I would fashion an aluminium plate and pop rivet in place, won't be pretty but should be plenty strong.I'm wondering if there's any decent way to repair the rear Bluemels guard.
They are the ones with an aluminium core sandwiched inside a plastic surround, like SKS/ESGE 'Chromoplastic' ones.
They'll clean up fine, and the bent areas can be eased back, but the crack will need closing up and some sort of internal plate fitting to the underside, perhaps?
I read that the ESGE ones were made from cellulose acetate butyrate, so need a cellulose solvent adhesive...
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Any experience on this?
All the best,
Yes, there's plenty of clearance on the inside for plating up, but I'd like to keep it looking as clean as possible on the outside face.I would fashion an aluminium plate and pop rivet in place, won't be pretty but should be plenty strong.
Today I found some broken sections of the same type of Bluemels chromoplastic mudguards shown above, and set about to find out which of the solvents I have would be best to to repair them.I'm wondering if there's any decent way to repair the rear Bluemels guard.
They are the ones with an aluminium core sandwiched inside a plastic surround, like SKS/ESGE 'Chromoplastic' ones.
They'll clean up fine, and the bent areas can be eased back, but the crack will need closing up and some sort of internal plate fitting to the underside, perhaps?
I read that the ESGE ones were made from cellulose acetate butyrate, so need a cellulose solvent adhesive...
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Any experience on this?
All the best,
I photographed the decals using a long lens to minimise distortion and a tripod to eliminate camera shake. Each word was photographed separately with the camera positioned as square on as I could make it. Though this method eliminates a great deal of the distortion caused by the tube it does not eliminate it completely. i.e. the and top and bottom the horizontal strokes of a capital 'E' will be slightly thinner than a middle stroke of the same thickness on the original decal.How tricky is it to factor in the curvature of the tube when recreating decals like this? Is there software available that can do it for you?
Looking great Dan! Love the red cables… just like the originals! Very exciting!OK, (slow) progress report:
Frame and decals back from the excellent Lucy Higgins at IndiBike: https://www.indibike.co.uk/
The delay's been my fault not hers. 3 sets made, also with @GrahamJohnWallace's Metro Trekker part.
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Also, red cable outers have arrived. I suspect the originals would have been fat 6mm brake and 5mm gear, but I've gone for no-logo 5mm brake all round since it's Teflon lined and will operate so much better.
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On to the repair
All the best,
The English Cycles Metro-Trekker was produced for a short period in 1985 whilst the Muddy Fox courier sales took off in a big way the following year.Jeremy Torr says that my Metro-Trekker is original spec. It was his response to the phenomenal sales of the Muddy Fox Courier model at that time...