That looks cool, but I can only imagine having to push the wind in that wide open area. Is the climb that steep where the little ring is needed?

The wind wasn’t too bad maybe because it’s much hillier than pictures make it look. The picture is turns 12-15 but turn 1 is the big hill. Turn one is the only hill that required me to drop to my smaller 34 front ring and my 25 largest rear cog was a little too short for out of the saddle climbing so I’d drop to 23 or 21 once I couldn’t crank it anymore in the saddle in 25.

Heres the elevation on COTA. Looks like a little bit of 12 or 13% on the big climb.

http://ridewithgps.com/trips/103756960

... :)

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Today's project- redo frankenbike:http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1687724033.jpg
It came from a trash can 25 years ago, and has been a favorite ever since.
Lots of rust and things on the "to do" list. Disassembled, sandblasted, mounted water bottle cages, and converted the rear brake bosses from 26 inch to 700c. I got good alignment, and then proceeded to run out of acetylene remounting the rack bosses. This area has a lot going on with the rack, fenders, and brakes. Tricky real estate, but I think I got it figured out. Next step- find a welding gas store.
Good progress for a day though!



Lot's of corrosion-
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vvv-The repositioned brake bosses turned out nice. I just melted the old ones off and "walked" them up the frame. I went heavy on the brazing on purpose because they are brakes, but the joints cleaned right up. I was so close to brazing the other rack mount and then acetylene went kaput! Arghhh!!!!
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"Nicely Done" Leaky ;)

I'm always messing with something bicycle related. :rolleyes:

Thanks, sometimes I think I have more fun tinkerin' with the older stuff than the new stuff! :)

The Frek Story | an 82' Trek 650b conversion :cool:

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^ That's simply gorgeous!

I'd be like a kid in a candy store with a velo orange or RH gift card! :)

It was also interesting watching his brazing technique. He's got a pretty coarse flame and heats the whole thing. My tip (a hand me over oxy/acetylene from a brother in law) is a smaller/ hotter tip, so it's more intense pinpoint heating than what he does. I'm working it around like a spider laying a web. He's soaking in a more generalized heat and letting it flow. Interesting.

edit- of course I flip the thread page with an ^ intro :)

Steel Frames
 

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My best friend and I had a business building frames. My late friend, Peter Johnson, did all the metal work and I did the paint. We did all this as teenagers. Pete carried on for his whole life. I “sold out” and went corporate :).

I told Pete 20 years ago that I needed a 10-speed (road bike) and he said “get a dela Santa and I did - custom in ‘60’s team colors. I need to start riding again.

This is really sweet. "Fillet welds", I love how the seat stays go up to the seatpost pinch bolt and it looks like my preferred size! :cool:

Beautiful work!! I am in the middle of restoring a 1967 Peugeot PX-10 (that I rode through Europe in 1969) and love the old steel frames.

Looks like you are in Arizona? Am in Phoenix Deer Valley area.

There's some great fabrication pron in this guy's photostream:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/137178031@N06/with/50827505227/

A couple of examples:
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Was at the Yamaha store this morning having a new rear tire installed on The Smax and saw this beaut while roaming around looking at all the toys.

Sweet, much better condition than mine. They also came in Orange and Green.

Saw these at a friend's shop. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1688067635.jpg
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Byron... This one's for you ;)

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Had a Raleigh like that when I was a kid. Good durable kids bike, but that dang thing was heavy.

My son bought a Bianchi trail bike... He's moved out and left it behind. Much better than the Raleigh.