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Chilli Rinse:
Last week I grabbed a Weinmann brake for a tenner. It had a lovely Weinmann semi auto adjuster on it, the freestyle one. That is now sitting pretty on my white Star Way Freemaster. Result.

Midschoolfool:
Road brake possibly. Talking of which, my bike now has a rear one. Only I am still waiting for the pad droppers  :LolLolLolLol:



I also replaced the white KNC Superlight chain ( they are about 50 quid) with a Shimano. It doesn't weigh any more, because it's a narrow chain. I will get a better looking one mind, but for now it's not as garish.

It's been an odd bike this. SE obviously have their roots in BMX, but they used lots of BMX type parts which is odd. Like the fork? jesus, it weighed a ton. Imagine a set of cro mo Landing Gear, only about 8" longer. Meaning they weigh an F ton. Then there were the cranks. 4130 19 spline on solid axles. Christ, not what you put on a road bike. Then because of that they used a BMX spider and chain ring, meaning the chain needs to be wider too. I hope if they ever relaunch it they put proper road bike parts on it, given that is what it is.

chrisv39:
Currently trying to strip paint off an 85 GT Pro to put it back to an original colour. Synstrip not touching it so looking like a lot of elbow grease. Tried uploading photo but won't let me.

Midschoolfool:

--- Quote from: chrisv39 on June 03, 2022, 07:41 PM ---Currently trying to strip paint off an 85 GT Pro to put it back to an original colour. Synstrip not touching it so looking like a lot of elbow grease. Tried uploading photo but won't let me.

--- End quote ---

Yeah you may as well rub cum on it tbh.

I would link you to the stuff I have used, but it seems it's now banned. Harumph.

Midschoolfool:
OK. That was a nightmare. Even with the pad extensions on they still didn't reach. Tried a BMX brake (crap one I had) and it was too long. I ended up drilling the top hole lower down. Then I had to open up the back side (and messed it up a bit). Then when it did line up the pad frames were jamming against the frame. So I ground those at an angle with the belt file. They then went into the frame, and I could dial the brake.



There is a problem though. Whilst it works I am not about to ride it and put any serious pressure on it. This is why.



The lip of that lug should not be inside the frame. So, I ordered some 8mm washers.



But of course then that internal nut won't reach /roll eyes. So I bought a 5mm longer Ti one.



23 I ordered. The brake does now work extremely well.



But yeah, no likey how that is. Easy fix once the parts come in. The new pedals arrived too. Absolutely perfect.

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