Replacing a memory

RetroGrouch

RetroGrouch

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A friend just found an old Voodoo Bizango frame to replace his Bokor that was stolen a while ago. The Bokor frame was a warranty replacement for his first real bike, a late 90s Voodoo Hoodoo.

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My buddy says the bottom bracket is shot. Can anyone ID the XT crankset and tell me what sort of bottom bracket it needs? I'll give him a new-in-box square taper XT BB from my parts bin if it will fit.

Wschruba and rlb are looking for old headsets.

He found some wheels with an 8 speed cassette and a fork on Craigslist that he hopes to pick up this week.

I found a late 90s XT 8spd rear shifter/v brake lever in a box and hope to find its 3spd front shifter/lever mate.

My old 135mm Dean stem and Titec flat bar should work well enough for Hartshorne.

TBD: derailleurs, linear pull brakes, saddle, tires
 
Ahh, I see. The hold down bolts are larger in the Octalink stuff so my old school puller may be like a hot dog thrown down a hallway. I'll try stuffing something in there to fill the hole. My tool collection stopped growing in the square taper days except for a GXP BB tool.
 
@RetroGrouch they used to include a small adaptor pin you could drop in the hole to take up the space, and so use a regular crank extractor. I'll throw one in the headset box, as I no longer need them.
 
The headset is with the frame thanks to wschruba. You get a gold start for that one.

I rounded up everything that might be suitable from my junk drawers. My friend said it looked like a 2001 Nashbar catalog puked its guts out in my garage. I told him it was more like a 1997 catalog. The bottom bracket won't work. If necessary, I'll build a front wheel using the oddly new (for me) Shimano hub and a rim brake rim if the fork does not have a disc brake mount. I cannot find the front shifter/lever mate for the late 90s 8 speed XT rear shifter/lever. For the other retrogrouches out there... The bar ends have a Feb 1994 production date laser etched on them and the original Ti screws are still in them.

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are you sure the lever is v-brake compatible, seems to be older, what's the model #

looking forward to seeing the finished Frankenbike
 
That lever is absolutely v brake compatible. I operated my Avid Arch Supreme brakes with it. The lever has the little black plastic half moon spacers under the cable pull roller to fine tune the leverage while pulling.
 
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