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[Peachy!]

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Tum tee tum.... waiting for stuff..

Bolted the brakes on just for something to do....very happy with Dans work on the stainless-steel mounting sleeves, everything went together perfectly...


Had a look over the LMDS units, just needed a little wipe to bring them back to life.... (some side by side comparison shots below)






Now then... idle hands....



I’d forgotten about these beautiful NOS Rigida laser 42s that I’d put away ages ago... forgotten why, then I remembered they were 32h..... that started me thinking.... and maybe the smoke & dart comps should go on the Y-Trek as that’s actually gonna see more riding...

 

[Retro Spud]

Re: 1995 Claud Butler Titanius White Industries BUILD starts pg6

did White make a whole business off the back of solving problems that don't exists

out of genuine interest what was the reason for Dan having to make the brake extensions apart from you'd need canti studs 4 inches long ? what was the perceived benefit ?

and what were they thinking about when they came up with a push me pull me Shifter

go one tell me the only one that caught on was 29 inch wheels.... started by White Industries


My Boss has the mantra do things differently - do different things but White seem to have taken that to an extreme

 

[Peachy!]

Re: 1995 Claud Butler Titanius White Industries BUILD starts pg6

did White make a whole business off the back of solving problems that don't exists

out of genuine interest what was the reason for Dan having to make the brake extensions apart from you'd need canti studs 4 inches long ? what was the perceived benefit ?

and what were they thinking about when they came up with a push me pull me Shifter

go one tell me the only one that caught on was 29 inch wheels.... started by White Industries


My Boss has the mantra do things differently - do different things but White seem to have taken that to an extreme

I think they just had that very American approach of A, wanting to do something their own way, coupled with B, a positive attitude towards some ideas failing.. the sort “that’s a lesson learned” sort of thing.

As for why I needed Dan to make me the flanged bearings, it was because I only had the one... (and needed four obviously) these allow the bolt to clamp the spring mech carriage to the frame whilst leaving the arm free to rotate... if you looked at it in the flesh you’d get it straight away (BTW these aren’t WI brakes)

Anyway... no opinion on the 135mm “Shorty” or the late 80’s 600mm wide aluminium Kusuki bar?

Or the anodised Rigida Laser rims or Magic tyres?

 

[Retro Spud]

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Anyway... no opinion on the 135mm “Shorty” or the 600mm wide aluminium Kusuki bar?

Or the anodised Rigida Laser rims or Magic tyres?

Sorry the Magic tyres caused me to throw up in my mouth - please give them to THM

 

[The History Man]

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Did I miss something?



Was in m&s food hall.

 

[Retro Spud]

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Did I miss something? - Twas in S&M the food hall.

Yeah Chris found you some incipid tyres that he wants to donate to you..



Chris
it looks just right as it is, and being all silver it needs the black of the tyres but NOT all black ones have to stick with amber walls but not those vanilla things


BTW my new decals arrived today from Hungry took 23 days to get here via Priorty mail - postal guy reckons they have been refusing to handle mail form eastern Europe until its been quarantined for a few days - I asked him long his few days were..... is your working week 14 days long as you buggers must had had them for at least a fortnight before doing anything with em.

they are nice thick quality one but not too thick either, They look a bit shite in the pic as they still have the textured top/guide sheet on and obviously the wax backing paper as well

 

[The History Man]

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That’s very kind of him.

 

[enc]

Re: 1995 Claud Butler Titanius White Industries BUILD starts pg6

Tum tee tum.... waiting for stuff..

Bolted the brakes on just for something to do....very happy with Dans work on the stainless steel mounting sleeves, everything went together perfectly...


those scuffed bars must have been missed by the peachy QC dept :shock:

 

[Peachy!]

Re: 1995 Claud Butler Titanius White Industries BUILD starts pg6

those scuffed bars must have been missed by the peachy QC dept :shock:

Blimey.... tough crowd.. it was a dress rehearsal :roll:

And I won’t be giving away those magics thank you very much, but I agree, they’re not for this build...

Whilst THM was buying some new underwear, I re-built the wheels using the Rigida Laser 42 rims...they match the main tubes perfectly.

 

[The History Man]

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Boss’ birthday tomorrow. Not far wrong. Plus lot’s of lovely food.