Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
Woohoo. Clean and antique at the same time.Now then what do we see here
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I see fat!
I'm losing some weight....
So Nocim can to
The steel Cable guide works really well better than a wheel....which I tried but just didn't want to play ball with my index shifter!!? It was a quick get it done see if it works job...now I know it works let's make something to replace it .... something a more pretty and lighter
So we start with a chunk of aluminium drill some holes countersink the seatpost bolt and do some roughing out ....raise the mount flange for the seat bolt to pop thru...
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Then some finer detail work...
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And some even more finer detail and it's ready for some brass cable guides to be pushed in
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And that's 37g saved .....