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Midschoolfool:
Woo ! finally a pig after all this time searching. Frame came in today.



Absolutely mint. Parts ordered, starting with arrived.

Fly Bikes Media FL stem.



Vocal bolts. I have two sets.



16t cassette driver, red crank bolts (for the bash guard) and spacers for the bash guard. 22mm BB too for the Primos.



I was going to use my Tektro magnesium levers. Thing is they are V brake levers, so click and pop a bit on U brakes and don't pull great. Then I forgot I had these left over from my Morales, as I switched it to 1" levers.



Still waiting on this to arrive.



Cranks.





Spindle.



Fork. I am going to use the 14mm Super Fork I bought for the STA. I will get something else for that. I painted these satin, and was going to clear them. However, with the Pork being satin bronze I think it would be too shiny and look tacky. So I will fit the  decals to them later.



Headset came from my Quad Angle, is a FSA Pig (piggies in blankets lol)

Bars are ODY 4/4 with long necks. In fact, this is parts bike #2.



I will be taking - seat, gyro cables, bars, grips,chain, tyres and tubes and the Antix CTs. Oh and the sprocket, bash guard and gyro pad. Oh and the crank umbrella bolts.

I have a set of red tenderisers on my Kink I will be using.

These wheels.



Now the seat post and clamp were a bit of a sod. They are really odd balll sizes. Given this I had to order this post.



And for now this clamp.



More than good enough for now. For brakes? I have a Tektro U brake from the 90s and a new Promax U brake. Cables are SNAFU Astroglide and the gyro is a red SNAFU Mobeus.

Right, up to the loft to sort out more parts !

Midschoolfool:
OK. Headset pressed, crown race fitted to fork, gyro fitted, stem fitted, top cap used to tension it up, bolted up etc. BB also fitted with bearings and sleeve.



Oh yeah, the bash and sprocket are built properly and should now clear the chain properly. I assembled the wheels, but the sprocket lock ring hasn't arrived yet, so only the front can be mounted at some point.



Only thing I want to do later is take off the grips, put the levers on and refit said grips.

SDF:
Looking good, started to admire those frames in the mid school tent at MK, well sexy.

Midschoolfool:
Yeah always wanted one. It is really lovely, welding is amazing.

For some reason I don't like the grips. So I bought red S&M ones.  The chain too was total rubbish so I got a better one.

Oh and the brakes. Yeah that was strange. Back one went on OK. Fitted the front one (Tektro) and for some reason one arm was binding up. I tried in vain to figure it out, but no dice. So I grabbed one of my silver Springfields and that works fine *scratches head*.

Then my mother says "I don't like that it doesn't look right". Yeah, fookin cheers ma. So I bought a black Springfield too, as I have one on the back of the Quadangle. She is right though. Silver brakes tend to stick out a bit.

Problem is I hate paying for shipping, so I did what every one would do and spent ?100 to get free shipping  :idiot2:

That said I have had my Vans 10 years and they are battered. Even have blood stains on. So I got some Etnies.



Some shorts.



Chain



Bar ends



And the grips



All because my mum says the silver Springfield looks shite. Yeah, cheers Ma.

Midschoolfool:
Bikes are such a pain in the dick.

So the cranks came, noice. Went up in the loft to get some stuff. Got the black Springer, sweet. Grabbed a crap old stem and robbed the bolts for the crank arms. Found a sprocket bolt. It was all going too well.

Closed up the loft and put the ladder back in the spare room. Came down, got out the BB set.... No top hat  :angrysoapbox:

Went back up in the loft (drag the ladder out etc) and found one. Phew. Came down and started fitting cranks. Why are Primo spindles so fackin tight? so that  was a pain in the ass, but after about an hour I got there.



Sweet ! the lock ring came for the wheel. Went to fit it.... Too small  :angrysoapbox:

Ugh. I did fit the tyres though.



More measuring, ordering, waiting  :angrysoapbox:

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