Rare and rarerer!

[t47b]

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Rear derailleur fitted, cables added, clamp and front derailleur adjusted, chain cut to length, just need the outer cable and then I can set up the gears and then a test ride!

 

[t47b]

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Got the last bit today, the Shimano derailleur outer cable...

...then I need to set up the gears and take it out for a test run then photos of the Swiss twins together for the first time

 

[t47b]

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Gears all set up on the stand, rode it up and down outside my house, nothing fell off

We will take the Imholz twins out for a spin and a few photos of the pair I think are in order

 

[non-fixie]

Still like it!

 

[Jamiedyer]

Looking forward to seeing the photo's of them both together and also a ride report.
Maybe the ride report on your wife's profile?

Jamie

 

[t47b]

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Weather cooled a bit so I have just taken the bike for a spin around the block to test out my handy work

First impression, feels lighter, tighter, rolls faster than mine! Can't be having that

Quiet, no rattles, all working fine. Saddle is too far forward and too high and too low at the front for me, I will adjust this to suit Mrs T on her test ride.

1978 NOS brakes work fine but the blocks squeal like a pig, I guess rubber hardens over 38 years, might see if this wears off, Mrs T says brakes are for wusses anyway

The shifters decided they were not tight enough and promptly slipped into second gear half way up the steepest hill, but I kept going as there were onlookers, MTFU I heard them say (well I think that's what they were thinking)

Couple of tweaks then it will be time to go out for the acid wifey test and some photos of the gorgeous couple (the bikes that is)

 

[t47b]

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We took the 'twins' out for the first test run this morning, Mrs T loved it, she said "smooth as silk! she's used to clip less pedals so found rat traps a novelty, and was entirely happy with 42/52 chainrings!

(Those are goats and sheep in the background, not lions!)

 

[stevevw]

FANTASTIC.

 

[Cefnbikie]

This has been a really interesting build to follow, and the finished result is superb. The two bikes look great together.

 

[t47b]

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Thanks

More pics..