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The Execution of old parts ! FBM Guillotine
Midschoolfool:
Mikku:
I really enjoy watching your builds evolve - the twists and turns of direction, changing selection of colours and parts and overall vision. :bow:
Midschoolfool:
haha there shouldn't be any more twists. I actually fitted the pedals to the Salt cranks last night :LolLolLolLol:
Well, there is one minor twist. I am going to use the polished Haro stem and Nuke sprocket. Simply because they are far more high end than what I was going to use.
Sadly this won't be done this year unless we have a weather miracle in November. I went away on holiday last week and came down with something. It's still going on, and I feel like poo, so I won't be outside in this beautiful weather stripping paint sadly.
Half of the holiday was me self isolating, so I just bought a load of computer parts to upgrade one of my PCs. I think the Eclat fork arrived earlier, but I am avoiding mum at the moment (she has a hospital appt Friday, so I am being ultra careful). I will go down later and open them up. I fitted the grips earlier too, and they are really nice. I also have a pair of those Mirra pegs left too in polished, so those parts should tie in with the wheels nicely.
Midschoolfool:
OK, so it was the fork that arrived earlier. Just went down and checked it out.
They are Eclat Storm forks. Cast ends etc, very expensive. ?150 for black etc and ?160 for chrome. As I looked closelier (haha) I realised that the steerer was chromed.
Then started noticing flashes of chrome everywhere.
I don't know if it will be salvageable. I will need to chemical strip them and find out if they were sanded before paint. I don't think they were, given how easily it has fallen off. Either way they were 30 quid, and if I have to sand/etch them it's really not a big deal. Deffo using these for this bike though.
Midschoolfool:
Got up into the loft a couple of days back.
I don't even remember doing that. I must have been bored or something, but we will call that mockup v1. That was with the too far cut bars and a hi ten mid school Mongoose fork that weighs a ton.
Fitted the grips, stem, pedals and sprocket.
The pedals change a lot under light. Fitted the tyres and tubes.
All ready for mockup V2.
I then spent the next two days sorting out my PC. The paint came today, though.
So I just need to order some primer. I will tackle the fork first though, whenever that is.
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