Re: IT’S A PACE JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT…..
That’s Christmas done…. :xmas-big-grin:
Ok so what have we been up to over the past 4 months, well lets start with the frame. I’m assuming most of you Pace lovers out there are aware of Dansun67’s “Pace Serial Numbers” log? If not, it's here;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ixx5elewuwe3h ... s.pdf?dl=0
By all accounts Dan keeps it right up to date, but if you have any more serial numbers etc just PM him with the info.
Here’s a snip from the F5 section and you can see Dan has added info on this frame;
We know the frame went back to Pace to have the disc mount and hose guides added and we’ve made a reasonable assumption that a repaired crack in the chain stay and BB would likely have happened at the same time as these were both covered by new anodising. Subsequent work has been another BB crack repair by Dan and he re-cut a larger thread in the BB and installed a pair of helicoils to bring the thread back to BSA.
We (me & Dan) had a chat about what we might do with the rest of the fittings, I ummed & ahhed about what could, would or should go or stay. Deciding eventually that we’d lose the canti posts and hanger from the wishbone as this bike will never be dressed in canti’s or even V’s, we kept the rear Crud Guard mounts as they would likely come in handy if I can find one…
I did think about loosing the down tube cable stops and instead utilise the top tube cable stops incorporated with the hose guides for the rear mech, but then they might be handy for a cable controlled dropped post, and also, if we have a change of mind over the 1x11 set-up, the downtube guides will keep the ability to mount a front mech on the books..
After that that I had a go at stripping the anodising, but it was such a smelly, nasty, messy job I paid AllenChrome in Pocklington £20 to do it for me…
Next? 2 months of polishing…. Flat tubes are a bitch compared to round and no, I didn’t bother with the CNC bits that are covered in the stickers… :xmas-cool: