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Oink oink.
Midschoolfool:
Good Friday. If you say so :LolLolLolLol: Me? I've started out by grinding the chain channels smooth. The sprocket is in great condition but whoever ran it last did so with a pissed chain line. So I deburred it and sorted that out first.
I then removed the anno from the outer ring (the middle will be painted satin black). I started off with a dremel wire brush thing. God those things suck. They just fly out and pepper you. I then realised it was bead blasted before anno, and so I need to sand that out. Oh what fun.
Round two will be enough. I can then mask it up and paint it.
Midschoolfool:
It was at this time I realised I didn't have any black spray paint left :LolLolLolLol:
Given it is now quite warm I decided to jump back up in the loft and get to work. I needed to remove the chain (to stop it just dragging there, the drive side needs completely flipping) and then I fitted the brake. At which point I had a two hour fight with the cranks. Ironically the left side pulled off by hand, the right fought me. I managed to bend the umbrella bolt and ruin it, but I have a lot of spares of those. The nice thing is now that all the fighting is over the left side is a piece of piss to remove, so there is that.
The bars are on also. I didn't bother doing all of the cable work because the whole front end is coming off once the Kink fork is restored any way.
Midschoolfool:
Look, TITTIES ! (titty tanium)
Those are for the front axle. I got the hub yesterday but had to leave 2 minutes after it got there. I also got stem bolts.
I want another set of those for the cranks. The pinch bolts are basically stem bolts.
Mikku:
Can't go wrong with some titty action! :D
Midschoolfool:
Nope !
I've found another place on the bay who sells them in packs of 4 (M6). Which I am 99% sure is what goes in the crank arms. If it is I will get those when I am back with the bike. They are 11.99 shipped, which is fine with me. The 6 pack cost me 15 quid, but there is no point buying more than I need. Especially at those prices. IIRC the M10 sprocket arm bolt is about 8 quid, so I will get one of those too.
I'm currently having a spring clearout. Jesus help me :LolLolLolLol:
I moved in over 4 years ago, and just loaded all of my junk into the cupboards here and forgot about it. You know? stuff you can't leave behind but at the same time you think you might be able to use? well I have spent three days getting rid of that shit all down the stairs lol. I have literally filled up two of the four of our private dumpsters. Oops. Thing is for over four years all I have thrown in there is a black sack or two a week, if that. I am about to dissect two 5" foam mattresses with an electric carving knife and pack it into black sacks, so there is much more to come as I am getting a new bed :LolLolLolLol:
What I also did today was dig these tank rollers out of the bedroom cupboard.
OH MY GOD they are heavy. I put them up on Facebook at an almost giveaway price, but the problem is people on there just want everything for free any way. So, to be a c**t I removed both of the axles and all of the bearings and alu cones :LolLolLolLol: I also removed the tyres and tubes, so they are pretty much useless. NIHHHHHHHHH
That said in fairness I can 100% use the front axle no doubt. And the cones (well, collars) which are also anno red. I couldn't remove the Shimano freewheel, but amazingly it was a bit knackered. I do go hard on them tbh, especially with it being a single speed.
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