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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 30, 2012, 06:52:06 AM »

Got the T1 built last night.



Had to order a new fork bolt & springs for the brake.......and a blue cable

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 28, 2012, 05:04:05 AM »

Shoved all my parts in a box ready to take to a mates tomorrow for building.

Tomorrow:- Finish work, pick up new wheels, pedals, cable.

Drive to my buddies house order a pizza & get building.

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U.K. / Trustworthy/Untrustworthy sellers: UK

« on: October 27, 2012, 02:33:27 PM »

Gettingbackintoit - excellent seller, picked the lever up today

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 26, 2012, 12:29:09 PM »

Stickered up the t1
 
 

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 25, 2012, 02:34:49 PM »

My T1 Sticker pack arrived today, along with my new chain. All i need now is new wheels & grips then i can start building her up

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 25, 2012, 04:47:08 AM »

FBM made me one when they were doing the T1s. Maybe they still will.

Next batch is being made by either fbm or s&m

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 21, 2012, 01:36:22 PM »

Cheers Tom

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 21, 2012, 12:56:35 PM »

Dude, soak that T1 in vinegar. It'll derust and acid etch for paint. All you have to do is leave it sitting for a day or two and it'll be good.

Or use the electrolysis  method.

Got it how I want it now. Keeping it.raw

 
 

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 20, 2012, 03:56:07 PM »

Cheers dude, I don't mind the rust, i want to try & get rid of the discolouration on the front triangle....job for tomorrow i think while the wife is hungover to fook, i'll be making a racket

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 20, 2012, 03:18:29 PM »

Shes getting there. Sorted the narrow backend & moved the brake lugs today.

Cut the lugs off & removed brazed part of the nut as it was going to be Tig welded on. To gain the height back on the mount we welded the cut down mount to a nut (the same final height as before) & then moved the mounts 13mm closer to the seat tube (to where they should be)

No mounts


Mounts being welded on


New mounts on



Frame tidied up






Just need to spend a little more time rubbing it down & getting all of the rust off before i decided wether to clear coat it or not.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 19, 2012, 02:44:43 PM »

That'll be a task haha. How's the rear end spacing with that hub?

It's a bit tight, gonna stretch it a bit, only needs to come out about 4mm

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 19, 2012, 02:34:51 PM »

Started to clean it up

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U.K. / Trustworthy/Untrustworthy sellers: UK

« on: October 19, 2012, 01:14:44 PM »

Char aznable - cracking seller, bought t1 off him, didn't want the cash till it was ready to post. Came really quickly. Very happy Ron

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 19, 2012, 12:15:17 PM »

Barcode arrived today
 

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 14, 2012, 11:17:44 PM »

Just sold my T-nez so will be stripping it down & boxing it up today. Will be ordering a new wheelset if my Nixon watch sells.