Thursday, October 20, 2011

Bontrager restoration

One of my customers dragged this frame out of his garage and asked me to build a for for it, get it repainted and build it up with all new parts. It is around 18 years old and is a Bontrager OR mountian frame. I built the fork from Tange blades from the period and put a Shimano SLX group on the frame with a stem and handlebar that I had laying around. I'll swap out the bars for something with more rise. The customer provided the decals......don't ask me for them-I have none.
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5 comments:

  1. sobontyOctober 22, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Lovely!

    Still my favourite bikes ever...

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  2. jim gOctober 24, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    Curious, what would you charge for a fork like that? Thinking of a rigid for my Race Lite!

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  3. swiggco worldOctober 25, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    The fork pictured is a Mag-21 length unicrown with NOS tange blades. They cost $ 250 includng paint color of your choice. The baldes are from 1992=1994 era.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Paul,

    Wonderfully done! I wish I didn't sell off all my old Bontrager's... the Race was a great bike.

    I may be hitting you up for one of these forks too.

    Re: aluminum, contact Charles Parish.

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  5. Joel BrandtNovember 7, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Wow, that's a looooooong seatpost.

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