so the NOS Accutrax forks went back in ok, first time this bike has had the correct sized forks in it since I bought it!! The steerer is still uncut so short term I have switched the stem and …<\/p>\n

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