Grello Yo

[rutteger]

My Grello Yo has finally arrived from Germany. The bloke I bought it off reckoned it was a 96 but the serial number (312Y3M as best as I can make out) along with the "don't tread on me" seat tube decal would indicate it to be a 93.
Anyhow whatever year it is I'm well pleased with it - just need to get the parts sorted for it and get out riding on it.

http://www.greenwy.demon.co.uk/retro/grello001.JPG

http://www.greenwy.demon.co.uk/retro/grello002.JPG

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yce0kj&outx=800&quality=70

Couple of initial questions
-Any ideas for getting touch up......
-Is there some way of verifying the serial? It's almost unreadable due to the paint thickness (would this indicate a respray?!?) and the fact there's a chip on one of the nos. Doesn't one of the old fat employees have a list or something.

[Doug Carter]

That serial number is a Medium '93. Nice score, it's a beautiful frameset.

[lucifer]

Wow that's really clean...
Now go get it dirty! ;)

[Yo Eddy!]

Very nice rutteger! Congrats!

For my touch up paint I simply went to the local car store. I could find perfectly matching blue for my Aquafade there. Don't know whether you will succeed with grello. Just try.

I see you go for red for your grello. Maybe you have seen already, but there is a grello with red detailling on mtb-news.de: http://fotos.mtb-news.de/fotos/showphoto.php/photo/114375/size/big/cat/511/page/1

How is the inside of the frame?

Good luck building! http://www.apexspeed.com/fatcogs/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

[BillyD]

AWESOME. Great ride!

[yo' djblu]

Wow What A Beauty!!!! Great Colour! Congrats!!

[rutteger]

Thanks for the positive words chaps :)

The inside of the frame looks clean, which is nice.

Not sure if I'll be building it with red bits or not. Was just trying it out. If anyone has any other pics of grello yos with different colour parts I'd like to see them.

[scant]

theres a few other pics on mtb-classic.de forum of other grellows. Marc has a real nice 1 :)

John, I dont care if its still not built in time, bring it along to the retro meet @ SSMM in a few wks.. coz I wanna see it :D ... coz its lush :rolleyes:

[jo eddy]

I think black is the best for a grello one !!!!!

[rutteger]

Nice grello jo, the black is looking good :D

I've gone for red. Will post pics when it's finished (hopefully next week)

[rutteger]

After getting hold of the last few parts last week Yo Eddy 312Y3M was finished off on Friday night. I went out for a quick spin on Saturday and a nice 3 hour ride on Sunday and I have to say I'm genuinely very impressed with the ride. With the 'cult' around Fat City it's easy to loose sight of the fact that these were fine riding bicycles
Fairly happy with the spec, as you can see most of it is reasonably period and 'retro'. The real anomolies are the deore v-brakes (which are to be changed for something more chi-chi), the atac aliums (the blind threads in the toplines meant I couldn't fit my older green atacs) and the mavic 517s. At the end of the day the bike is too be ridden so I ain't too fussed.
At some point in the future I may have to fit a red king headset to balance the red bits and change the flat 15 stem to something slightly shorter with a little rise.
Having not ridden off road in anger without suspension forks since 1996 I originally intended to fit a set of old 1" Judys. However despite taking a bit more of a battering than I'm used to I think I'll stick with the Yo fork. It seems rude not to.

Anyhow here's a few pictures for you :)

http://www.rutteger.demon.co.uk/bike/bikepic/grelloyo001.JPG

http://www.rutteger.demon.co.uk/bike/bikepic/grelloyo002.JPG

http://www.rutteger.demon.co.uk/bike/bikepic/grelloyo003.JPG

[Doug Carter]

Stunning!


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[rutteger]

Finally got round to finishing to Yo off, here's a few pics. Gave up on getting hold of a pair of Paul's monolites for a sensible price so went for M900 XTR cantis with Paul's moon units. Do the job and certainly more period.

http://images.fotopic.net/y903tm.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/y903tk.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/y903tl.jpg

Full spec

Frame : 1993 Fat Chance Yo Eddy
Fork : Yo Eddy
Headset : Chris King
Stem : Syncros
Handlebar : WTB Ti
Grips : ODi
Brakes : Shminao XTR M900 c/w Paul's Moon Units
Brake Levers : Real X-Levers
Shifters : Shimao Deore XT thumbshifters
Front Derailleur : Shminao XTR M900
Rear Derailleur : Shminao XTR M900
Cassette : Shimano XT
Chain : Shimano HG70
Cranks : Topline SL
Bottom Bracket : Shimano
Pedals : Time Atac Alium
Rims : Mavic 517
Hubs : Hope Ti-Glide, Middleburn
Tyres : Ritchey Z-Max 2.1 WCS
Saddle : Flite Titanium
Seatpost : Syncros 7075
Weight : 23.3 lb

[Yo Eddy!]

Love it with the red detailing. Makes it spicy and it is up to the Grello - perfect match!

I would go for m900 canti's instead of Paul anyway.

[fat-tony]

Such a great looking ride! Is all the componentry NOS? I guess Scant would rather see it in Team Violet though. :)

[rutteger]

Cheers guys http://www.apexspeed.com/fatcogs/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I reckon the red looks the ticket with grello. Not red overload but a few details.

None of the parts are NOS, most have had light use. The exception are the thumbies which have had years of use and are still going strong http://www.apexspeed.com/fatcogs/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif. Anyhow this Yo is no garage queen so NOS would've been a waste.


Scant knows Grello is where it's at !

[forest warrior]

...'91 :)

[rutteger]

Nice Grello forestwarrior. Is that yours? Looks like a pretty trick build (cnc cantis and mech).

[forest warrior]

thanx - yours is nicy nice too :)

[scant]

"guess Scant would rather see it in Team Violet though"

Nar, FAT team colours over the years, grellow & team violet.. so its nice to have both :D

good work rutteger :)

[scant]

http://cgi.ebay.de/Original-Fat-Chance-Jo-Eddy-Team-Highend-Parts_W0QQitemZ8709951182QQcategoryZ30746QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[nigeh]

Glad to see that I am not the only one with a Grello Frame and Pink Decals, Wendyl thought this was a very strange combination.

Will post pics of mine - mid build, I personally think Black and new XTR green/gray is lovely......

cheers nigeh

PS - how do I add a picture...... :mad:

[rutteger]

Another Grello owner http://www.apexspeed.com/fatcogs/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

To post pictures use the 'manage attachments' button below.

[rutteger]

Not been over on fatcogs for a while. Thought I'd pop over and post up a pic of my Yo as it is now.

Think this is really finished this time ;)

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/files/img_8111_edited_1_161.jpg

[d3f3nd3r]

Funny, thread from 2005. Great to see it in current form, looks like you kept it in grest shape. Nice.

[misterdangerpants]

Think this is really finished this time ;)

I keep telling my girlfriend the same thing and she doesn't believe me. :D