Monday, August 29, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
First ride in...20 years
Tonight I tightened everything up and...
...went for a quick ride.
Felt nice... damn nice :)
Although I might remove the frame standers, as my heels have a tendency to catch them. But probably just a case of getting used to them being there again.
...went for a quick ride.
Felt nice... damn nice :)
Although I might remove the frame standers, as my heels have a tendency to catch them. But probably just a case of getting used to them being there again.
A'ME installed
Got the new grips put on tonight... (Borrowing the wife's hair spair to slip them on :)
A'ME Bubble font
Managed to pick up a pair of green A'ME Tri grips, from one of the guys on RadBMX, with the older bubble font for the build, to replace the new reproduction A'me Rounds that are currently on it.
The only things that's not from the '80s on the bike is the reproduction Dominator seat, and the reproduction Tecmatic bottom bracket.
If a green GT seat falls from heaven, then the Dominator will be sold on, but the bottom bracket will be staying put :)
The only things that's not from the '80s on the bike is the reproduction Dominator seat, and the reproduction Tecmatic bottom bracket.
If a green GT seat falls from heaven, then the Dominator will be sold on, but the bottom bracket will be staying put :)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Araya Rims :(
Darn, looks like I'll need to get one of the rims repowdered. The finish came out great, but when I was applying the Araya decal I noticed black lines in the powder :(
I used a pen to highlight some minor flaws on the rims that needed some work. Seems the pen marks weren't completely removed before powdering and now the pigment from the pen has come through the white on one rim.
Suck :( But it so light and tricky to see it's probably not worth redoing...
I used a pen to highlight some minor flaws on the rims that needed some work. Seems the pen marks weren't completely removed before powdering and now the pigment from the pen has come through the white on one rim.
Suck :( But it so light and tricky to see it's probably not worth redoing...
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Reproduction Tecmatic
Installed the reproduction Tecmatic bottom bracket. Seems nice, although it was tight to get the threaded bolts on to the original shaft, but it got there in the end ok.
GT Power Disk
The GT Power Disk was originally black, and in need of help. A few heavy scratches unfortunately meant that it would need polishing out and losing the GT wings.
Before:
SBD did his magic and repowdered it GT green, and I managed to get decals made to replace the GT wings. For the placement I marked out a grid with thread and sprayed soapy water on to the disk to let me position the decals easily.
And lastly remounted with the decals in place:
Before:
SBD did his magic and repowdered it GT green, and I managed to get decals made to replace the GT wings. For the placement I marked out a grid with thread and sprayed soapy water on to the disk to let me position the decals easily.
And lastly remounted with the decals in place:
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