Post by jdfilms on Apr 29, 2016 18:14:56 GMT
I can't remember if I posted any pictures of when I started this in here. It's done as of a few weeks ago other than needing new elastomers for the fork. The ones I put in it are old and I think they are breaking apart.
This has been a very long restoration and the bike has quite the history. The owner of a shop I worked at in the Bay Area in NorCal originally owned it. It was stolen then recovered about a year later. I bought it from him and started racing it. Years later I started racing for Action-Tec and my dad started riding the Ultimate. In 2007 my dad passed away from a heart attack while riding this bike... About a year or two later I striped the bike down and had it powder coated. I slowly started collecting early 90's parts for it and started building it.
Parts list:
Yeti Ultimate frame.
Grafton Mag-Lite brakes.
Grafton cranks.
Phil Wood bottom bracket.
Answer A-Tac stem.
Answer Hyperlite bars.
Flite Titanium seat.
Original Manitou 1 fork.
Chris King hubs with Mavic 231 rims.
Chris King headset.
Ringle skewers
Shimano XT thumb shifters.
Shimano XT rear and Suntour front derailleur (I want to find an XT front)
This has been a very long restoration and the bike has quite the history. The owner of a shop I worked at in the Bay Area in NorCal originally owned it. It was stolen then recovered about a year later. I bought it from him and started racing it. Years later I started racing for Action-Tec and my dad started riding the Ultimate. In 2007 my dad passed away from a heart attack while riding this bike... About a year or two later I striped the bike down and had it powder coated. I slowly started collecting early 90's parts for it and started building it.
Parts list:
Yeti Ultimate frame.
Grafton Mag-Lite brakes.
Grafton cranks.
Phil Wood bottom bracket.
Answer A-Tac stem.
Answer Hyperlite bars.
Flite Titanium seat.
Original Manitou 1 fork.
Chris King hubs with Mavic 231 rims.
Chris King headset.
Ringle skewers
Shimano XT thumb shifters.
Shimano XT rear and Suntour front derailleur (I want to find an XT front)
nice job!