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Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer
I'm still finding more problems. The fork is still about an 1/8" too short. I'm going to take the crown race off and chuck the fork in the lathe again and take some more metal off the shoulder at the crown. Right now the locknut on the headset has no more than two threads. I'd like to get at least five threads and then put it together with red loctite.
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Good luck. Build is looking good. Was that the original fork with the bike? I can't remember. Watch out for taking too much off,- anything taken off the bottom of the frame(or the top of the shoulder) might steepen your headtube angle? Maybe, maybe not? I was thinking about this a bit today and wondering if your new headset takes up more vertical real estate than the original.
I dunno. Just thinking out loud.
In other news, you've inspired me to go paint frankenbike, which I pulled out of a neighbor's trash can 20 years ago. A trek 930 which has seen thousands of miles. It's latest trinket are some inverted nitto bars.
I grabbed a can of rustoleum, shot as much I could without extreme overspray, and liking the look, will strip the bike down to frame, sandblast it, and shoot a real coat here soon. :
Also got some new RH tires for my ol' school mtb- As the gravel roads here dry up and become washboard, this bike is a hoot. Ridiculously 90's
And starting to set up bike racks to get some of this stuff off the floor. This weekend, a second set of racks go up. There are 11+ bikes laying around:
Summer solstice gets my biking on in full gear.I wants tooo get out and enjoy every second of it!
