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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Frame.. Done..
After all the priming, sanding, spraying, sanding, lacquering, sanding. More lacquering and a final T-cut and polish… The frame is finished. Looking good and very retro in its new Ivory colour scheme, with 4 coats of high gloss lacquer giving … Continue reading
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Done…
Bike frame now sprayed, sanded and lacquered.. I was hoping this nice summer weather would be perfect for hardening the paint of nicely before rebuilding it all.. The great british summertime has other ideas it seems… Cold, wet & windy.. … Continue reading
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Optimal Primed
So after a few days… And I mean ‘long days’ sanding, stripping, wire brushing.. And more sanding… Every scrap of paint, every blob of rust was removed, every dint or bump smoothed out or filled in, the frame was taken … Continue reading
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Mostly stripped
the forks are now stripped, sanded and primed ready for paint… The frame is also ready for priming. Oh yeah, and my highly flammable cellulose paint arrived today… It’s a good thing my delivery man is on the ball. … Continue reading
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Nitromoooors!
happily getting high on the fumes of the Nitromors paint stripper, when suddenly my new seats arrived… Drool….
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The devil’s in the details
Crank restoration. Am I being to anal by polishing each individual nut, bolt and washer? Even Little things need some love From this And this To this… And this…
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Progress
the project is now underway, the bike has been completely stripped, which wasn’t an easy task, most of the bolts were corroded and took a great deal of time and effort to remove each one without damaging the frame or … Continue reading
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N + 1
As most cyclists know… The correct number of bikes you should own can be written as the equation Number of bikes you should own = N + 1 ((where N = the number of bikes currently owned) This can also … Continue reading
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