Bob Jackson World Tour, The Remix...

[Blackbike]

Nice job & I take it you have a lathe & milling machine.

I have access to machine tools as part of my job, my handlers don't seem to mind the occasional personal project being ran through the shop. I'm on the R&D side of things, I'm expected to be flexible so it's more like a perk

 

[Blackbike]

That is the nicest daruma I have ever seen.

Thanks, the OCD is strong with me.

 

[Blackbike]

This is a preview of coming attractions. A proper English touring/audax bike needs proper English kit, so this is it.

Untitled by nemosengineer, on Flickr

Untitled by nemosengineer, on Flickr

: Mike

 

[Nob]

I have access to machine tools as part of my job, my handlers don't seem to mind the occasional personal project being ran through the shop. I'm on the R&D side of things, I'm expected to be flexible so it's more like a perk

Nice one as I had similar when in Saudi being in charge of the shop & upgrading the machine shop part myself

 

[Blackbike]

Progress... I actually drilled a hole and did a test fit of the front fender, corrected the angle of the pressed relief for mounting to the fork crown, decided the fender is sitting about 2mm to low so I will play with the spacers and I may have to tighten up the radius the fender a bit.
All in all things are going well and I haven't hosed anything up yet. Here is the mockup photo with the finder holding itself up and the finder line a bit off. More later...

Untitled by nemosengineer, on Flickr

: Mike

 

[Blackbike]

A bit closer to mudguard happiness. This is a in process photo and I have a acceptable fender line, drilled the second mount hole and of course I need to make another spacer... The good news is the wheel is removeable with the fender bolted down. This photo gives an idea where the project is going.

Untitled by nemosengineer, on Flickr

: Mike

 

[Blackbike]

Getting closer, a mockup, locating the fender stays.

https://flic.kr/p/2pAXZ5R

And a tool to cut the stays. Aircraft rivet cutter.

https://flic.kr/p/2pATAPs

Does a nice job, good square cuts with minimal cleanup (test cuts on 5mm stay).

https://flic.kr/p/2pAZHvP

Random Photos...

https://flic.kr/p/2pyYt7G

https://flic.kr/p/2pyT1ZR

: Mike

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Getting closer, a mockup, locating the fender stays.

https://flic.kr/p/2pAXZ5R

And a tool to cut the stays. Aircraft rivet cutter.

https://flic.kr/p/2pATAPs

Does a nice job, good square cuts with minimal cleanup (test cuts on 5mm stay).

https://flic.kr/p/2pAZHvP

Random Photos...

https://flic.kr/p/2pyYt7G

https://flic.kr/p/2pyT1ZR

: Mike

Are the stays alloy?

 

[Blackbike]

Are the stays alloy?

Yes they are, I hope to complete the installation sometime this weekend if my wife doesn't have other plans .

: Mike

 

[Blackbike]

So... Between work, plumbing repairs and waiting on parts... This is where we are at.
The Nitto bars that were originally fitted did not work out because the center section is too short causing the Garmin bracket/light mount to sit at a slightly odd angle that made me nuts.
The fix was a Nitto 135 Rando bar that have a sleeve wide enough to hold all the stuff I want to attach. The 135's have a bit of flair and a bit less rise than what was replaced.
The cheap and cheerful Shimano levers were also replaced with IRD drillium levers as they have a brake release button as I need that feature because I'm running cantilever brakes.

https://flic.kr/p/2pDK5T7

https://flic.kr/p/2pDER6r

One of the other things that was bugging me was the bike as configured had 3ea 5mm cable adjusters and 1ea 6mm. I fitted a 5mm Helicoil to reduce the the thread to 5mm and now all the cable adjusters match. I know it's a small detail but it satisfies my OCD.

https://flic.kr/p/2pDLM7Q

The Brooks Swallow was returned to its rightful home on the Audax Club when the new seat arrived. A titanium Brooks B17 is now my new perch.

https://flic.kr/p/2pDM3uU

Well that's about all the news worth talking about, more updates as they happen.
Thanks For Following Along: Mike