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Time to start the Marlboro woody build

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oldschoolace:
Im sure some of you will remember me looking for an early lugged Marlboro frame a while back.
Back in October i got a call out of the blue and my long search was over, the frame landed and plans were drawn up.

House moves, Christmas, work schedules and a certain franch race frame with a stuck seatpost all conspired to halt the project but a length of 1 1/8th inch diameter steel rod turned up today and was the catalyst to get the ball rolling.

The poor frame had obviously had a hard life and some agricultural type had been running around on it without any bottom cup and bearings :shocked:










With a nod of advice from Phil and a new toy in the shape of a planishing hammer, i spent this afternoon coaxing the flaired tube back straight using my heavy lump of 1 1/8 inch rod as a former.

This is set to be quite a lengthy build and as the title suggests it may contain some carpentry porn  :D

Plenty more pics coming soon

griff:
Oh yes

And you've already built the pedals  :daumenhoch:

I thought of you when I saw these a little while back
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oldschoolace:
Im shying away from wooden rims Griff but i did build a steam box today too. The chainstays and bars especially are going to be an interestingly steep learning curve. Ive only done a little steam bending years ago

bobbbbsy:
damn . i ve seen abused bikes from the 1930 s in better shape .  :D

the works the fun bit though right .  :daumenhoch:

oldschoolace:
It took a fair while to coax it back but was strangely satisfying  :D

Opinions on my inlay option 1 or 2?






Im more inclined to option 2 myself  :)

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