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Mikku:
Good work! This is going to look great! :daumenhoch:

bobafett:

--- Quote from: Avro on December 27, 2017, 02:30 PM ---
I anodised the whole piece and then stripped the anodising from the teeth with a fine paintbrush and caustic soda.


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Wow  :shocked:

Fair play - that's dedication  :daumenhoch:

CustardLips:

--- Quote from: bobafett on December 29, 2017, 10:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: Avro on December 27, 2017, 02:30 PM ---
I anodised the whole piece and then stripped the anodising from the teeth with a fine paintbrush and caustic soda.


--- End quote ---

Wow  :shocked:

Fair play - that's dedication  :daumenhoch:

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I did a gold Sugino a few yrs ago... won't be doing it again.  :LolLolLolLol:
It's a proper ball ache.  >:(

Avro:
The handlebars, Laserbars of course, are back from chrome and very, very bling. Shout out to Chromefix in Birmingham for a super job again. So on with the build.

O.G.K. Cobra grips on. These are a little hard so I did try to soften them by soaking in mineral brake fluid for a week. To be honest it made no difference at all except that they continued to weep brake fluid for weeks afterwards. They are fine anyway, I just wanted to try it out, not as if there are many about after all.

The brake lever is a 1983 Tech 3 which I anodised myself. The cable is as close as I could find. It is nos Dia Compe stamped but undated. It is from a batch from a seller in Australia who claims they are late '80s and were for domestic Japanese consumption. No idea, but I am very happy with the silver/clear look.

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The saddle took some searching for but one popped up on the museum and I insta-purchased. The bike was going to get a black Elina Lightning Bolt seat but Elina Aero Turbo is the correct beastie, P.D.N.P guts too. It is rider but very nice rider, looks better in the flesh.

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Avro:
Tyres, tyres, tyres. Perhaps the trickiest things to get, and am not going to hold out for the correct IRC tyres, so I thought I would go a little left field. A pair for very nice yellow Stadium tyres popped up a few months ago, I can not remember where but it may have been close to home as it were. I liked the idea of the yellow contrast to the black parts and the reflected yellow of the lightning bolts on the pad set. Now fitted I like it a lot which is handy as they were not cheap!

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Sprocket is a 1983 16T Suntour and the chain Izumi.
Pedals Suntour XC II, the cages I restored and anodised in the kitchen, my first experiment with home anodising and they turned out lush!
The pad set is repop. I do have a set of yellow pads, which may be og, but I am not sure. I will try to take some photographs outside tomorrow if the weather is half decent with both sets fitted. Hope you like it!

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