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She's finally arrived - Changa Build
Monk_Wally_Honk:
Wow, I haven't been on here for ages, I need to get up to speed again. That is a total beauty.
Mikku:
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Nice drivetrain Pete :coolsmiley:
Good to hear that you are up and about and cracking on with the build - always good to get an update on this one..... more please :popcorn:
:daumenhoch:
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+1! :daumenhoch:
Picklez:
So, as promised, this update deals with the pedals. I don't think there's many surprises here, I've gone with my Profile Horseshoes.
I was lucky enough to pick these up from Adam (Akgoff) about 5-6 years ago, just before he decided to sell up all his builds and parts. He?d sourced these from one of his contacts in Aus?, struck the deal up and was having them shipped over. He and I used to chat from time to time, basically selling each other the odd part to help builds along. He?d identified these for his next build, but at the last minute canned his plans for that, and as he knew I was also in the market for some, kindly offered them to me at what they?d cost him. It took be all of a few seconds to pull the trigger, and a few weeks later they landed:
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Since then they've basically sat on the shelf, waiting for the right build, I even nearly sold them on a couple of occasions, more on that in a minute.
Anyway, they were in relatively good condition, looking quite mint from a couple of metres away. But, when you inspect them a bit closer you start to note quite a few age related dents and knicks, particularly on the side walls, ends, as well as (to a lesser extent) the main foot plate areas:
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Picklez:
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Then, there was also a question regards the authenticity of the spindles. I once listed these pedals for sale on the Museum. Well, that caused all the aficionados to come out of the woodwork, and caused quite a few comments, mainly to do with the fact that the spindles didn't look original. It's widely accepted that Profile originally only sold horseshoes with black oxide spindles, and the ones on mine are chrome. Some thought they were Hutch spindles, others were unsure, but most did not believe them OG. Not perturbed, homework was required. When comparing the shape of mine to Hutch bear trap, Crupi, JP, Primo, and others the shape just did not match any, mine did however more closely represent the shape of the original profile version, just in the wrong finish. So, not knowing what had happened over the years with regards this aspect of the pedals, whether a previous owner had simply chromed the original spindles or whether they?d fitted something aftermarket I had yet to identify, the next step was to pull the spindles. On doing so, and inspecting, a 'most-probable? answer resulted.
It looks like a previous owner (for whatever reason) most probably did actually swap out the original spindles with Hutch spindles. By default, these would not have fitted, so, it appears they subsequently had them machined down to the required cross-section profile, see the following picture, specifically the area of shafts where bearings locate. Quite poorly finished lathe marks are evident. Possibly a previous owner wanted to swap the OG spindles from 1/2inch to 9/16th's, and unable to find the right spindles, so reworked Hutch ones :-\
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Either way, this was enough of an inquisition for my liking, and happy that I?d found a plausible answer, just had to formulate a plan to manage this little issue. Simple, I wasn't going to spend an eternity hunting for OG horseshoe spindles, although I have located a source recently, I simply decided that the best remedial was to strip the chrome off of the current ones and have them black oxide?d. Done:
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Now, back to all the dents and knicks in the sides and on the platforms. Well, my OCD wasn't going to be enable me to fit them to the VDC as-was. So, brave pants on and big balls located, I decided to try tackle these imperfections by way of a small resto effort. So, job number one, out with the file:
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Picklez:
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Then, after recovering from that nerve-racker it was a downhill journey from there. First the 180 grit:
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Then through the grits, 320, 600, 1200, and then finally the 2000grit (& some 20 hours later)
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