epicyclo
Senior Retro Guru
Front wheel built. Looks nice and shiny with all the polished alloy - the way a bike wheel should look, none of this black spoke, black rim and hub rubbish. I'd forgotten what fun putting a lot of tension into a single wall alloy rim could be, but it all worked out nicely.
Then I stripped it and rebuilt it because I noticed the logos on the side of the hub didn't line up nicely with the valve hole and rim joint. Well, it would have nagged away at me if I didn't. May as well build it right.
I'm now impatiently waiting for the rear hub to arrive.
The brakes are here, but I'm already going off at a tangent. Found a disk brake adapter in the attic.... I think that will have to wait until after this weekend at Aultnabreac.
Maybe not though, as cantis are lighter, and I want this bike to be light as possible for a lugged steel ATB frame in singlespeed/fixed mode.
BTW Jamie and I are planning doing the Aultnabreac loop this weekend with a few from the Highland Classic bIke group. Any retro (or otherwise) bikes welcome. Just get in touch and we'll give details - it will all be last minute stuff, just in case new CoVid rules come out beforehand.
All well and truly socially distanced of course - hard to be anything else up there.
Then I stripped it and rebuilt it because I noticed the logos on the side of the hub didn't line up nicely with the valve hole and rim joint. Well, it would have nagged away at me if I didn't. May as well build it right.
I'm now impatiently waiting for the rear hub to arrive.
The brakes are here, but I'm already going off at a tangent. Found a disk brake adapter in the attic.... I think that will have to wait until after this weekend at Aultnabreac.
Maybe not though, as cantis are lighter, and I want this bike to be light as possible for a lugged steel ATB frame in singlespeed/fixed mode.
BTW Jamie and I are planning doing the Aultnabreac loop this weekend with a few from the Highland Classic bIke group. Any retro (or otherwise) bikes welcome. Just get in touch and we'll give details - it will all be last minute stuff, just in case new CoVid rules come out beforehand.
All well and truly socially distanced of course - hard to be anything else up there.